Exercise vs. Joyful Movement & Intentional Movement
Exercise isn't inherently bad, but the connotations most of us have with the term reek of diet culture, fatphobia, and using movement to ato
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shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Fat Vanity Friday
#FatVanity (CW: passing reference to intentional weight loss) I only have a handful of photos of myself before 2011. I literally ran from...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
It is okay to be angry
I have been called angry a lot in my life. And I HAVE been angry a lot in my life. Anger tells us something is wrong. It can tell us that...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Child's Pose in a Large Body
I used to hate Child's Pose or Balasana. Restorative?! Only if you're not a fan of breathing.
Sound familiar? Yeah, me too.
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Eating While Fat is An Act of Resistance
As a fat person what you eat and how you eat it is under constant scrutiny. People eye your plate at restaurants, give you disapproving look
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Classic Hatha Surya Namaskar
Anybody else tired of infographics of asana & yoga routines with folx that look nothing like them? Me too. Here is Classic Surya Namaskar
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Fat Folx Are Not Your Fetish
Do you know how many dick pics I get in a week? How many comments and dms about "What I can do to you in that pose"? Unsolicited comments...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Glamorizing Fatness
I'm sick of people like Jillian Michaels, who make their living preying on fatphobia, trying to control the narrative about fat folx.
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Hip Openers
Hip openers were the poses that really taught me to sit with discomfort. They have taught me not to push into length, but relax into it....
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Yoga with Jessamyn Stanley
I was lucky enough to take two classes with Jessamyn Stanley this past Saturday and have spent some time reflecting on the experience.
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
Are you a Good Fattie or a Bad Fattie?
What is the difference between a "Good" fat person and a "Bad" fat person, and does it really matter? Spoiler alert: Yes, it does matter....
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 3 min
Listening to the Mountain Goats
Over the past 6 years the fall and early winter have been a rough time for me. It begins with my birthday in October. For some reason, as...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 1 min
Fuck Kavanaugh
This is all I have for you today. These hearings have drained me. This was sent to me by @because.ihaveto on Instagram and I found it on...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Is it okay to be an Unfashionable Fattie?
In a world where people are judged by their appearance, and fat people already have one strike against them, where do fat people who are...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 3 min
Being Enough
I finally realize, I always was and always will be enough. This is me and my Little Buddha at the park. It is a horrible angle, you can...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
Fat Girl Hiking: Lanipo Trail
Lanipo (Mau'ume) is a beautiful ridge hike in the Kaimukī neighborhood of Honolulu. Lanipo (Mau'ume) is one of my Honolulu hikes, mostly...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 6 min
Living Light (Or How I Learned to Love Not Having Stuff)
Why I have a minimalist approach to keeping and acquiring stuff. Everything I own fits into one carry-on, one piece of checked luggage...
shannonkaneshige
- May 16, 2021
- 2 min
Fat Girl Hiking
The views are amazing, but the real joy is the feeling of accomplishment that comes from completing another trail. I love hiking. It is...
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