Big and Tall Shorts

The stepped up efforts in the “War of Obesity” are finally creating casualties in a highly publicized fashion. Our first instance comes from Montreal, Quebec Canada. A very upscale nightclub ca...

I am going to completely depart from my normal “size-based” commentaries today and discuss the events of last night. I went school supply shopping. I have a friend that is not in the best ...

Recently, someone asked me if I ever felt discrimination in the workplace. The question sparked a very bitter memory of an experience I had. I thought I would share it with you. Several years ago I st...

Have you tried to look for a job in the United States lately? With the number of unemployed or underemployed people close to 20 year highs, there is a good likelihood that you have. On every job listi...

Some of you may remember that a few months ago I took over as director of the Fat Activist Network. My first charge as director was to move the site to a new host. At that time, I decided to expand th...

Creating a home office can be a challenging for anyone, but for a big or tall person it is even more so. Furniture that accommodates height and girth can be hard to come by but it is not impossible. I...

On Big and Tall Shorts, I generally write about issues concerning both myself and the size acceptance movement, but there are other things I want to branch out and discuss. I want to speak on occasion...

Ok, so you want to back up your stuff so that you can use when the site migrates? Excellent. I am sure there are more technical ways to create and/or recreate your page, however, as I am trying to hel...

Last August I came across a site that I found very interesting. It was called the Fat Activist Network. This site was a social networking site that was dedicated to connecting those in the struggle fo...

On April 28, 2009, I made my first entry on this blog, simply enough, the article itself was entitled “Big and Tall Shorts” and was about actual shorts. I have to admit that I had no idea what I w...