ღ Consider: “In a culture that worships the slender ideal and constantly encourages us to go to war with our bodies—to monitor, control, restrict, punish, loathe, “fix" and fixate on them—learning to live harmoniously in one’s own flesh is the journey of a lifetime. This journey begins when we wake up to the false promise our society has sold us, namely, that our happiness resides in the size of our bodies. This promise is part of a culture-wide devotion to thinness that has many of the features of traditional religion, including beliefs, images, myths, rituals, and moral codes that teach us to define our value and purpose through the pursuit of a “better" (thinner) body. Learning to recognize and critique this “Religion of Thinness" is a crucial first step on the path to overall health and well being. This critique involves a paradigm shift: from the illusion that losing weight will “save" you (by somehow solving your problems and making you happy) to the insight that various industries and markets are profiting from the sense of inadequacy so many of us, particularly women, feel about our bodies. Shifting our paradigm thus entails examining the taken-for-granted notion that health, happiness, and beauty do not come in one uniformly narrow size, and asking: who benefits when we buy into this belief?” ~Michelle Lelwica ☾.¸¸.•´¯`♥ ☆ Susan ☆ `•.¸.• ✫*¨`*✶♪• ☾
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