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

Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.

A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.

Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves.

When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?

When they took TV to Fiji they found that after 3 years nearly 12 girls out of 100 were over the toilet bowls with bulimia because they felt inferior.

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