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Ask Aunt Fattie: What do I say when people compliment my weight loss?

Dear Aunt Fattie, Over the past couple of months, I have embraced HAES, starting working on my negative body image, bought some pretty clothes in my correct size(s) (including new bras that act… more »

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Ask Aunt Fattie: What do I say when people compliment my weight loss? — 141 comments

fillyjonk wrote 1 day ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, Over the past couple of months, I have embraced HAES, starting working on m … more »

Tags: Fat

Ask Aunt Fattie: Why was I left out of the fat girls' weekend getaway? — 286 comments

fillyjonk wrote 1 week ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, Last summer one of my best friends (we’ll call her K) spent the day … more »

Tags: Fat

Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I stop feeling negative about my girlfriend's fat? — 54 comments

fillyjonk wrote 2 weeks ago: Hi Aunt Fattie – So I’m a late-twenty-something lady who is dating another twenty … more »

Tags: Fat

Ask Aunt Fattie: Can I ask my school to provide bigger chairs? — 48 comments

fillyjonk wrote 3 weeks ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I am starting law school in August. I am excited about school and my career … more »

Tags: Disability, Fat

Ask Aunt Fattie: My new potential beau hates his fat — 25 comments

fillyjonk wrote 4 weeks ago: Dearest Aunt Fattie, I was recently excited to stumble across an online dating site which inc … more »

Tags: Fat, Health at Every Size, self-image

Ask Aunt Fattie: Post-pregnancy clothes and premenstrual syndromes — 112 comments

fillyjonk wrote 1 month ago: Dear Aunt Fattie; I have a fat activism conundrum. I am (was?) a thin fat-acceptance ally, a … more »

Tags: Fat, self-image

Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I stop grief eating? — 41 comments

fillyjonk wrote 1 month ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, My father is dying. The end is very close - he’s in his final hours. … more »

Tags: Fat, Food

Ask Aunt Fattie: How can a fat woman find love? — 108 comments

fillyjonk wrote 2 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I’m in a quandary. I’m a thirty-something woman, intelligent, … more »

Tags: Fat, self-image

Ask Aunt Fattie: Do I qualify for HAES? — 139 comments

fillyjonk wrote 2 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I’ve been fairly thin my entire adult life - between 120 and 130 p … more »

Tags: Fat, Health at Every Size, self-image

Ask Aunt Fattie: Can I make my friend go to the doctor? — 47 comments

fillyjonk wrote 2 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I have a friend who is heavier than I am, and insists that there’s no … more »

Tags: Fat, Health at Every Size

Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I talk to fatties in public? — 123 comments

fillyjonk wrote 2 months ago: Hi, Aunt Fattie For awhile I’ve been wanting to reach out to other plus sized people in … more »

Tags: Fat

Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I get a job when I look pregnant? — 103 comments

fillyjonk wrote 3 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie: I’m a college senior, about to enter the big wide job market, and I … more »

Tags: Fat, Fashion

Ask Aunt Fattie: How do I talk sense into my dieting friend? — 37 comments

fillyjonk wrote 3 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I have a bit of a conundrum. One of my friends used to be slightly overweigh … more »

Tags: Fat, Dieting/WLS, self-image

Ask Aunt Fattie: What if I never stop gaining weight? — 31 comments

fillyjonk wrote 3 months ago: Dear Aunt Fattie, I am deeply afraid I will never stop gaining weight. I am 25 years old and … more »

Tags: Disability, Fat, Health at Every Size

Introducing Aunt Fattie — 54 comments

fillyjonk wrote 3 months ago: Editors’ note: We frequently get emails and blog comments in which readers ask for advice. Th … more »

Tags: Fat, Health at Every Size, Dieting/WLS, self-image


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