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Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything).

I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts.

We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is.

Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

I'm not big on fat jokes. That's a little beneath me. I'm not a huge fan of making a joke - and as I say this, I'm sure I do it - completely at someone else's expense.

Surround yourself with a bunch of like-minded people, and you'll soak up their habits like a starved sponge. Fat people with fat friends care less about their weight.

Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

Fat jokes aren't relevant, but they're hilarious when you find them.

So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.