Meg
Semaglutide: This Time With Nuance
Semaglutide, a weekly injectable diabetes medication, is both complicated and controversial. The word is often used interchangeably with...
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Meg
Jul 227 min
What Even are my Pronouns?
Hi, my name is Meg and I use she/they pronouns. Those of you who have been around for a minute, either in my personal life or in the...
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Meg
Feb 191 min
Don’t Take Semaglutides for Weight Loss so I Can Get My Diabetes Meds!
The shortage is real. These meds will help me keep my vision and help my organs keep functioning and I can’t fucking get them at the...
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Meg
Dec 29, 20235 min
Amazing Show, Crap Title: Real Women Have Curves The Musical
On December 27th had one of the most meaningful and powerful theater experiences of my life seeing Real Women Have Curves. Before I...
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Meg
Nov 30, 20232 min
The Gifts of Fatness
Why I Love My Fat Fatness Can be a Medical Benefit. Recently I fell down the stairs twice. Two different times down the same stairs, in...
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Meg
Oct 31, 20238 min
What do I do if my Doctor wants me to lose 20 lbs?
I recently had a conversation with a colleague, Sarah Hill MS LPC, of Wholehearted Therapy (wholeheartedtherapyllc.com) about doctors and...
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Meg
Oct 9, 20232 min
Book Review: “You Just Need to Lose Weight” and 19 Other Myths About Fat People
Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend, co-host of the extremely popular podcast Maintenance Phase, and author of two books, is pretty...
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Meg
Sep 12, 20233 min
Dear Fellow Fat Folks
Dear Fellow Fat Folks, For a long time whenever I was arguing with someone about whether fatness was inherently unhealthy I’d trot out my...
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Meg
Aug 27, 20233 min
Digital Ambivalence
I regularly recommend that clients who are feeling socially isolated seek support on the internet. The world we live in is so digitally...
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Meg
Aug 7, 20232 min
Book Review: Burnout
What’s the difference between stress and a stressor? How do we deal with each one? Why does it feel like all we do is give when men in...
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Meg
Jul 25, 20235 min
Semaglutides, Diabetes, and Fatness, oh my!
The first time I heard about Ozempic I knew it was only a matter of time before it was prescribed to me. Great diabetes drugs are great,...
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Meg
Jul 10, 20236 min
Race, Anger, and the White Female Therapist
I used to have a client who I perceived as yelling at me every session. We’d sit down and within moments his voice would be loud and his...
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Meg
Jun 26, 20233 min
Dear Doctor, I'm Sorry You Have to Touch My Body
Warning: This contains egregious fat hate from some of my therapist peers. Feel free to take a pass if you are not in a space to read...
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Meg
Jun 19, 20234 min
On Being a Fat Therapist
Therapists have power in the therapy room. Sometimes we think we do not, sometime we confuse a client’s ability to leave and find a new...
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Meg
Jun 12, 20234 min
On Being A Fat Therapy Client
About ten years ago I was sitting in my psychiatrist Dr. S’s office listening to yet another lecture about my weight. I was too fat, it...
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Meg
Jun 4, 20233 min
On Pride
Yesterday one of my young clients told me that this year’s pride was particularly special and great. When I asked why, she said “It’s...
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Meg
May 28, 20233 min
Origin Story
Hello! Welcome to the Fat Queer Blog, by Meg everyone’s favorite fat queer therapist. This first post is an intro to me and my...
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