In her new book Unshrinking, Kate Manne explores the systemic nature of fatphobia and how we can unlearn the damaging body standards we are taught from a young age
Jan 15, 2024
In a new editorial shared over the weekend, the model poses in a pair of jeans that could fit her two times over. Writer Gina Tonic unpacks the problems underpinning the insidious image
Nov 27, 2023
Ester Manas is lighting up Paris Fashion Week with sexy, sensual collections designed for many bodies
Jun 30, 2023
Invented 200 years ago by an astronomer, BMI as a measure of weight and health has long been controversial – and now the American Medical Association agrees
Jun 19, 2023
Is Shakespeare problematic? Is body dysmorphia fatphobic? Should cheating be punishable by death? Are Elf Bars tasty – or delicious? We settle some of the year’s most heated debates, once and for all
Dec 22, 2022
Backlash against fat-shaming videos has triggered a new body positive movement on the app
Aug 15, 2022
If you think fat liberation began in 2011 with Tumblr feminism and fat fashion blogs, you’re wrong
Jun 23, 2022
Issue three of Gina Tonic’s fat liberation zine navigates the fears that fat people live with everyday and the burden of being other people’s “worst nightmare”
Feb 28, 2022
In an industry where fat people have been shamed and excluded, tattoo artist Carrie Metz-Caporusso brings forth the beauty of fat bodies
May 05, 2021
The fat liberation zine’s second issue rails against the loveless representation of fat people in media and pop culture to bring us joy and heart, from old school activist interviews to personal postcards
Mar 16, 2021
The self-described ‘big fat slag’ has established a community via The Fat Zine, a project for fat people by fat people, created in partnership with photographer Chloe Sheppard
Feb 05, 2021
The singer says the movement is no longer supporting the people it’s meant to, ‘girls with back fat, girls with bellies that hang, girls with stretch marks’
Sep 25, 2020
Created by fat-positive writers Gina Tonic and Chloe Sheppard, the newly launched project is an exploration of the nuances of being a fat person in 2020
Sep 03, 2020
The adult performer is reshaping the popular correlation between size and pleasure, starring in Erika Lust’s ‘feminist porn’ films and being comfortable in her skin and sexuality
Mar 30, 2020
It’s taken until the end of 2019 to finally see true fat acceptance on screen
Dec 27, 2019
