#FatJustice

Beacon Press

@beaconpress.bsky.social

6 months ago

Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 2 A Q&A with Breanne Fahs | There are so many interpersonal and interactive ways that [anti-fatness] plays out. Complements about weight loss, making it clear that thinner is more desirable, parents “worrying” about their kids gaining weight (particularly in terms of securing a partner or making friends or being liked), clothes shopping discourses, restaurant discourses—and more!—are all areas where lots of anti-fat practices play out. We also have deeply held cultural beliefs about what fat people can do, what their bodies mean, and what they need.

“Anger is a beautiful, powerful emotion; fury is what we need in this political and cultural moment.”—Breanne Fahs #FatJustice

Beacon Press

@beaconpress.bsky.social

6 months ago

Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 1 A Q&A with Breanne Fahs | I had become distressed about the ratio of voices who were claiming that fat people should simply “love their bodies” compared to those who were talking more honestly about t...

“We can and must do better with fatness, particularly as we unpack the fear of fatness, the fear of becoming fat (or fatter), and all of the ways in which that terror governs us in unspeakably unjust ways.”—Breanne Fahs #FatJustice

Beacon Press

@beaconpress.bsky.social

6 months ago

Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 1 A Q&A with Breanne Fahs | I had become distressed about the ratio of voices who were claiming that fat people should simply “love their bodies” compared to those who were talking more honestly about the complex feelings people have about their bodies. In particular, I always think that intrapsychic experiences collide with social and cultural experiences and stories, and fatness is particularly vulnerable to this. I have been particularly interested in what anger and rage look like when directed away from the self and toward those social and cultural stories that continue to oppress fat bodies and fat people.

The body positivity movement certainly has a role in challenging anti-fatness. Breanne Fahs supports that. But it’s also incredibly vulnerable to capitalism and corporate control of our bodies. #FatJustice

Beacon Press

@beaconpress.bsky.social

6 months ago

Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 2 A Q&A with Breanne Fahs | There are so many interpersonal and interactive ways that [anti-fatness] plays out. Complements about weight loss, making it clear that thinner is more desirable, parents “wo...

There are ways that fat people feel they need to apologize for their bodies or see their bodies as a liability. And people encourage and feed that discourse all the time. Breanne Fahs says that needs to change. #FatJustice

Daniel S. Goldberg

@profgoldberg.bsky.social

9 months ago

A white man in a button-down Oxford standing in front of a chalkboard with a PowerPoint screen that reads “Fat Justice/Good Fat”

@rickweinmeyer.bsky.social giving a stellar presentation on #FatJustice and #PublicHealthLaw … love that next week I’m giving Ethics Grand Rounds on #WeightStigma #OnLikeVoltron #SamePage #HLP25

Zark Mucker

@zarkmukerburg.bsky.social

1 year ago

The fuck RFK trying to do being fat and happy is literally healthier than being skinny and sad bmi means nothing it literally has no affect on you

Stay woke

#rfkisaclown #fatpride #ewwcreep #fatjustice #pride #woke #staywoke