Fat

A&E Look at the fat girl

Is plus-size programming like "More to Love" and "Drop Dead Diva" empowerment, exploitation -- or both?
  • Does my butt look fat?

    Well, it is. And it's OK to say it, because after decades of agonizing over my weight, I've finally realized that the F-word isn't dirty.
  • This comic book can make you thin!

    Salon cartoonist Carol Lay discusses the world's first diet-book graphic memoir and why the best approach to weight loss is the least sensational.
  • "Fat Princess"

    No, it's not fat-positive just 'cause the point of the game is to rescue her.
  • The diet that's too good to be true

    Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
  • Exporting fatness

    They may still be chic, but French women aren't so skinny anymore.
  • Do these jeans make me look too skinny?

    In Mauritania, fat is in. And the government wants women to go on a diet.
  • The professor of pigging out

    Brian Wansink, of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, dishes about food self-delusion, holiday dieting, and how it might be the size of your plate -- not pie -- that's responsible for your paunch.
  • What else we're reading

    Face lifts, depressed babies, gay politicians and more!
  • Mo'Nique's F.A.T. revolution

    The host of a reality beauty pageant for the "Fabulous and Thick" says it's time for women to feel comfortable in their own skin.
  • Big love

    Forget abs of steel -- give me soft arms, wide hips and fleshy lips! For as long as I can remember, I've been turned on by fat women.
  • Women beware! Shacking up with a m-a-n can make you fat!

    Study says that cohabitation leads to weight gain for women, but not for men.
  • In search of the fat and fabulous

    Oxygen's Mo'Nique looks for larger-than-life beauty queens.
  • Tyra Banks plays obese

    The supermodel dons a fat suit.
  • Let them eat cake -- sometimes

    Not everyone believes that fat kids should greatly restrict calories to slim down, or even that it's healthy for them to try.
  • Gut check

    Wellspring, a camp for overweight teens, trains kids to have a "healthy obsession" with food and exercise. Sure, they shed pounds on the 1,200-calorie daily diet, but what happens when they get home?
  • Letters

    "Why should wearing appropriate clothing be the privilege of only one body type?" Salon readers respond to Lynn Harris' article about fashion for plus-size teens
  • Terrible hunger

    In plain and poignant language, Judith Moore's new memoir, "Fat Girl," chronicles her youth as an obese child starved of love.
  • Who you callin' fat?

    After a lifetime of obsessing over her weight, the author of "The Fat Girl's Guide to Life" embarked on a mission to free women from their fear of fat.
  • Thin like me

    I'm not anorexic, I don't diet and I don't spend hours at the gym. I'm just naturally slim; deal with it.
  • Fat like mommy

    My mother always told me I was fat. Then I realized that she was afraid she was.
  • Germ theory of obesity gains weight

    An Indian researcher believes a virus may be responsible for obesity -- and he's not as crazy as he sounds.
  • Kudos to the Gap, if not Salon's journalist, for embracing larger sizes

    "It's about time"
  • Everybody in size 20

    The Gap turns toward American fashion for fuller figures.
  • Chunky Chinese

    A growing number of spoiled only children are obese, and may face diminished future sex lives because of it.
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