Comments on: New Blog; Call for Submissions

By: Fat and Physicians - my own experiences « Fatadelic

Fat and Physicians - my own experiences « Fatadelic — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:27:54 +0000

[...] , fat activism Tags: , discrimination, doctors, health, medical professionals Inspired by Shapely Prose’s initiative: the First Do No Harm blog, I am re-posting an entry from my old blog which covered some [...]

By: Sunday Stars for the week of 11/11 - 11/17 at BABble

Sunday Stars for the week of 11/11 - 11/17 at BABble — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 17:07:19 +0000

[...] Prose: New Blog; Call for Submissions – wherein Kate tells us about a new blog that’s been set up: First, Do No Harm: Real Stories [...]

By: kateharding

kateharding — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:13:42 +0000

The site sounds great. Are there any resources for finding a non-asshole doctor for fatties? Stef's list, which is linked on the site.

By: Pronoia

Pronoia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:01:19 +0000

The site sounds great. Are there any resources for finding a non-asshole doctor for fatties?

By: Astrobabe

Astrobabe — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:49:03 +0000

Kate,
For those of us who are a little slow (or busy with writing grant proposals), could you please add a link to this into your list of other blogs? I’d like to share my story but it’s long (whose isn’t?) plus I’m hoping to have an update shortly on one part of it as I’ve got an appt next week.

Thanks!

By: gemellen

gemellen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:22:02 +0000

this is beyond awesome & super important. congrats on giving a voice to so many people.

By: the individual voice

the individual voice — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:04:58 +0000

That’s an amazing and necessary blog. Thanks.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:09:39 +0000

Uh, didn’t mean to steal your announcement thunder, Kate.

We really needed a fire lit under our ass for this one, Paul, so you did the world a service.

By: Alyce

Alyce — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:55:48 +0000

Rachel and I clearly having a little non-deadly Vulcan mind meld this morning. :-)

By: Alyce

Alyce — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:52:46 +0000

The site is great. With my voracious appetite (for reading and donuts, natch) I raced through the existing entries last night. Sooooo infuriating. And all too familiar.

I can’t help but hope though, that the trolls don’t find it. Even though “(y)ou don’t need to be a “fat power person” to understand the outrageousness of what fat people are subjected to by health practitioners” I can’t help but think those people will still find fault with our experiences. “The doctor is right,” they’ll say. “Losing weight will cure you.”