Uh IDK my thoughts on HAES and stuff
Like I think HAES does important shit because so much of fat discrimination is based in the idea that fat = unhealthy and it’s definitely really important to break down that myth. But at the same time I wish there was an equally powerful fat-posi force that focused on how health doesn’t define worth, how unhealthy people aren’t bad people and how no one owes their health to any-fucking-body. I just think both of these things are equally important and focusing so so so much on how fat people can be healthy too (which like I said is awesome and important) is basically playing into the ableism that’s the basis for much of the discrimination of fat folks in the first place.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
My fat liberation is reclaiming fat stereotypes and exaggerating my unhealthy habits for the joy of pissing off concern trolls. My health is as private as I choose to make it.
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Co-signing. I think the fat positivity movement and HAES both need to address a lot of the ableism and health shaming that are part of how they’re operating. Because yes, some fat people are not in perfect health, and whether or not their weight has anything to do with that, their imperfect health doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t make them less or mean that somehow they deserve shaming.
(Source: vikkiisagenderneutralname)
—Can fat people be healthy? A provocative new study shows that obese people who are otherwise healthy live just as long as their slim counterparts.
And that wasn’t the only surprising finding. The study also showed otherwise healthy obese people are even less likely than lean people to die of cardiovascular disease.
“Our findings challenge the idea that all obese individuals need to lose weight,” study author Dr. Jennifer L. Kuk, assistant professor at York University School of Kinesiology & Health Science, said in a written statement. “Moreover, it’s possible that trying - and failing - to lose weight may be more detrimental than simply staying at an elevated body weight and engaging in a healthy lifestyle that includes physical activity and a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables.”
CBS article on a new weight study via @Fatheffalump on Twitter (via shallanelprin)
So fat isn’t a disease in and of itself???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
AH MAH GAHD!!!!!!!
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