Lara Frater's Blog, page 34

Fat suits don't help Pt. 11 million.

So I got this article in my mailbox.  I was initially excited.  The title read "What happened when we sent a 'fattie' to London Fashion Week? Kate Faithfull
reports back on her week on the fatwalk".  I thought 'did someone actually put a model more than size 2 on the catwalk?'  I remember when Gaultier put stunning plus size model Velvet  in his show.

Nope, just another person in a fat suit who thinks she is trying to help but instead insults us.  Not to mention she looks ridiculous.  Honey, g

I was going to wash my hands of it.

I originally was going to stop posting about the Rudd center who kept claiming they were so against weight bias and swear that they don't pressure people to lose weight nor do they go on assumptions.  Then I was sent from the Rudd Center this great assumption, I mean Op ed piece about how New York MUST pass the tax on soda.  For the sake of the children, the diabetics and the fatties.  

On a personal level this tax will almost never affect me.  I don't drink soda.  I buy organic root beer maybe 2

Fat positive news

I'm sick today so I'm posting some fat positive stories that have been in the news lately.

Hudson News reviews FatLand, Frannie Zellman's first novel takes place in the future where fat people have created their own country to get away from draconian health policies of the US. I've haven't read the book yet (just ordered it on Amazon) but I've heard some good things.  
HAES is promoted at Diet.com.  The sky is falling!  It's worth reading, but be warned, you will be assaulted by diet ads. 
And a si

Removing the stigma means more than just saying there is a problem.

A few months ago I got an email from the Rudd Center that they had created an online course to help medical professionals reduce
weight-bias stigma.  The Rudd Center recently
came out with a series of YouTube videos about the same subject.  For this, I applaud them.

That being said, the Rudd Center still encourages weight loss as a cure (even after countless studies have
proven that diet-and-exercise methods of losing weight rarely work over the
long term).  For many fat people it's the
pr