How I Learned to Stop Hating and Embrace My Fat Selfie
I ran my first 5K a couple of weekends ago. I know a lot of people run 5Ks, so whatever, but as a fat woman who has a complicated relationship with exercise, this was a big deal for me.
Over the past year or so I’ve discovered what I call fatboards—Facebook groups and blogs that promote size acceptance and a body-love movement called Health at Every Size. On many of them, fat women (and occasionally men) post photos of themselves finishing marathons, trying on new clothes, lifting weights, maki