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Sarah Thompson, founder of Resilient Fat Goddess, writes about body positivity, body liberation, and fat liberation at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and eating disorders. 

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Letter to my Fat, Trans and/or Queer Siblings
Letter to my Fat, Trans and/or Queer Siblings

I can tell you that it does get different. I can tell you that you don’t have any chance at finding the people you connect deeply with if you are gone. I truly hope that you give yourself a chance to find the right people for you.

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Community, Connection, Depression, Eating Disorder Recovery, Fat Acceptance, Family, Fat Liberation, Holidays, Mental Health, Queer, Recovery, Resilience, Self-Care, ShameSJ ThompsonTransgender, Chosen Family, Mental Health, Family, Suicide, Friends, Community, Fat Community, Fat PositivityComment
Discovering My Sexuality as a Fat, Christian Teen
Discovering My Sexuality as a Fat, Christian Teen

I’m finalizing a presentation on the ways that sizeism and eating disorders, separately and together, intersect for trans and gender diverse folx. While researching scientific and community based articles, it really got me thinking about my experience as a kid (a lot research is focused on trans youth) coming of age while recognizing my sexuality was different than almost everyone I knew.

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Addiction, Body Story, Bullying, Community, Connection, Dieting, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders, Exercise, Family, Fat Acceptance, Fatphobia, Mental Health, Ohio, Pacific Northwest, Privilege, Queer, Recovery, Resilience, DepressionSJ ThompsonHomosexuality, Gay, Lesbian, Sexuality, Coming Out, Queer, Christianity, Christian, God, Bible, Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Awareness, Substance Use Disorder, Sobriety, Recovery, Community, Connection, Depression, An, Suicide, Ment, Em, Fat, Family Comments
How Shifting From Body Positivity to Body and Fat Liberation Changed My Life


I did not always believe that fat people had a right to eat regularly and enough food, every day.

Nope. I had so much internalized fatphobia, weight stigma and bias that I very much bought into the idea that my fat body was a problem. A BIG problem.

Which meant that I shouldn't (read: didn't deserve to) eat regularly and enough food, every day.

It was impossible for me to feel much joy or pleasure, take up space, or gasp. . .feel sexy.

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Body Liberation, Body Trust, Connection, Depression, Dieting, Fat Acceptance, Fat Liberation, Fatphobia, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Recovery, Resilience, Shame, Sizeism, Weight Stigma, Body Positivity, Overeaters Anonymous, Body Story, Pleasure, Self-CareSJ ThompsonBody Positivity, Body Trust, Body Shame, Binge eating, Restricting, Weight Stigma, Overeaters Anonymous, Fat, Fatphobia, Fat Positivity, Fat Liberation, Fat Acceptance, Self-compassion, Self-Care, Social Media Comments
Our world is not designed to fit me.
Our world is not designed to fit me.

There were many things that influenced my willingness to seek information about treatment for ADHD. But I was finally willing to seek out this kind of help.

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Body Liberation, Depression, Eating Disorder Recovery, Fat Acceptance, Fat Liberation, Mental Health, Pacific Northwest, Queer, Recovery, Resilience, SizeismSJ ThompsonSizeism, Accessiblity, Mental Health, ADHD, PTSD, Body Shame, Body Positivity, Body Liberation, Fat Liberation, Fat Positivity, Fatphobia, Fat Acceptance, Fat