Fierce, Freethinking Fatties

Facebook, how I loath you sometimes

atchka — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:04:02 -0500

From today’s post:

Eating “good food” (as a person can) should be it’s own reward. Having something that tastes good and is healthy (as we currently understand healthy, because that descriptor seems to change all the time) is something that should be a no-brainer.

Heavy Breathing —

atchka — Thu, 30 May 2013 16:04:15 -0500

Heavy Breathing —:

From today’s post:

[T]he OP asks if an otherwise sedentary guy who walks his dog is considered an athlete. I think the more pertinent question is whether that guy would call himself an athlete. Are there really people out there who are sedentary except for walking their dog, and who go around telling people that they’re athletes? Is this a problem we need to solve? Because I’m pretty sure we can all handle the process of labeling ourselves as athletes or not.

Might I suggest that we stop assuming that we, as outsiders, get to determine the labels we think others deserve? Can’t we stop dismissing those who are consistently training their bodies to achieve great feats simply because they don’t look the way you want them to? And can we please stop basing the concepts of fitness and health on one’s personal skill and competitive achievement, and instead ground our understanding of these concepts in the more relevant realms of physical effort and personal improvement?

Dickweeds, Trolls and Creeps

fatpagan — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:52:21 -0500

Do you have Asshole Blues? Don’t know what to do with the assholes in your life? Atckha has some inspiring words for you!

TESTING

fatpagan — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:28:14 -0500

One, Two, Three, Four.

DOES IT WORK GUYS?

atchka: Celebrate the Year of the Olympic Fatties!

atchka — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:12:15 -0500

atchka:

Celebrate the Year of the Olympic Fatties!

Fat Liberation

atchka — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:21:48 -0600

Fat Liberation:

I’ve been a member of this movement for almost five years now, and in that time I’ve heard our activism called a number of things (some of them not so favorable… lol). Some people call it…

Auld Lang Syne —

atchka — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:05:59 -0600

Auld Lang Syne —:

Farewell 2011!

You’ve been a right bloody bastard and I can’t say I’m sad to see you go. This has been a difficult year for the world in general, and for many individuals, including…

TRUE CONFESSIONS

atchka — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:39:51 -0600

TRUE CONFESSIONS:

I have to make a confession.

I am not a big fan of New Year’s Eve.

In fact, in the spirit of full disclosure, I hate New Year’s Eve.

I hate it hate it hate it!!!!!

When I was…

Respectful Observance —

atchka — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:54:14 -0600

Respectful Observance —:

Along with the tradition of resolving to make changes for the better in the coming year (which Deah will reflect upon tomorrow), New Year’s Eve has become a time to reflect upon the time…

Give Yourself The Gift of No Diets

atchka — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:59:15 -0600

Give Yourself The Gift of No Diets:

So I found this old sign which had blown into my yard and decided to re-purpose it.

Okay no… no I didn’t. I saw it on the side of the road and decided to ~~steal it~~…

Jelly Bowl —

atchka — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:10:07 -0600

Jelly Bowl —:

Previously, Heather discussed the War on Santa from Christmases past, while dufmanno reminded us that nobody likes a slim Santa.

Now, a hard-hitting exposé has gone to the heart of…

Fatty and the City

atchka — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:29:07 -0600

Fatty and the City:

Oh, Carrie… what silly adventures are you and your three thin and fashionable friends up to this time? Cheating spouses, sexless marriages, and being stood up at the altar, oh…

Juice Master —

atchka — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:10:59 -0600

Juice Master —:

A few weeks ago, dufmanno reviewed Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, a documentary about a fat man with a “rare” autoimmune disease* called chronic urticaria who begins a…

‘Twas the Night Before Fat Acceptance

atchka — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:56:13 -0600

‘Twas the Night Before Fat Acceptance:

Clement Clarke Moore’s classic holiday poem has been parodied many times and a lot of them have to do with dieting. So I thought I would write my own version, where Santa Claus isn’t scolded for…

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: An Ode to the Fat Man

atchka — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:50:39 -0600

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: An Ode to the Fat Man:

If you were to come barging into my home uninvited over the last several weeks, you would have found my normally-feuding family cuddled up around one of our television sets watching an…

“How much do you weigh these days?”

atchka — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:23:02 -0600

“How much do you weigh these days?”:

I love my Grandmother. Really, I do. But there are days…

Grandma and I have been over and over that I don’t care about weight, that I’m not ever going to be on that roller coaster…

Big Girls In a Blender

atchka — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:46:13 -0600

Big Girls In a Blender:

My mind is a bit worn out today, so I thought for my latest post I’d do something fun and silly.

I love listening to mashups, where two or more songs are mixed together to create one…

I Miss BBW Magazine

atchka — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:05:15 -0600

I Miss BBW Magazine:

Although I deplore the majority of messages spawned by the fashion industry, I don’t deplore fashion. I actually like it a lot. I’m a woman, after all, and women like to look good….

Your body: it is what it is

atchka — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:34:55 -0600

Your body: it is what it is:

If you were to ask a voice instructor about the wisdom of A) forcing people to sing outside of their natural ranges or B) physically manipulating their vocal cords to make them sing…

Jenny Says —

atchka — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 04:36:56 -0600

Jenny Says —:

Hey all, I’ve got some fan-fucking-tastic news. Jenny Craig is dead!

Yes, the Queen of Celebrity Weight Loss Endorsements performed a radical act of self-immolation,…