Plus-Size Living
Why are plus-size clothes more expensive?
Some of the difference is real cost, some is how the industry chooses to make and sell larger sizes. How to tell which is…
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Plus-Size Living
Real life in a big body. Joy, practicality, and no apologies.
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How to stop thigh chafing (in dresses, heat and everyday wear)
Chafing is a friction problem with friction solutions. Shorts, thigh bands, balms and the clothing choices that stop thighs rubbing.
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The spa robe should fit you too
A spa day is sold as pure rest. For many women in bigger bodies it can feel like an exam. The questions worth asking…
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You cannot tell how healthy a woman is by looking at her
Size is visible. Blood pressure, blood sugar and fitness are not. What the evidence says about judging a woman’s health by how she looks.
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Why do people assume plus-size women don’t take care of themselves?
Larger women are routinely assumed to neglect themselves. Where that assumption comes from, what it costs, and why it gets care exactly backwards.
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When every doctor’s appointment becomes a conversation about your weight
When every symptom leads back to the scales, people stop going. What research shows about weight bias in medicine, and how to keep an…
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Seventeen inches: what actually happened to the aeroplane seat
Economy seats got wider, then narrower again. What that means for booking, which armrests lift, and why width matters more than legroom.
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Ask what they would investigate if you were thin
Diagnostic overshadowing is well documented and badly discussed. Five things that change how a consultation goes when your symptom has already been explained by…
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My body is not a before picture
For years I treated my body as a draft — something to be corrected before the real version of my life could begin. This…
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I no longer apologise for the way I take up a doorway
I used to turn sideways in doorways when nobody was coming. An inventory of the small ways women learn to shrink, and what it…
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You can want better health without hating your body
Body acceptance is not a rejection of health, and wanting to feel stronger is not a betrayal of yourself. A careful look at a…