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  • I'm beginning to think that, in the absence of an active moderator screening out fatphobic comments such as these, any posting such as the one Miriam put forth just acts as an invitation to more fatphobia.

    I want you to stop stalking "overweight" women. - Feministing 2009

  • For a project that seems to be motivated by broad social justice concerns, it was pretty surprising to see fatness falsely equated with food abundance/overconsumption; this manages to both perpetuate fatphobia and erase the presence of millions of fat people who are also undernourished/food-insecure.

    ILLUSTRATING PERCENTAGES » Sociological Images 2009

  • I like the way this post highlights the way this ad plays off fears of lack of boundaries between humans and nonhumans, a reoccuring them in historical and contemporary sexism, racism, classism, fatphobia, and other forms of oppression.

    BODY HAIR MAKES YOU AN APE » Sociological Images 2009

  • No one is under ANY obligation to allow you to pipe in with your boring old fatphobia.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: I want to be Tish when I grow up. 2005

  • I have to agree that “fat is unhealthy” is a rationalization for fatphobia.

    Anti-fat Bigotry Against Schoolteachers Proposed in Hawaii 2006

  • First I read Mark Morford's latest column (fatphobia-free, hoorah!) about how there's Just Too Much Out There for modern folk (read: mostly well-off, mostly white, mostly urban Americans) to keep up with.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2006

  • Oh good, we waited weeks for Mark Morford to get back from vacation only to have him shove his fatphobia in our faces again.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2006

  • Its not just that threads on fatphobia eventually get visited by fatphobics.

    Fat Acceptance Healthier than Dieting 2005

  • Never mind that I'm highly skeptical as to whether "the vast majority" of teen anorexics and bulimics actually do "grow out of" it, particularly considering the incredible fatphobia that still exists in this culture.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2005

  • But any points he tries to weave together were lost for me the minute I read his snobbish fatphobia, which had very little to do with anything else he said despite his poor attempt at a segue and just seemed to exist so he could trumpet his superiority.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2003

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