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Fat Liberation, Diet Culture, and Reimagining Our World
Fat Liberation, Diet Culture, and Reimagining Our World posted by Dariana Guerrero / May 14, 2021Trigger Warnings: diet culture, shaming, fatphobia, descriptions of dieting, and disordered eating In 1973 a group of radical fat therapists created The Fat...
Where Self-Love Fits in the #MeToo Movement
Where Self-Love Fits in the #MeToo Movementposted by Naomi Finkelstein / January 19, 2018 As I read the latest in the past year’s shockwave of unexpected celebrity human shortcomings (turns out Aziz Ansari is also not exempt from being inappropriately persistent and...
Giving Tuesday: Giving Back to our Communities
Giving Tuesday: Giving Back to our Communitiesposted by The Body Positive / November 27, 2017In honor of Giving Tuesday, we reached out to our recently trained Be Body Positive Facilitators to hear about the impact that they are having in their communities. 20% of the...
My Body Positive Pregnancy
My Body Positive Pregnancyposted by Jessica Diaz France / October 25, 2017Pregnancy brings up a lot of feelings and fears for many people. Fear of a body “out of control” that will never be the same, the symptoms, the impending pain, the weight gain, it goes on and...
Guest Post: Spiraling Into Self-Love
Guest Post: Spiraling Into Self-Loveposted by The Body Positive / October 3, 2017When I was maybe eight, I drew two pictures of myself. In one I am thin, long-haired, carrying an armful of books and with make-up that to this day I would have no idea how to actually...
Amour De Soi is in Our Bones
Amour De Soi is in Our Bonesposted by Connie Sobczak / July 3, 2017To the Bone, the latest in triggering, yet well-intentioned films about eating disorders, was released on July 14th amidst a fair amount of controversy. It’s become the talk du jour in the body...
Sorry is a Complex Word. How Do You Use It?
Sorry is a Complex Word. How Do You Use It?posted by Connie Sobczak / July 2, 2017 There’s a word that I struggle with these days. Funny, because it’s one that is supposed to make people feel better. Sorry. If you’re around me, please try to refrain from saying it,...
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