skinny people will really be like yes you were bullied to the point where you hate running eating laughing and existing in public for fear of being made fun of or viewed as disgusting simply because you're fat and had to scrape out your own self worth because people constantly reminded you that they think being fat is the worst thing you could possibly be and yes you never saw yourself represented in media except as the butt of a joke and yes you still despise clothes shopping because you never get to wear anything cute made for people your age because trendy fashion is almost always made for skinny people and yes people on tik tok and instagram and twitter take all the clothes in your size to make their two piece sets making it even harder to find things you like that fit you and you've had diet culture pushed on you since you were a kid but people used to wrap their thumb and pointer around my wrist so im the victim here actually?
the amount of bitterness i hold inside me because of how i was treated as a fat kid throughout the public school system by other students and teachers alike for my weight i think is really the source, outside of like. the fact that most skinny people refuse to acknowledge that no matter why they’re skinny they still hold power over fat people. that it’ll always always be easier to be skinny than to be fat
“Today the idea that weight is the main problem dogging black women builds on these historically racist ideas and ignores how interrelated social factors impact black women’s health. It also perpetuates a misinformed and damaging message about weight and health. Indeed, social determinants have been shown to be more consequential to health than BMI or health behaviors.
Doctors often tell fat people that dietary control leading to weight loss is the solution to their health problems. But many studies show that the stigma associated with body weight, rather than the body weight itself, is responsible for some adverse health consequences blamed on obesity, including increased mortality risk. Regardless of income, black women consistently experience weightism in addition to sexism and racism. From workplace discrimination and poor service at restaurants to rude or objectifying commentary online, the stress of these life experiences contributes to higher rates of chronic mental and physical illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, depression and anxiety.
A 2018 opinion piece co-authored by psychologists, sociologists, and behavioral scientists in the journal BMC Medicine argued that bias against fat people is actually a larger driver of the so-called obesity epidemic than adiposity itself. A 2015 study in Psychological Science, among the many studies supporting this argument, found that people who reported experiencing weight discrimination had a 60 percent increased risk of dying, independent of BMI (and therefore regardless of body size). The underlying mechanisms explaining this relationship may reflect the direct and indirect effects of chronic social stress.
Additionally, living in racially segregated, high-poverty areas contributes to disease risk for black women. Low-income black neighborhoods are often disproportionately impacted by a lack of potable water and higher levels of environmental toxins and air pollution. These factors add to the risk for respiratory illnesses such as asthma and lung disease. They also increase the chance of serious complications from the novel coronavirus.”
which parts of your body are you rejecting right now? what qualities of it? where did you learn they were undesirable?
like all nature’s bodies, we’re a combination of elements that both make us unique in our individual permutations and connect us in our similarities. that quality of your body you wish you could change–who else has it? family? friends? is it mirrored in the natural world? (you’re also the natural world!) do you love and appreciate them in their uniqueness? do you feel a connection to them?
could you imagine accepting the part you reject? maybe just lifting the focus of your negative judgment? what would your inner and outer life look like then? is there any risk in accepting your whole physical self, even if just for this moment? if there is, might it be worth it?
All of Riot Rib’s grills were ruined last night! If you don’t know who they are, they’ve been providing free food for protesters and homeless people in Portland! The cops have been purposely targeting them over and over and over and they need support!
reminder that adhd and autism arent the only neurodevelopmental disorders, and that we should extend our support, language, and resources to people with motor disorders, tourettes, down syndrome, speech disorders, schizophrenia, and dyslexia
thanks for being cool & supportive about this ✌ ive felt strongly about it for a long time but never really put it to words
please keep in mind im speaking from a place of experience, as someone who most likely has dyslexia and some flavor of dissociative disorder (in addition to adhd and autism), living with a partner who has tourettes. this isn’t a performative post for sj points, it is our lived experience and it affects us daily. thanks
this post absolutely includes dyscalculia, dyspraxia, apraxia, unspecified learning and developmental disorders, 22q, fetal alcohol syndrome, and there are still more! i apologize if i made anyone feel excluded, i would have included a fuller list if i knew id get this many notes
i recommend everyone look up these disorders and become familiar with the basic symptoms, since many of them are heavily underdiagnosed and unseen. there are some i hadnt heard of before, but i do now thanks to ppl in the notes! :’)
