I'm so grateful to the engagement with the sources last week, you're all awesome!
In part one, the pieces were more identity focused, today I'm posting for specific facets of fatphobia that may be of interest.
As a reminder, these 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
On capitalism and food
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kuqdcayyxt0ifax/Between%20Obesity%20and%20Hunger.pdf?dl=0
On fat and gender
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ir5f7nyn5a5y180/part-time%20fatso.pdf?dl=0
On fat representation in the media
https://www.vulture.com/2018/07/guy-branum-wants-to-see-more-real-fat-people-on-tv.html
On the "Health at Every Size" movement
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ybfbkqak4wtu3wp/What%20is%20%22Health%20at%20Every%20Size%22%3F.pdf?dl=0
:sankara-salute:
The Health at Every Size movement is strawmanned to hell. The meaning behind the movement is that while being fat can correlate with health issues, it on its own is not enough, so people should focus on living a healthy life no matter their size, not be so bogged down on losing weight.
Yep, also it doesn't mean that you can't or shouldn't lose weight, but that it can be a side effect of trying to make healthier choices