I'm going to post a couple links to sources for the next couple days to hopefully start a conversation in this space! These will fall in the area of Fat Studies and there's some norms you should be aware of:

  • "fat" is taken as a neutral descriptor, think of it as reclaiming the word.
  • "obese" arbitrarily medicalises fatness and Others fat people

I'm a cis man and I have (had) body image issues (in the past)

https://humanparts.medium.com/my-journey-toward-radical-body-positivity-3412796df8ff

I'm queer and fat

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yeefpijtl4s7orv/Flaunting%20Fat%20%E2%80%93%C2%A0Sex%20with%20the%20Lights%20On.pdf?dl=0

I'm queer and not fat

https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/fat-liberation-is-totally-queer

The others don't apply to me and/or I only have the energy/time to read one source

https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/everything-you-know-about-obesity-is-wrong/

:sankara-salute:

👉 Part 2 is up

👉 Part 3 is up

    • carlin [he/him,comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      I really love the body neutrality movement! I think body pos alienates a lot of people and ends up making them feel worse.

      For anyone who isn't familiar, here are a couple tumblr posts which explain a bit more:

      • https://strawberry-ethereal.tumblr.com/post/638662051025354752/in-my-recovery-from-my-eating-disorder-im-reject
      • https://panandproud123.tumblr.com/post/639270844206645248/hi-yes-lets-normalize-something-called-body
      • https://body-neutrality.tumblr.com/
      • carlin [he/him,comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        The body neutrality movement does see the body as something which doesn’t need to be beautiful, however another way to put it would be to say you're treating all bodies, including your own, with respect.

        In terms of attraction, I think these movements are more about personal pride (positivity) or respect (neutrality) rather than external attraction.

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Great to know I can never be beautiful until I lose weight.

      Great to know nobody appreciates my body.

      Was the "black is beautiful" movement objectifying too?