Ugh, I am going to leave fat activist Twitter alone now. It's too depressing & frustrating. Fortunately, I don't think they'll convince too many people to be happy with their obesity and people have agency. They must make their own choices.
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Sounds like the same thing I went trough after smoking for years. First its cool and than its bad bc of health reasons. I wish someone (especially smokers)had warned me.I think warning young people about being overweight and how hard it is to diet 1/2
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Is equally important as warning them about the dangers of smoking.They are both health hazards and both habits that are hard to break.
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Most people realise that being overweight is a health risk. People against fat shaming are really complaining about society's obsession with appearance. And they have a point. Especially amongst women, a more rounded body was considered desirable in primitive cultures.
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You're clearly suffering from internalized oppression, Helen. You've bought into cisheterosexist patriarchal norms. You need to decolonize your body image. <grin>
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Look: I lost 80 pounds and have kept them off for 10 years now. I have more to lose and I have to figure that out. However, my quality of life has improved immeasurably. You do what you need to do. Fuck everyone else.
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So many of us think you're amazing Helen! You're a brilliant writer and a humane humanist thinker. And if you lose weight we'll be very happy for you too, because you'll be able to enjoy your life more and your body the way nature intended it to be.
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“This woman thinks the only way to not be mocked is to lose weight? Come forth, fat activists, let us mock her for this crass error!”
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Honestly, I just want to get slim because I just lost my girlfriend and I'm not the type of guy who likes going out looking for girls or drinking. So, I need to make the best impression with what I have
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The thinner the better, up to a point. Medical records from over 150 years of observation confirm it.
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Preemptive envy...
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Given obesity rates, the social norm is not to be slim...
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