June 2011
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I've just blocked some fat haters....
… and it felt goood!
My whole life I’ve sought to expose myself to a diversity of views, still do, wherever there is intelligence, you can learn about the human condition.
The old rule that your enemies can teach you things your friends cannot, is true.
Many of us in fat acceptance loathe the fact that it rarely come close to having thoughtful intelligent critiques. It is...
You might be ashamed of my body, but I'm not.
khaleesi:
And you can’t force me to be, either.
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Yankee Girl Heads South: Today's Washington Post... →
thatdingoateyourbaby:
…titled “Where Are All The New Obesity Drugs?” is so fucking offensive. The charming author, a man who “treats overweight patients for a living,” helpfully informs us that “well over half the population is overweight or obese, despite concerted efforts to educate the public.” No, that’s not…
I couldn’t believe this arsehole. He conflated being fat with...
of_great_importance: "What do you call a fat... →
of-great-importance:
OH HAHAHA SO FUCKING FUNNY. It’s so hilarious to demean* someone who may be the only pop star most young women can actually relate to physically. Just like it’s so hilarious to walk into a plus-size clothing store and openly mock the lingerie section, because, lo and behold, it’s plus-sized…
It’s a bit much to call this “demeaning” Adele is fat, and...
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Take care of yourself
I was reading something the other day about some fat hating drivel or other and it said that we should show our anger about it.
Now goodness knows, I know how to get pissy, but I would not advise any fat person to cultivate the kind of extreme Pavlovian style sound and fury signifying nothing that haters are throwing at us. That’s when they train themselves to get vexed about the mere...
bumsquash: to the FA blogs i follow... →
johnbrownii:
johnbrownii:
skinny people get told to “eat something” or are asked “how much cocaine do you do?” just as often as you’re told “being fat is unhealthy.”
it fucking sucks. attention everyone: your body isn’t my body and vice versa.
i don’t do coke, and i eat A LOT. i mean, i work at a…
rebuttal: this blogger suggests that i “get over/tell them to get lost” any comments made...
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“Yo-yo is an inaccurate way to describe weight fluctuation. It is not the term...”
– Portia de Rossi; Unbearable Lightness (via dearly)
A well spoken piece of wisdom. The term was apparently coined by Kelly Brownell, the epitome of do as I say but what I cannot do (either) hypocrisy.
to the FA blogs i follow...
johnbrownii:
skinny people get told to “eat something” or are asked “how much cocaine do you do?” just as often as you’re told “being fat is unhealthy.”
it fucking sucks. attention everyone: your body isn’t my body and vice versa.
i don’t do coke, and i eat A LOT. i mean, i work at a restaurant, this brotha right here eats. i’ve blogged plenty of times about cooking. get off my dietary...
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“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without...”
– http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3956.Christopher_Hitchens
Rightly ashamed of your low standards
ysera:
refuseobesepretence:
ysera:
let’s contact tumblr and tell them to shut down every thinspo blog because being fat and fat acceptance is totally better than being a healthy weight. shut down every blog with skinny people and replace them all with pictures of 500 pound beluga whale-people because fat acceptance is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If being or trying to be thin is so great, you...
ysera:
let’s contact tumblr and tell them to shut down every thinspo blog because being fat and fat acceptance is totally better than being a healthy weight. shut down every blog with skinny people and replace them all with pictures of 500 pound beluga whale-people because fat acceptance is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If being or trying to be thin is so great, you don’t need to hate. Just...
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Yankee Girl Heads South: This whole new... →
thatdingoateyourbaby:
I don’t have any followers, so I’m pretty much just talking to myself here. But I gotta say that I’m loving this new fat acceptance effort I’m making. I truly can’t believe how much I’m enjoying just getting up in the morning. I went for a 1.5-mile walk this morning just for the hell of it. Just…
I felt like I’d been let out of a psychic prison
Yeah, this....
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Don't excuse your fat hating
The health of fatness is irrelevant, treating people like sh1t? 100% your choice. If you make it, OWN it.
there was no monster: Apparently they're trying to... →
opiumdenmother:
To protect children from ‘adult themes’. I don’t exactly have a problem with that, but their reasoning was ridiculous. They backed up this idea by the claim that Harvard found a certain percentage (can’t remember the exact details) of 9 year old girls want to be on a diet and feel good about…
You’ve touched on some fascinating issues, I think I might write a post...
[TW for fat-shaming] Redditors think they are... →
hupsoonheng:
The same old crap correlating weight with health, always from either skinny people who think they know everything because they spent an afternoon reading old NYT articles, or from fatties who are still buying into fat = unattractive and so are complicit in their own oppression. Fun.
Fuggem.
Fat haters are such bores
One of the things I destest about fat acceptance is the low quality of skepticism, bores by the ton who do not get it at all.
Criticism is fine, when it actually criticising what is actually being said, its like a gift, having experienced the endless slew of those creating straw and burning it, I know just what a gift it is.
In some ways a movement is only as good as its critics and we are bang...
Sambanova: This might be rude but, →
sambanova:
I really can’t get on board with the fat acceptance movement.
Can’t we promote ideal medically healthy body weight instead of just flat out not caring about a number on a scale.
Its not even about aesthetics. If you are overweight, you are damaging your body and you might be healthy now, but…
In a word, NO.
I could tell you why, but you wouldn’t understand.
First Class Revolution: I think that feminists... →
fucknopatriarchy:
accell:
fucknopatriarchy:
We call ourselves feminists because we are fighting for women’s rights. Men are not oppressed in our society, they have privilege. Women are the oppressed ones, and thus we fight for women’s rights.
Feminists want equality for both…
It’s funny, even though I do not bracket myself with the feminist movement anymore there are many...
I am fat. I am overweight. I am trying to accept...
spunkywarcannon:
People who tell people to put down or pick up the sandwich believe in the same thing, ‘calories in/out’ you cannot say either unless you believe that.
fat girl fights food: Can you have disordered... →
fatgirlfightsfood:
I know I should love my body no matter the size and shape but I have off days. It’s hard doing the health at every size thing when you’ve spent your whole life hating your body. I feel like I’m in such a weird intellectual space. Some days I hate my body more than anything and treat it like shit….
The short answer to your titlular question is yes. Not only is it yes,...
