Diet Culture: An Introduction & Condemnation
By Melissa A. Fabello To those of you who complain about my socialist, anti-heteropatriarchal dogma ruining the lives of children everywhere, you’re gonna love this one. Because today, I want to talk...
View ArticleWhat Does Capitalism Have to Do With Body Image Anyway?
By Grace Manger Recently, a visiting psychotherapist who specializes in eating disorder recovery gave a lecture on my college campus. As the facilitator of my school’s Women, Food, and Bodies group and...
View ArticleOprah Buying 10% of Weight Watchers — WTF?
By Virgie Tovar for Wear Your Voice Magazine, cross-posted with permission Dear Virgie, What hope do us women have when Oprah buys Weight Watchers stock? Hey, frustrated friend, This question is so...
View ArticleThe Obesity Myth: How Diet Culture Has Skewed Our Reality of “Healthy”
I’m going to start out with something fairly controversial. You may not agree with it — especially if you’re new to the body diversity. The post The Obesity Myth: How Diet Culture Has Skewed Our...
View ArticleMeat on Dem Bones: Fat Antagonism and Diet Culture in Black Beauty Politics
Addressing the harm caused by Black beauty standards, specifically as it relates to fat antagonism and diet culture, is essential if we’re gonna get all the way free. The post Meat on Dem Bones: Fat...
View ArticleSabrina Strings Explores the Racist Roots of Fatphobia in Her New Book
In her groundbreaking book "Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia", sociologist Sabrina Strings reveals the history of racism and sexism behind the fat phobia we encounter today. The...
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