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Writings on Fat Liberation & Health At Every Size®
Body acceptance begins with grieving the thin ideal
It can be heart-breaking when we first realize that the thin ideal isn’t something we can permanently achieve. Understanding how to deal with different experiences with grief can help us cope.
Coping when your friends, colleagues, and family are still dieting
It can be incredibly hard when we’re pursuing an anti-diet, fat liberation path and others in our life don’t understand. Here’s some advice for coping!
How weight loss attempts backfire
Diets don’t work long-term! Our bodies know how to defend against starvation and they use every tool in their arsenals to fight against our weight loss attempts.
Fat? I understand why you want to lose weight, but…
It is so understandable to want to lose weight while living in a fatphobic world. But most people who lose weight gain it back within a few years. Then what?
The very first thing you should do to improve your body image
There is one easy way to start reducing your body shame: change your media diet.
Do you have internalized fatphobia?
Identifying our internalized fatphobia is an important first step towards reclaiming our worth in the world as fat people.
Are you paying money to learn disordered eating?
If you’ve ever hired someone to help you with weight loss, chances are that you were paying them to help you learn disordered eating.
To find peace with food, we need to give up on guilt
“Emotional restriction” and guilt can sabotage our attempts to heal our relationship with food.