I used to be fatphobic for a while but now I see the error of my ways. I thought that fatphobia was not even a real thing, and I was angry on the behalf of thin influencers and celebrities who often received negative comments and accusations of “bodychecking” due to jealousy. I thought the main reason for those comments was the body positivity movement, but actually the root cause is society wanting to constantly pit women against each other and divide us. I was watching a video from the YouTuber Foreign Fridays and it opened up my eyes to the extent that overweight individuals are ridiculed, mocked, and demonized just for living their lives.
I also recognize that both the body positivity movement and the emerging “skinnytok” movement have toxic elements, and I think that we should be able to find a healthy middle ground between the two extremes.
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I have a friend who is very athletic, but has a hard time losing weight. She gets it both ways. Just existing, she’s had people tell her she needs to exercise more.
If she’s out on a run she gets mocked even though she’s doing what likely some of the same people told her she should do.
OTOH I have an ex-friend (she is a car crash in slow motion for the following and other ways) who has serious Type 2 diabetes, and knee problems, yet when she complains about her health and asks for advice she says don’t say anything about her losing weight as a possibility. She discovered Healthy At Any Size and clings to the concept like it’s a life raft and is likely a food addict.
In opposite ways, dysfunctionality around fat is fucking up both their lives to some degree.
hey well good on u for making a change
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