Acknowledgement Quote by Roxane Gay

“To be clear, the fat acceptance movement is important, affirming, and profoundly necessary, but I also believe that part of fat acceptance is accepting…

— Roxane Gay

Our cultural discussion of fat bodies and how we clothe them has nothing to do with health concerns, the obesity epidemic, or the comfort…

— Jennifer Armintrout

“In the very same books that tell us to locate our self-worth not in how we look but in who we are and how…

— Ruby Tandoh

When I was thin, I had no notion of what being fat is like. When I worked in a department store, I had sold…

— Hilary Mantel

I'll always be a fat girl and I am happy with that.

— Dawn French

Those who fat shame, I want to tell them being happy has nothing to do with body weight but how one leads his or…

— Angad Bedi

I just saw a fat girl crying while girls pointed & laughed at her. I thought ,She must be finding it hard to fit…

— Nikhil Saluja

Fat people aren't just fat people; they have so many layers to them, just like anybody else, that I think should be explored.

— Lolly Adefope

In real everyday life, I don't walk around feeling fat and if on TV I'm considered fat, honestly, I kind of like it, because…

— Kether Donohue

“We hear the statistics about how obesity is a major problem in the United States, and yet there are a mere handful of stores…

— Roxane Gay

I've never been one of those people who's been obsessed with working out or being super-skinny. The body I have isn't going to change,…

— Hayden Panettiere

I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

— Bethenny Frankel