Major retailers in Brazil move away from “perfect body” marketing
#politics #brazil #feminism #FatAcceptance
https://valorinternational.globo.com/business/news/2024/12/30/major-retailers-move-away-from-perfect-body-marketing.ghtml?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=compartilhar
I've now seen the #Bridgerton sex scene journalists have been getting their knickers in a twist about, and obviously it's amazing seeing a body like Nicola Coughlan's on screen naked (she's so fit), but it actually shouldn't be a *thing* because it's so fucking NORMAL.
People who aren't a size 8 have sex ALL THE TIME and we're great at it 
#PoliCartoon: The Absent Fatso #FatAcceptance #Fatphobia There's a link to a blogpost and a transcript in replies.
This excerpt from the upcoming book by #nonbinary comedian and #FatAcceptance activist #SofieHagen made me cry. Men are so awful. (Please don't respond with "Not all men".)
In 'Unshrinking,' a writer argues that the medicalization of fatness leads to bias #fatshaming #fatacceptance #fatacceptancemovement #sizediscrimination #fatbias https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/03/13/1238157663/in-unshrinking-a-writer-argues-that-the-medicalization-of-fatness-leads-to-bias
Nope. Nobody “owes” anybody an explanation for their body. Whether it's #FatPhobia or #FatAcceptance that's fueling harsh scrutiny, it's not OK. #BeKind
https://conscienhealth.org/2024/02/nobody-owes-anybody-an-explanation-for-their-body/
Don't you listen to them! So say #FatAcceptance #influencers about influencers who have different views. Let's not confuse influencers with medical experts on #obesity.
HT: @washingtonpost https://conscienhealth.org/2024/02/dont-listen-to-those-influencers-cries-an-influencer/
My current body mass index is 25.5. I was thinner during most of my adult life, but I put on some weight in recent years when I was primarily focused on surviving and raising our child rather than healthy eating and exercising.
If you'd have asked me a couple of years ago, I would have told you that people with a similar #BMI as I have now are chubby, on the verge of obesity.
When I look at myself in the mirror, I don't see myself as #fat. I'm wearing medium-size clothes (sometimes small). There is some belly fat that wasn't there before, but yeah, it's not like it's keeping me from anything. And if I am fat in fact? So what 
So I had a distorted concept of body weight and body mass index (which is poorly correlated with health or anything) and a negative perception of fat people.
I would like to change some of my eating habits in the future. If I can find a way to make exercise fun, I might try that as well. But for now, this is my body and I still love it.
„weil [ein guter Freund] micht für meinen #Körper lobte, der so ‚curvy‘ sei. Ich hatte damals Kleidergröße 36/38.“
„Wir leben eben in einem kapitalistischen System, in dem ein Körper nie nur ein Körper ist, nie nur dünn oder dick oder schlank oder muskulös ist, sondern in dem es für jedes Körperziel und jede Körperarbeit entsprechende Produkte zu verkaufen gibt.“
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/marlen-hobrack/fitnesswahn-wie-ich-mit-kleidergroesse-38-als-curvy-galt [zitiert nach Print]
Day 5 #ArtAdventCalendar:
Ms Ella Phant, young elephant around town.
When I started doing photography, Ms Ella came to live with us and I started taking her out and about doing different things.
My previous estimation for length of my body positive, queer erotica novelette ended up being doubled once I finished the first draft. At ~20k words, it can qualify as a novella, I think!
Working through edits now while beginning the dizzying and confusing process of marketing materials. I'll be publishing pseudonymously under a name that (loudly) winks towards my common handle/username of Queercrafting Chonk. 
Yo mama so fat, she is far more likely to be misdiagnosed by a doctor due to weight stigma in the medical industry.
This week's fat joy is me at last week's Sequim Lavender Festival! It's one of the highlights of my year. We hit the festival at the fairgrounds, then go berry picking at one of the local farms that opens up for the weekend.
I was super cute in my Maya Kern/Serglesinner peony skirt and green top, too, but forgot to get a photo before I covered up the nice top to protect it and swapped the skirt out for leggings.
Endlich ist auch mein Exemplar angekommen 
Urban Fantasy - Going Fat enthält meine drachige Geschichte über #Freundschaft, soziale #Isolation und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe durch Technik. Herausgegeben wurde die #Anthologie wieder von @AskDogan, diesmal zusammen mit @eleabrandt, erschienen ist das Ganze bei @ohneohren.
"The ocean does not apologize for its depth and the mountains do not seek forgiveness for the space they take and so, neither shall I." Becca Lee
Hear more from me: bit.ly/bodyliberationguide
This @NewYorker piece by Jia Tolentino, is a MUST-READ if you care about any of the following:
#ScienceJournalism #HealthJournalism #CulturalCriticism
#FatPhobia #FatAcceptance #DietsKill #Feminism #IntersectionalHealth #RacismAndFatphobia
#NovoNordisk #Wegovy #Ozempic #SemaGlutide #GLP1 #SideEffects #WeightCycling
#ThinkOfTheChildren
You can eat all the calorie free, sugar free, fat free, guilt free food and what you'll eventually figure out is what's not free is you. You're trapped in #dietculture and you're scared of peanut butter.
(By the way…if you’re allergic to PB you’re allowed to be scared of it, this isn't about that.)
Disclaimer: People will disagree with me, and those people are allowed to be wrong. Please note I do not engage with diet/health/fat trolls.
Good news: Yesterday, the New York City Council approved legislation to outlaw discrimination on the basis of height and weight in employment, housing and public accommodation.
With this, NYC joins only a couple of states, municipalities and cities around the world to explicitly protect people against body size discrimination.
And obviously this doesn’t mean that size discrimination will end any time soon, but at least it’s something! 
Happy No Diet Day!
I hope everybody is celebrating
