I dont think most people realize how unrelenting and constant fat stigma is. I have learned how disproportionately exacting we are to women and girls, around this issue (and that it *is* an issue of agency and autonomy, despite concern-trolling trappings). Fat stigma affects us all but it really, REALLY affects women and girls. I am sad to see fullblown eating disorders, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating in young girls. The very sad thing is each day a young girl experiences these things without intervention, her eventual recovery seems a more remote possibility. Im grateful for the fat acceptance movement (which the video shares links to). Within it I began to learn deeper truths about respecting all people - and especially about listening deeper to those who complained about how culture, society, and family treated them. I was also able to (begin to) dismantle the constant dieting and calorie-counting and appearance-commenting and disingenuous Im doing this [weight loss project] for my health stuff I was surrounded by - not just socially - but also within my family. Hallelujah! https://youtube/watch?v=qtsT9TcNeqk
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:09:30 +0000
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