6/21/2023 0 Comments Aubrey gordon book![]() ![]() ![]() I started listening to the “Maintenance Phase” podcast, which explores all the bullshit within the Wellness and Diet industries, and is hosted by Gordon and a writer from Huff Post. “The marginalization and public abuse of very fat people is so commonplace that it has become accepted, but that doesn’t make it acceptable.” “Like men hearing about the pervasiveness of catcalling for the first time, thin people cannot quite reconcile the differences in our daily lives.” ![]() Hurting us is a byproduct of reinforcing the egos of the privileged thin.” “Anti-fatness isn’t about saving fat people, expressing concern for our health, or even about hurting us. “We deserve a paradigm of personhood that does not make size or health a prerequisite for dignity and respect.” “What we have long considered the health conditions associated with being fat in actuality may be the effects of long-term dieting, which very fat people are pressured heavily to do.” “Despite a mountain of evidence linking physical and mental health to social discrimination, the conversation about fat and health stubbornly refuses to acknowledge the possible influence of stigma in determining fat people’s health.” Everyone, but especially straight-sized individuals, and people who still hold onto ideas about weight as a proxy for health.Īuthor Gordon, who describes herself as very fat, explores all the ways in which society fails fat people, offering suggestions for body justice. ![]()
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