February 2012
Power Play —
Anyone interested in ending the Strong4Life campaign in Georgia needs to read this, reblog it and help us pound this stake through the heart of CHOA once and for all.
I have it on good authority that our pressure on Carter’s is beginning to have the desired effect.
Leah Segedie of Mamavation has an official meeting with Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta tomorrow, so let’s...
In which I go the FUCK off on someone...via the...
supersandys-space:
Having IRL confrontations is soooooooo 1995.
[TW for fat hate and self hate and well just all the hate]
I made the fatal flaw of reading the comments on this welcome to new readers by Fierce, Freethinking Fatties because of the influx that followed this BBC News story about Georgia’s Wrong4Life childhood obesity campaign. Someone had the following to say:
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For those following the Strong4Life saga, some...
In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health has issued a public condemnation of Strong4Life’s ad campaign:
Thank you for writing to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) concerning the Strong4Life campaign that targets overweight children in an effort to curb childhood obesity…
I agree with you that this campaign carries a great risk of increasing stigma for those...
tubbycakes asked: Just wanted to say that your response to those health posters and the person reblogging them was brilliant. You deserve all the high fives.
promote healthy, not fat
sassymeow:
randomlancila:
atchka:
By now you’ve seen these posters:
[snip]
i am sick of seeing this all over tumblr. yes, it is bad to make kids feel bad about themselves, because its not good to grow up feeling you’re fat and ugly etc. but its also not okay to tell them that its okay to be obese forever. its known fact that being overweight/obese leaves you vulnerable diabetes, heart...
Shame, Stigma and Strong4Life →
Until Tuesday, February 7 at noon Eastern, you can ask Michelle Obama a question about childhood obesity through CNN’s iReport. I would like to hear her comment on the Strong4Life billboard campaign in Georgia. The questions are selected based on how many comments and recommendations the questions get. I think that as many people as possible should submit questions about Strong4Life, then...
“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
I went to one of the talks he gave on this, it was pretty damn inspiring.
(via apiphile)
Our Big, Fat Moneybomb
Today’s the day.
We set a goal of $10,000 dollars to erect a body positive billboard in Atlanta to counter the toxic Strong4Life fat shaming billboards. We have a $5,000 More of Me to Love Match on the table as well. All we have to do is raise $5,000 and have at least 1,000 donors.
As of 10:30 a.m. Central, we have raised over $7,000 with just 185 donors.
Every single penny will go...
Lying Liars —
By now you’ve seen these posters:
Do you want to do something about them? Then join our Big, Fat Moneybomb on Thursday, February 2 starting at 12 a.m. Eastern.
Tomorrow, we are asking everyone to donate to a body positive billboard campaign on one day to get the media’s attention at our collective outrage toward Strong4Life for shaming fat children. We are attempting to raise...
January 2012
Jennifer Jonassen
fatkidsunited:
If this works for you I’d love to share it on your site! Absolutely love your video. And as always you rock. Atchka, Ive always wanted to tell you that the work you do makes me feel safer somehow. Thank you for standing up to all the bullies out there! You’re definitely a hero!
Thank you for your kind words, Jennifer, and thank you for sharing your heart-rending, and...
Time Traveler —
Today, it has now been eight days since Strong4Life told me through its Twitter account that they were”research bkgrd is being collected” for the statistic on alleged parental neglect that justifies their campaign.
Eight days.
To me, this means they are hard at work spinning the data to reflect the multiple conflicting claims they have made about the 75% statistic.
With that in...
Roseanne Barr joins the fight
First Alton Brown.
Then Dan Savage.
Now Roseanne Barr.
Join the Call to Action against Georgia’s fat-shaming billboard campaign.
Call to Action —
Last week we covered the issue of Strong4Life’s shameless billboard campaign in Georgia exhaustively. You can catch up on the issue from every angle here:
Hammer Time —
Blue Light Special —
Three-Quarter Turn —
Humanitarian Aid —
Hippocritic Oath —
War and Profit —
Brave New World —
Cognitive Dissonance —
Day After Day —
Today, we are inviting people to join our Call to Action. We...
For the Children —
Hey. You got five minutes?
