> I have long admired the work of fat activists — Marilyn Wann, Sonya Renee Taylor and Aubrey Gordon among them — and recognize that fat bodies can be not only

> I have long admired the work of fat activists — Marilyn Wann, Sonya Renee Taylor and Aubrey Gordon among them — and recognize that fat bodies can be not only healthy but also athletic, beautiful, sexy There is a various and dangerous trend of people, some of whom are medical professionals, trying to insinuate that obesity isn't the problem some say it is. Worse is trying to enforce (it's certainly not just promotion) a completely impossible view of what others find attractive. Given the author's other work i find this commentary problematic, and more a window into their personal problems than anything else.