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Disability

The Big Bad Anti-Diet Brigade

This is a subject that comes up a lot within the body positive plus size community, a hell of a lot. And it’s always controversial.…

“You’re obviously not as happy with your body as you make out”

I was going to tweet about this, but realised it would be far too long to fit into even a series of tweets. In a…

#TheAbleistScript

If you follow me on Twitter then you’ll have seen this already. There is a hashtag about Ableist speech and attitudes, it’s full of quotes…

Trigger Warnings

Let me start by saying, so many trigger warnings for this post. I realised I have written, briefly, about this before, but it is a…

Mental health and male privilege

This tweet popped up on my timeline, I was busy at the time, so I didn’t see the context or know about any twitter storm.…

Guest Post: Guilty until proven healthy

This is a guest post written by my husband. – MoG The following is written not by a reactionary, or a devoted fan of a…

Plus Size Promise

After seeing this fantastic video by A Curvy Cupcake, Debz decided to set a few of us a challenge to make ourselves our own Plus…

Preparing for Samhain

Some of you may be thinking I’m a little bit early, some more of you may be thinking, “what on earth is Samhain?” I best…

The Diet Industry and triggers

I have to admit, this is a post about a specific conversation. But it got me thinking, and it got me thinking about something that…

#DropThePlus and our daughters

Sorry to be repetitive, but I’ve been reading more on the #DropThePlus campaign and it got me thinking. Lovely as Ajay is, I’m sorry to…

#EDAW2015, #effyourbeautystandards, #spoonieproblems and self hate (TW)

I don’t get on with my body very much. In fact that’s quite an understatement. And today that self loathing hit me like a sledgehammer.…

Honesty, trust, mental health and health care professionals

Have had a less than positive experience recently with a local hospital, which is a shame because on the whole we’ve always had a lot…

Looking out for friends with MH issues

My mental health issues have been talked about a bit on here, so I’ll assume it’s known that I’m not always doing wonderfully. I have…

Worst things you can say

About a year ago I put a post up on Mumsnet asking what the worst thing people had heard said related to illness or disability.…