A Fat Lady’s Guide to Summer

Summer brings with it so many delights: mangoes, festivals, my birthday, mangoes and long evenings of slow sunsets. But the rising mercury heralds a minefield of distress for many a larger lass. Trips to the beach can yield anxiety and judgment, summer fashions don’t always come above a 14, Christmas brings tactless relatives asking if […]

Don’t ask me if I’ve lost weight; I haven’t.

I wrote an article for Daily Life about why I don’t consider ‘Have you lost weight?’ to be a compliment (even when it’s meant as such) and it seems to have hit a nerve with lots of people because it’s been shared more than anything I’ve ever written. You can read it by clicking above […]