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No, truly, you get over it. What they said wasn’t even that harsh, I’m willing to double down. I literally don’t think anyone should be trying to lose weight, and yes, if any of my friends make comments about trying to do so, I DO bring up anti-fat bias. YOU can get over it.

@levipierpont Is it possible that your friends who are trying to lose weight are responding to, not necessarily inflicting, anti-fat bias? The idea that not losing weight is some kind of praxis makes perfect sense in a 300-level class on post-structuralism... and literally nowhere else. I gave not losing weight a 3 year shot after COVID and I can tell you firsthand, my life did not materially benefit, nor did my fellow fat friends and loved ones benefit. Nobody else gaining or losing weight had any effect on my life whatsoever, either... sorry, Fouceault. I'm losing weight now, my bottom blood pressure number is going down, my bloodwork is much better, my love life is back on track, and not once have I ever been compelled to bully a fat person. But... what's right for me isn't necessarily what's right for you. I have friends in ED recovery where getting their lives back on track involves gaining weight. Their paths are valid, my path is valid, your path is valid. I can meet you at mutual respect. Why can't you meet me there?

Oh no, I would hate it if people trusted their own bodies too much. I’d hate it if people treated other people better and didn’t hold prejudice against each other.

Strong by Lee - I definitely recommend that you listen to Aubrey's podcast 'Maintenance Phase'. Aubrey and Michael go into depth about how food inequality, food deserts, 'Big Food', etc actively promote food inequality and that the standard diet pushed on the most vulnerable in society isn't good enough. They also speak a lot about how the 'solutions' to these problems are unsustainable, and how many disadvantaged communities are practically demonised because they are not able to act in the 'right' way. E.g. A working mum with 3 jobs hasn't got time to prepare cheap, healthy food such as dried beans and grains because of the preparation that requires. For many of the most disadvantaged, choice is taken away, and both Aubrey and Michael recognise that. They also both go into more detail about how many people don't want to be fat for a variety of societal reasons and try to lose weight out of some form of pressure. However they don't comment on whether that's right or wrong, because ultimately we're all out here living in a society trying our best! This was only an hour session, so I highly recommend checking out some other material by Virginia and Aubrey to get the answers you seek.

I’m sorry they didn’t say exactly what you wanted them to say?

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@@davidmarkdannov7307 I would love that. Are you in Australia?

@@kendram7192 Also, it's important for White women to not look at these revelations from a purely academic/theoretical view point (as that over there!) without connecting the dots as to how it plays out in the here and now, over here and my own part in it! It never ceases to amaze me how the most intellectual of White women can talk about critical race theory and feminism yet over the centuries to the present day, oppress in/directly or join forces to oppress Black Women in every day life and whilst not connecting the dots to the theories they got their academic Phd's in (presumably that involved research, to attain it!). Whilst talking about 'feminism', betraying Black women in ways that are too many to mention, including making their unique brand of oppression voiceless and them as a group invisible within feminism. Basically, practising classic racism. Oh, but even though racism exists, no-one's a racist unless they are a Member of the KKK, right?! That's the more palatable thought, to keep the delusion of 'I'm not racist' going.

@@NickyM_0 100%, there's no point learning about it if we do not see our part in system and constantly reflect on what we're doing in our own lives. It can be easy to distance ourselves from the "racist" label, but racism is a process that is learned and unlearned but never complete

A point to make on the feminist movement I did some research on it this is not about bashing women for I love women because I was birthed by one.However let me get on track.Historically it started ad the suffrage movement which as they say women were discriminated because of gender.But when you examine fully the concept was started by white women.This didn't include all women as was previously thought.These Caucasian women wanted to have the same rights as their men (caucasian that is).And this is where it gets interesting the black women of they were included had to join at the back of the line when they were marching.So from there you can see the racism right there.After that having talked them into this movement black women were never the beneficiaries from it at all.Even as you go down twenty,thirty forty,sixty years no improvement for black women.So black women decided to form their group womanist because the feminist movement was very deceitful.It wasn't what black women had thought all along.Imagine the KKK started by the men now white women even though they were disallowed they still continued I'm the wrongdoing and even included the Kiddies KKK for their white children.Could you imagine that.These were the same women blocking institutions from blacks entering and also had their babies in prams.You look at old photographs and you will be held in awe.