Category: BeingSuperFat
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Garment workers
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So, that happened
Looking back on the colonoscopy
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Doctors
Dealt with New Medical Center fear today to get a mole checked out! I feel accomplished.
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Doctors and dentists and blood, oh my!
Last week I noticed my jaw was hurting a bit. Always in the same place. Was something wrong? It went away over the weekend, but came back on Monday. It was bad enough on Monday that I called the dentist. I soon had an appointment for Wed afternoon. In the meantime, I took a Tylenol […]
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Quote of the Day
Hospitals are not neutral spaces for fat or queer people. Frequently they are places of immense judgment and mockery. Despite efforts to change, healthcare offices for many are reminders of what kinds of bodies and sexualities are most comfortably in tune with dominant patterns of social life. Like every other fat and/or queer person I […]
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On Hold
Some doctors send me a post card asking me to make an appointment. Others send me a text message, or has a robocall tell me it’s time to make an appointment. So now I’m on hold waiting to make an ob/gyn appointment. I’ve got a sleep doc appointment for next week, presumably to check I’m […]
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Pursuing An Agenda
Earlier today, Melissa McEwan tweeted: Scrolling back, I saw Melissa’s prior tweet was regarding Dylan Farrow: “I am speaking about this because it is wrong; I am speaking in solidarity with Dylan Farrow; I am speaking in defense of my own survival.” This blew me away. In retrospect it seems silly — of course people […]
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This Shouldn’t Give Me A Headache
But it’s trying. Dear, My name is Lisa. I have been following your blog from quite some time now and thoroughly enjoy every post of yours. Well, after reading through your blog, I think you would be interested in having a look at our recently launched infographic “America’s Battle With Obesity”([link to typical FEAR The Obesity […]
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Medical Equipment Size Limits
This article focuses on the weight limits of air ambulances, but it’s depressing anyway. The overall message of the piece is to lose weight (which we all know works so well! And immediately!) Now, yes, most fat people aren’t very fat; most cutoffs are 300 or 350lbs; air ambulances appear to have lower-than-typical requirements. But […]
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Things To Read
From Dani Kelley’s “The body I have”: I stopped eating in the eighth grade. People complimented me on how much weight I was losing, how much prettier I looked, how much better I was. They didn’t know something was wrong until I started passing out. And when my eating disorder finally came to light, it […]
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What If You’re Too Big For Lane Bryant?
Ah, the eternal question. What if you’re too big for plus size stores? In the US, LB is one of the most common plus size stores, going up to a US size 28. I’m too big for most of their clothes. Today I’m going to not just talk about places I can buy clothes. […]
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Superfat Fears
I’ve written before that I can’t always count on finding clothing in local, physical stores in my size. Last night’s dream? I was hours from home and somehow didn’t have my pants. I had bra, panties, and a top – but no bottoms. And no stores had my size*. In the dream I was in […]
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My fat eats cellphones
I lost my phone. I thought it was next to me on the couch. Or maybe in the couch. The couch doesn’t have separate cushions, but there is an opening in the fabric in the back near the support that my cell loves to dive for and it’s difficult to get out of….. Anyway. I couldn’t find […]
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