Your Fat Friend

@yrfatfriend

Writer. Anonymous by design. she/her/hers. yrfatfriend@gmail.com. Avi: . Everything you need to know:

Joined February 2016

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    31 Dec 2018

    New essay! I wrote about making weight loss resolutions for . "I have come to realize that releasing myself from weight loss isn’t a matter of letting myself go, it’s a matter of freeing myself from a scientifically impossible standard."

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    “I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” —Angela Davis

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  5. 11 hours ago

    If you don't see an org on that list in your state, you can also donate books directly to prisons, or to national orgs. The ALA has a helpful rundown here:

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  6. 12 hours ago

    If you're like me, you're watching Marie Kondo's new show & furiously de-cluttering everything you own. If that means getting rid of some old books, please, please consider donating to prison libraries. Here's a helpful post on how & why to do that.

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  7. 15 hours ago

    Fellow fats: have you made any changes, big or small, in order to avoid anti-fatness? If so, what changes have you made? (Some examples: avoiding public pools, switching jobs to avoid constant diet talk, not flying, putting off medical care, etc.)

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    Oh hey, diet culture.

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    Jan 3

    Me, when I find out a cute queer is into fat ladies:

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    Jan 4

    ‘She’s not even that fat!’ But I am. by

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    Jan 3

    if you got elected to office what object, book or otherwise, would you get sworn in on?

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  12. Jan 3

    Me, when I find out a cute queer is into fat ladies:

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    31 Dec 2018

    New essay! I wrote about making weight loss resolutions for . "I have come to realize that releasing myself from weight loss isn’t a matter of letting myself go, it’s a matter of freeing myself from a scientifically impossible standard."

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  15. Jan 3

    Fellow fats, especially superfats & infinifats: what public spaces are most difficult for you to navigate? Why?

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    Jan 2

    What it’s like to be that fat person sitting next to you on the plane. by

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    Jan 1

    There are a lot of great writers and content creators on Twitter who sometimes don’t get the attention or audience they deserve. Who are your 2-3 favorite Twitter writers with accounts on the smaller side? 1/2

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    It's the first ever and I'm SO EXCITED! Check out this message from the FAM founder - yours truly - to find out what to expect and how to stay in the loop! Captions and a video description are included in the link! Yay !

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  19. Jan 2

    Fellow fats: do you have tattoos? What are they? Do they relate to your fat body, in your motivation to get them, their placement, or the images themselves?

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    Jan 1

    FAT, big, husky men are fine and don't get enough credit. Period.

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    Dec 31

    “After all, so little of what’s interesting about me — about any of us — is our size. There’s so much more to all of us than that. This year, I’m resolving to tend to the whole of me.”

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