Paradoxically, her lot in life is to be perpetually noticed.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

Dare to be as physically robust and varied as you always were.

The truth is, we don’t have an easy language for emotional life. That’s why we have writers.

I’d like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.

I think what’s most interesting about me is the work that I do.

Celebrity culture is something that pains me.

Fat Is a Feminist Issue

Fat is a way of saying ”no” to powerlessness and self-denial.

We know that ever woman wants to be thin. Our images of womanhood are almost synonymous with thinness.

Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.