The insistence that the commercialisation of the body is a fit subject for political discussion and intervention is well overdue.
Mothers unconsciously allow more latitude to sons, and open encouragement, and with daughters they treat them as they would treat themselves.
Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.
I'd like to see much more understanding of emotional issues around hurt, abandonment, disappointment, longing, failure and shame, where they stem from and how they drive people and policies brought into public discourse.
Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.