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Paris isn't made for plus sizes (but I went anyway)
Style notes, cultural shocks, and what surprised me most about traveling in a larger body through the City of Light.
 • Kristi Koeter
Going fat in the time of Ozempic
And what the New York Times documentary 'Weight of the World' says about the state of diet culture.
 • Kristi Koeter
The Sephora employee who tried to save me
All I wanted was a tinted sunscreen that could stand up to Texas in summer and, perhaps, a little mountain biking.
 • Kristi Koeter
Women are finally entering their Thor era
We’ve spent decades shrinking. Now, we’re taking up space.
 • Kristi Koeter
Feeling fat vs. being fat: Who gets to claim fatness?
The complexity of size identity. Plus, an unexpected weight check in Panama.
 • Kristi Koeter
The most body-positive place I've ever visited
I just got back from Grenada, and it changed how I experienced my body.
 • Kristi Koeter
Losing it all in perimenopause
The new normal: Car naps, lost keys, hormone adjustments and crying in public.
 • Kristi Koeter
You do not fit in this space
On fat-shaming hotel robes, chasing Catskill waterfalls, and the radical act of loving the body you hiked in.
 • Kristi Koeter
Why I never know how I'm going to feel in my body until I get there
Four years after quitting diets, I've realized my body image has surprisingly little to do with my body and a lot to do with where I am.
 • Kristi Koeter
First diet culture came for fat. Now it’s coming for muscle.
Why Serena Williams’ GLP-1 weight-loss endorsement sets a dangerous precedent for women’s bodies.
 • Kristi Koeter
What I wish I had known about eating disorders sooner
How diet culture fuels disordered eating—and what we’re getting wrong about recovery.
 • Kristi Koeter
The biggest lie of 'The Biggest Loser'
It was billed as inspiration. What it really sold was spectacle, shame, and the myth of willpower.
 • Kristi Koeter
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