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FAT LINKS
- International Size Acceptance Association
- Speak up, speak out! ISAA online Size Acceptance Petition to members of Congress and the Senate
- NAAFA - The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
- About Face - against negative images of women
- Fat Acceptance Resource
- About Fat Acceptance
- Fat Acceptance - includes EXCELLENT article: "What Do Fat People Want"
- SeaFATtle - activism and support.
- Size Acceptance information packet
- Yahoo! - Society and Culture:Issues and Causes:
- Smash Negative Body Images in Women
- The Fat Person's Home Page - Fat is not a four letter word...
- The Fat Acceptance Notice Board - information packed and fun to visit
- Welcome, promoting tolerance
- Largesse - the network for size esteem
- The Fatphobia page
- Allen's Big Beautiful World Where any size is the right size if you're happy!
Newsgroups & FAQs
- FAQ on Size Acceptance
- FAQ for General Resources for Big Folks
- Big Folks and Fitness
- Big Folks and Sports
- FAQ for soc.support.fat-acceptance
- Plus-Size Maternity Resources FAQ
- Infertility FAQ for Women of Size
- FAQ about Research concerning Big Folks
- FAQ about Health and Fat People
- Frequently Asked Questions for fat folks
- FAQ for Big Folks Physical Resources
- The big-folks publications FAQ
- Infertility FAQ for Women of Size
- FAQ Big Folks Organizations
- FAQ for On-Line Resources for Big Folks
- alt.support.big-folks
- alt.support.obesity
- soc.support.fat-acceptance
Mail Lists
- Zoftig Zone, A gem of a place hosted by Susan Mason, creative force and undiscovered diva.
- SizeWisePlus - Visit site for info. Hosted by Judy Sullivan.
- Ample Spirit - Visit site for info.
- Fat-Acceptance: Send email with "subscribe fat-acceptance" in the body of the message
- FatGirls: Send email with "subscribe fat girls" in the body of the message
- Superfriends - Visit site for info.
Books, Magazines, Publications and E'zines
- Author Rida Allen - fantastic contemporary romance novels with full-figured heroines
- Sue Ann Jaffarian, Author - Too Big To Miss, the first novel in the new Odelia Grey mystery series featuring a middle-age plus size humorous amateur sleuth
- Hues - Forum where women of all cultures, sizes and identities share their experiences, insights and recipes for power.
- Fabulous World of FAT!SO? - yeah? what's the big deal about being fat?
- Ruben's Nest
- Living Large and Loving it!
- Sizewise - self confidence and comfort at any size by Judy Sullivan.
- BBW Magazine
- Abundance - books on size acceptance and body image
- Rump Parliament
- Bigger & Better - Fat positive page in Florida
- Phat Phree! E-zine - fat positive writing celebrating the WHOLE person
- oooO Baby BABY Productions - Multi-level Production Company Promoting Size Acceptance and Rubenesque Beauty (ies).
- Exuberance - Thinking woman's website for size acceptance, self-esteem. POSITIVE, wonderful, exuberant!!
- Kerri's Story, So Much to Lose, So Much to Gain - Ongoing Denver Post story.
- Living Large and Loving it!
- Healthy At Any Size Series
- Gurze Books - specializing in eating disorder literature and resources
- Sizewise - self confidence and comfort at any size by Judy Sullivan.
- Rubenesque Romance - by Dr. Joanne Morse
- Les Plus Belles - French-Canadian BBW appreciation site/magazine
- Canada Wyde Home Page
- Measure by Measure - an online fat romance serial
- Dimensions Online - The Magazine - Where Big Is Beautiful
- Radiance Magazine - The magazine for large women.
- Fat & Happy - Detroit News article
Web Rings
- The BBW/FA Ring - webring of BBW/FA homepages
- Supersize Ring - webring of SSBBW homepages
- BBW/BHM/FA Ring - webring of homepages by fat folks
- Plus Stop - search engine style listing of "Everything Plus Size on the Internet"
The Law
- Persons with Disabilities Law Center
- Americans with Disabilities Act Document Center
- Obesity Law and Advocacy Center - A private law firm established and dedicated to the cause of representing morbidly obese facing discrimination and various legal concerns.
Medical Information
- Naafa's Diet Drug Registry
- Something Fishy - On Eating disorders
- Beyond Dieting® - Stop your weight preoccupation.
- Spirited Lady - Offers resources and support to Survivors of abuse, domestic violence, depression. Comprehensive and filled with caring. Although her site is not a size-acceptance site, these issues affect women of size.
- ConvaQuip - Health Care Products for Fat People
- BioFit - makers of very large size chairs and other products
- WheelNet Medical Supplies - has wheelchairs up to 30" wide, up to 700 lbs.
- 21St
Century Scientific carries wheelchairs and other accessibility
devices
for users up to 700 pounds.Power leg-rest system - Yoga for Large People - I want Mara to move into my house.
- Fit & Fat - Should be Fit, Fat & Fun
- Association for the Health Enrichment of Large People (AHelp)
- Dr. Moe Lerner - Dimensions magazine's physician
- New England Journal of Medicine articles on obesity
- NIH Consensus Statement 1991 on obesity surgery
- Focus on Obesity
- Barb's Beautiful Homepage - Harrowing personal story of weight loss surgery
- Weight cycling
- U.S. FDA.
- FAT: Facts and Fallacies - Health Action Network
- Lymphoedema information
- Health Information About Fatness
- Science of Obesity and Weight Control Site
- CDA Newsflash
- Information on Weight/Obesity, Eating Disorders
- Plus-Size Pregnancy Website
- Olestra
- Yoga for Large People
- Infertility FAQ for Women of Size
- Beyond Dieting®
Stuff
- Christine's Sewing for Big Folks
- AmpleStuff - excellent resource for STUFF to make fat living easy. email addy.
- Barbarian's Guide to Diet & Exercise - Humorous look at humorless subject
- Fat-friendly airlines
- Fat-friendly automobiles
- impudent insolence -OUTSTANDING personal website self-described, "... humorous, yet totally hip website by one of the nation's finer fat chicks ", Gural Powered woman. If all you visit is her disclaimor page, it's well worth the trip!
- Baklava Schwartz - Undiscovered Diva
- The Flabulous Teighlor's Archive
- Blossom Fuller - All the allure of supermodel without the bony hips. All the charm of a movie star only older and with real breasts.
- Purple's BBTeen page - Wise beyond her years
- Pot Bellied Men of America - graphically sophisticated site!
- EverythingBBW - List of BBW-related websites
- PlusStop - Another List of BBW-related websites
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