Contents

A Brief Introduction, with a Side of Debunking

chapter one BODY AND SOUL

What You Can Expect

Things Would Be So Different If They Were Not as They Are

Physical “Fit-ness”

The Shape of Things

Dressing the Part

Interview: Playing Dress-Up with Lesley Kinzel

Cleanliness Is Next to Sexiness

When Your Body Changes

Weight-Loss Dieting and Your Sex Life

chapter two WHO’S WHO

Straight but Not Narrow

Fat Asexuals: Probably Not What You’re Thinking

Chubbies and Chasers and Bears, Oh My!

chapter three GETTING A GRIP

Changing What You See

Fake It ’Til You Make It

Interview: Seeing Your Attractiveness More Clearly with Golda Poretsky

Tell Me What You Want

On Being a Sex Object

The Naked Truth

Interview: Taking It Off for the Camera with Substantia Jones

The Belly Dance

Strategies and Comebacks

Interview: Sheila Addison, Psychologist

chapter four FOR FAT ADMIRERS ONLY

Dear Fat Admirer

Interview: Coming Out with Yohannon

How Not to Be an Asshole

chapter five TO YOUR HEALTH!

Your Rights as a Fat Sexual/Reproductive Health Care Consumer

Fertility, Contraception, and Pregnancy

Sexually Transmitted Infections and Safer Sex

OW! Preventing Sex Injuries

Dysfunction Junction

Keeping Your Head When Your Feet Are in the Stirrups

Lipedema and Lymphedema

chapter six GETTING PHYSICAL

Assume the Position

Penetrative Sex

Fat Porn and Erotica

Sex Toys and Accessories

Fat Sex Questions Greatest Hits

General Sex Education and Information

Special Issue Sex Education and Information

Fat Acceptance and Size Acceptance

Health and Wellness

Movement and Injury Prevention

Social and Dating Resources

Size-Positive Imagery, Erotica, and Pornography

Sex Toys and Accessories

Fat-Friendly Sex Toy and Accessories Vendors

Lingerie and Clothing

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