Finding New Ways to Talk About My “Bad” Skin August 27, 2018 by Katie Tastrom Leave a Comment I have "bad" skin. It’s not as bad as it used to be, but I still have holes, pits, scars, blackheads, pimples. It’s hard for me to even write those words, and for reasons I can’t fully understand I feel shame – or maybe embarrassment is a better word. As a fat activist for over two decades you would think that I could talk about my skin with the ease I talk about my fat. … [Read more...]
5 Conventionally Unattractive Parts of My Body that I Find Super Attractive October 27, 2017 by Gillian Brown Leave a Comment We all know how difficult it can be to feel attractive, when we are often made to feel like we are not. Whether it is advertising, mainstream media, or the meaner members of our family, it can seem like we are constantly bombarded with information on how unappealing certain features of our bodies are, and how we might go about ‘fixing’ them (for a ‘perfectly reasonable’ sum of … [Read more...]
