cw for weight/body image, of course

Usually discussions about this get overrun by chuds so I think it'd be nice to hear what people here have to say.

Personally I think it's some good and positive ideas but they're mixed in with potentially harmful medical misinformation.

  • sappho [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I hate all this concern trolling about "fat isn't healthy, we can't let people promote the idea that fat is healthy, it's dangerous." Do you think people get and stay fat because they have rationally decided it's good for them? Do you really think they're not told constantly by others, in big and small ways, that their body isn't acceptable? Do you really think that if we make a big stink about how unhealthy fatness is, it's gonna help people maintain a lower weight? I question whether this urge to inform people on the health consequences of fatness comes from a place of compassion at all - it really demonstrates that a person has no idea what the experience of fat people is today, and no clue about what actually causes people to get and stay fat.