I know you do because you’re on Tumblr. You’ve probably got, like, three hours to kill, and if I can just have a fraction of your time (after you finish reading this), then you can make a direct, positive impact on the life of a child who feels like absolute shit right now.
In Georgia, there’s a billboard campaign featuring fat children over horrible...
Me: Am I free to assemble a protest of peaceful peers?
Government: Only with a permit.
Me: Am I free to travel?
Government: Only with a passport.
Me: Am I free to pursue my own ideas of happiness?
Government: Only within these constraints.
Me: Am I free to start a business?
Government: Only with a license.
Me: Am I free to marry who I wish?
Government: Only with my consent.
Me: Am I free?
Government: I'm legally obligated to say that you are.
Government: Stop asking so many questions.
If you're unfollowing me because of CHOA posts...
Fuck you.
We are bringing this campaign down and you can either be a part of it and help us by making phone calls and email, or you can go about your lives talking about activism and blogging like it matters.
Fat children in Georgia have had to endure this torment for long enough and we are taking a stand. If you can’t be bothered to stand with us, then go fuck yourself with the Washington...
Cognitive Dissonance —
After mentally exhausting myself from writing this monster, I did some cursory research and stumbled across something that blew my fucking mind. I have to share it.
It turns out that Dr. Stephanie Walsh, the Medical Director of Children’s Hospital of Atlanta who we’ve been calling all week, has a profile on Sharecare, a website where people can ask medical questions and get a...
War and Profit —
I’m not going to post the whole thing, but today’s post on Fierce, Freethinking Fatties is all about how Children’s Hospital of Atlanta has received over $375,000 in donations from Big Food corporations, most notably Coca-Cola. But that’s not even the one that will make your eyes pop out of your head. Read it and rage.
Then, take action.
We are calling on the Surgeon...
Want to send a unified message to Strong4Life?
I was banned from Strong4Life’s Facebook page for saying the following: “Shame on you, Strong4Life and CHOA. Shame on everyone who had a hand in this dehumanizing campaign.”
We are now asking everyone to “Like” Strong4Life’s Facebook page, then copy and paste this: Shame on you, Strong4Life and CHOA. Shame on everyone who had a hand in this dehumanizing...
Hippocritic Oath —
Warning: Please skip this post if you have a serious allergy to hypocrisy or irony.
This morning, I received a curious message from Strong4Life’s Twitter account:
First of all, am I the only one who finds it ironic that a group that has financed billboards insulting fat children got their pwecious wittle fee fees hurt?
But what struck me as odd is that for someone with a short fuse and...
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Humanitarian Aid —
In an effort to reduce the amount of bullying that gay teens endure, which contributes to an astonishing 20% increase in suicidal ideation among gay teens according to one study, the Atlanta School Board has released a new advertising campaign to address the heart of the matter.
In fairness, it’s modeled after the anti-bullying efforts of Strong4Life, which I learned about through this...
The surprising past of Miranda Hart →
amelieallbymyself:
After reading this, my admiration towards her has grown even more than before. People like her are worth of looking up to
gif by: Optimus-Primer
Wow. Miranda Hart, I want to hug you so hard!
Best photos of the year 2011
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Now that CHOA Communications Director Kevin McClelland is getting deluged with emails, he is sending out his sincerest, warmest thoughts to each and every person who has expressed their concern with Georgia’s “We Hate Fat Kids” campaign.
It’s particularly amazing how consistent his sincerity is when you compare and contrast his responses in Microsoft Word.
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Blue Light Special —
I have it on good authority that Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA) has been responding to email complaints (keep ‘em comin’!) about their unbelievably fat-shaming campaign (aka Operation Big, Dumb Bully) with a well-crafted response from Kevin McClelland, Director of External Communications for CHOA (if you get a response at all, which I didn’t).
Thanks to Mary...
Occupy CHOA —
You’ve wanted to do something about this fat hating culture for a while now, right? You’ve wanted to give a piece of your mind to the $60 billion diet industry, right? You’ve wanted to have a real and lasting impact on how our culture treats fat people, right?
Well, this is it. This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. Yesterday, I wrote about out the Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA)...
