New Blog!

I am writing at a shiny new blog these days. My new blog isn’t Fat Acceptance specific, I write about a lot of things and it is a bit more personal that Fat Lot of Good has ever been. I am...

I stand

You can see more STANDards at the I Stand Against Weight Bullying tumblr

we need to change the world

*this post could be triggering as it contains images and descriptions of emaciated, starving children* When I, as a privileged white person living in a First World country, think of starving...

Fat Lot of Good on Facebook!

Please look at and like Fat Lot of Good’s Facebook page! I post lots of links to articles there that you might be interested in! Tell your fat friends, family and everyone else too! (No exclamation...

No more an apple a day…

So now fruit is making us fat. *sigh* Every day is it something different. Every day something else cops the blame for being the cause of TEHFATZ. Every day there is something else we should be...

Clothing Sale postponed!

Unfortunately I have had to postpone the clothing sale for the moment. It will be held before Christmas so stay tuned for further updates!

The 42nd Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Pondering Postfeminism! Lots of interesting reads to be had so join the fun!

Freshmen Fifteen is a Fallacy

We don’t use this term in Australia. We don’t use the term ‘freshman’ (‘first year’ is the term I know of) and as far as I am aware, there is no term that has the same implications as ‘freshman...

Upcoming Clothing Sale!

I have been sorting through my wardrobe and having a bit of a cull. I have way too many clothes and need to pare things down a bit. So I have decided to have a sale right here on Fat Lot of Good! I...

families from wealthier suburbs exercise more says social media

So this won’t surprise anyone. Of course kids from wealthier households are more likely to do gymnastics, swimming club, ballet, soccer, hockey and all the other organised sports kids can...

Fat in a Photo: NSFW

This photo was bought to my attention by Elizabeth over at The Extender and I wanted to see what you all thought about it. It contains nudity and is definitely not safe for work (you have been...

Scary Spice shills Jenny Craig…scary…

So Scary Spice (Mel B) is the new face for Jenny Craig in Australia. What the f*ck ever. I wouldn’t really pay this any major attention except for one thing… Mel Brown had a baby 5 weeks ago. FIVE...

Add me to the humourless…

So Sam de Brito thinks fat people (along with feminists and cyclists) are humourless. Well if standing up for people’s rights to be part of an inclusive progressive society means I am humourless,...

Tech help!

Can anyone tell me how I can get the ‘share’ buttons for FB and the like at the bottom of each post?

fat kid does not equal child abuse

If this is true, if these children were taken away from their parents solely (or even mainly) on the premise that they are fat (the children) then this is one of the most appalling things I have...

Jamie Oliver may know about sauces but not so much about sources

Jamie Oliver is a prat. In my humble opinion. I cannot stand the man. He has, for some unknown reason, appointed himself as saviour of the world (or of the fatties at least) and thinks he has all...

Fat kids deserve to be abused according to ‘well meaning’ grandfather

This story really pissed me off. *trigger warning for child abuse* A grandfather decided his grandsons were fat and so he subjected them to a 30km Grand Canyon hike in 40 degree celcius heat,...

Mr Big

So apparently (the poet) Byron was a big boy. If you call 88kg at 178cm tall big. Let’s say we *do* call that big. So he was big. So what? Why does this historian think that just because Byron was...

Fear of Food

*trigger warnings all over the place for talk of eating disorders, weight loss and fear of food* The obesity epi-panic has got to the point where children are afraid to eat. Children as young as 4...

$40 million to eradicate fatties

The government of my state has decided, in their ultimate wisdom, to throw $40m at a ‘fat fighting plan’. I have three words for State Premier Ted Baillieu and Health Minister David Davis… WASTE....

Julie Goodwin, I love you

Who is Julie Goodwin I hear you ask. Julie was the winner of the inaugral Australian series of Masterchef back in 2009 and she is a proud fat chick. So proud in fact that she knocked back a...

Fat shaming for four year olds

My 4 year old daughter stayed home from preschool today because she has a raging fever. After spending most the day snuggling in bed I set her up with a makeshift bed on the loungeroom sofa with...

Quick Hit: The Gap – ‘always skinny’

Ass Hat of the Day award goes to The Gap. See why here by reading Feminist Fatale’s blog piece.

Mia does a fat lot of good when it comes to promoting (fat positive) body image

Mia Freedman* is not an advocate for fat women, men, children or anyone or anything that happens to be fat. Mia Freedman has no bloody idea when it comes to the lived experience of being fat or of...

Notes from the Fatosphere feed Admin note – no Tumblrs on the feed

This last week or so there has been a huge kerfuffle and shennanigans on Tumblr which has had some flow on to the Notes feed blogs. And my email has been filled with people asking me to remove...

Going Public with ‘Failure’

A new study was released this week and I found it rather interesting. In times when we rarely see anyone outside the Fat Acceptance movement criticising the Lap Band, I have to admit that I get a...

ways to piss off a fat person

This This and This (Warning, mega sanity points needed).

Hating Yourself is the Way to Go (apparently)

Flicking through today’s Herald-Sun newspaper (yes, a real paper, not online!) I came across the headline “Fat fears are off the scales”. The article was accompanied by a picture of The Biggest...

Fat now makes us lose our minds

So now we aren’t just going to die before our time because we are fat, we are going to lose our minds before we get to that point. And of course it is the fat’s fault. I can bet my bottom dollar...

Australians too fat for deployment?

Latest reports have it that ‘large numbers’ (ha ha!) of Australian Defence Force personnel are overweight or obese (according to that pesky BMI thing) and almost 10% are not deployable on medical...