Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: fat

  • Fatties destroying the New Zealand Defence Force

    Oh, sweet merciful mother of God: The Defence Force has announced it will restrict sugary fizzy drinks and deep fried food as it emerges more than a quarter of its…

  • QOTD: Beware that latest “diet breakthrough”

    A must-read article at io9: I Fooled Millions Into Thinking Chocolate Helps Weight Loss. Here’s How. Other than those fibs, the study was 100 percent authentic. My colleagues and I…

  • Improve your lexicon: fat politicians

    I’m on a never-ending quest to improve my vocabulary – both by expanding it, and by getting rid of some of the more objectionable, oppressive language which we all use…

  • Modern fat-shaming: how do I smugly put down my fat friends?

    A de-coding of this NZ Herald “advice” column: Is it ever okay to step in and tell a friend they are too fat? – Weight Watcher, Auckland. “Too fat” is obviously…

  • The personal impact of fat-hatred

    I woke up yesterday looking forward to a relaxing fourth-day-of-a-long-weekend. And one of the first things I saw on Twitter was an article which panickedly declared that   And I…