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

  • Exorcistbreakdancing [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I second the person who said elimination diet in case you’re allergic to something common. Also raw ginger, turmeric, and kombucha are my go-to for stomach issues/nausea. Turmeric is magic. Raw ginger and saltines go well together. Also peppermint oil (a drop in some olive oil in your palm, lick palm), or a spoonful of apple cider vinegar (which I hate the taste so only when I’m desperate.) Sorry if you’ve heard this all before! I also deal with a lot of nausea and not wanting to eat because of it, which makes it worse etc

    Edit: Also, maybe weed?

    • Sphere [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Hey, thanks for this! I'll try those out (my usual go-to is cold water, which works wonders for me). And I smoke plenty of weed, lol, but thanks for that suggestion too. I'll probably do an elimination diet at some point, but ngl, that seems like a ton of work lol.