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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
From Dog Family to Fat Community: Grieving the loss of One and Opening to the Other
From Dog Family to Fat Community: Grieving the loss of One and Opening to the Other

While I physically ache at my dog’s absence, she gave me and my body the power to recognize belonging.

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Body Liberation, Body Positivity, Body Trust, Body Story, Cisheteropatriarchy, Community, Connection, Dieting, Fat Acceptance, Fat activism, Fat Liberation, Fatphobia, HAES Professionals, Health At Every Size®, Health Care, Health Care Providers, Healthcare, Medical Weight Stigma, Privilege, Sizeism, Shame, Weight Bias, Weight Stigma, White Fragility, White PrivilegeSJ ThompsonFatphobia, Community, Fat Community, Health At Every Size, ASDAH, Pets, Dogs, White privilege, White supremacy, Academia Comments
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
Community Is Crucial To My Survival
Community Is Crucial To My Survival

I don’t think I would survive very long without community. No, really. I don’t think I would. Community has always been incredibly important to me. It has changed and shifted over the years as I have learned and grown. I’ve been a part of many different communities over the years. They have all taught me different lessons and nourished a part of me.

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Body Liberation, Body Positivity, Body Trust, Connection, Eating Disorder Recovery, Fat Acceptance, Fat activism, Fat Liberation, Mental Health, Queer, Resilience, Self-Care, Community, Sonya Renee Taylor, Patreon, Body FreedomSJ ThompsonCommunity, Connection, Body Liberation, Body Positivity, Fat Liberation, Queer, Fat, Fat Acceptance, Sonya Renee Taylor, Radical Self-love, Patreon, Writing, Body FreedomComment