Resources and links

Clothing and Fashion (Women's)

Clothing and Fashion (Men's)

  • High and Mighty - High & Mighty is the leading supplier of clothes for big and tall men with 23 branches in the UK, 4 in Holland, 1 in Belgium and 6 in Germany
  • Hugestore.com  - World's largest Internet shirt warehouse.
  • Hajjar's Big & Tall - retailer of big and tall men's dress and casual wear, stocking an extensive selection of styles from quality makers and designers.
  • ET Wright - Fine men's shoes in hard to fit sizes.
  • REPP Ltd. Big & Tall - assortment of sportswear and clothing.
  • Think Big - Casual Male Big and Tall

Art

  • Ama Menec Sculptor - My aim in producing the work I do is to celebrate the beauty of fat women, demonstrating that we can be active, dynamic, joyful, sexy, and energetic.

Eating Disorders Resources

  • With Jess - Jessica Weiner practices her everyday actionism through her ground breaking and empowering work as an author, speaker and performer. A Very Hungry Girl, Jessica's first book, chronicles her own self-discovery and ultimate recovery from an eating disorder, and explores how she has helped thousands of young people address a multitude of self-esteem related issues.
  • Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center - The Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. We provide information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. We hope to promote social attitudes that enhance a healthy body image and self-esteem. We provide referrals to eating disorder professionals, treatment facilities and support groups, etc. In addition, we offer general information to inform the public about the treatment and prevention of eating disorders.
  • Rader Programs - Specializing in treatment of compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia
  • The Alliance For Eating Disorders Awareness - seeks to establish easily accessible programs across teh nation that all children and young adults the opportunity to learn about eating disorders. Furthermore, our aim is to disseminate educational information to parents and caregivers about the warning signs, dangers and consequences of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and other related disorders.
  • Eating Disorder and Prevention (EDAP)
  • Something Fishy's Website On Eating Disorders
  • The Center For Eating Disorders
  • Personal Counselling and Resources - Eating Disorders

FAQs & Information

Newsgroups

Publications

  • Extra HIP - Print magazine for plus-sized teens. Published by plus-size model and author Katie Arons.
  • Living Large and Loving it! - a bimonthly video magazine dedicated to fat acceptance, and to the audience made up of large men and women.

Zines

  • Without Measure - The Official e-zine of the International Size Acceptance Association (ISAA)
  • Large.ca - Canadian size acceptance e-zine
  • Radiance Magazine - The magazine for large women.
  • Fabulous World of FAT!SO? - for people who don't apologize for their size
  • Abundance Magazine - We simply wish to provide a forum for people of size and their admirers to congregate, to socialize, to exchange ideas and beliefs, and to become familiar with what it is like on the other side of the fence.

Plus-Size Fitness

  • Kelly Bliss - TWELVE different workouts for those barely large to VERY large. Yes, there are FIVE workouts for supersize people!
  • In Fitness & In Health - By providing an accessible and achievable fitness program, In Fitness & In Health will serve as the voice and resource for the promotion of large women leading an active lifestyle. Offering an environment where women can exercise physically while feeling secure emotionally, In Fitness & In Health will strive to empower women through movement. (New York)

Size Acceptance

  • Kelly Bliss - Don't Weight, Eat Healthy and Get Moving NOW! by Kelly Bliss, 300 pages, 2003 - Self-care and self-acceptance mixed with motivation and enjoyment!
  • Council on Size and Weight Discrimination - The goal of the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination is to influence public opinion and policy in order to end discrimination based on prejudicial standards of body weight, size or shape.
  • BBW Network - "The mission of the BBW NETWORK is to promote personal and public size acceptance and awareness."
  • The Voluptuous Woman Company - The Voluptuous Woman Company's mission is to celebrate the full-figured woman by providing a constant voice and positive images that will replace the negative image that our society has of full-figured women.
  • SeaFATtle - A women's collective of fat feminists and their allies, dedicated to activism and support.
  • Yahoo! - Society and Culture:Issues and Causes:Fat Acceptance
  • SCSAC - The Southern California Size Acceptance Coalition
  • Largesse - the network for size esteem
  • Body Positive - Change Your Mind, Change Your Culture, and Let Your Body Be
  • The Fat Person's Home Page - Fat is not a four letter word...

Blogs

  • Big Fat Blog - Paul McAleer's up-to-the-minute size acceptance blog, with plenty of commentary and interaction.
  • The ISAA Rapport Blog - The official blog for updates concerning ISAA's online size acceptance talk show, The ISAA Rapport!
  • The PODWOM Blog - - The official blog for ISAA's brand new podcasting show, Podcast Without Measure!

Plus-Sized Moms

  • Plus-Size Pregnancy - a non-profit website devoted to the concerns of large-sized pregnant women. There are tons of links for plus-sized maternity clothes, nursing bras, and maternity-related products. There are also FAQs dealing with all aspects of being pregnant at a larger size, including Finding a Size-Friendly Provider, Prenatal Testing and Large Women, BBW Birth Stories, Facilities and Equipment Concerns, information about possible complications like gestational diabetes, etc.
  • Fertility Plus - a non-profit website devoted to larger women struggling with fertility concerns. It is also strongly researched and well-documented.


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