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“The chronic experience of weight stigma ... is similar to the research we see on chronic experiences of racism or other forms of bias,” Sole-Smith says. “This raises your stress level. This has you in a constant state of fight-or-flight, and stress hormones are elevated. That takes a toll on our bodies for sure.”
Sole-Smith says parents can combat American diet culture by reclaiming — and normalizing — the word “fat.” Instead of shushing a child in the grocery store who asks why a stranger is so fat, she advises parents to explain that bodies come in lots of shapes and sizes, some fat, some thin.
Sole-Smith, who herself identifies as “small fat,” suggests using the word “fat” as a neutral descriptor, saying it helps “take all the power out of the word. We make it something that can’t be weaponized against us, and that really is the first step towards starting to dismantle anti-fat bias.”
Sole-Smith argues the issue of childhood obesity has become a “proxy,” which obscures larger, systemic problems, including childhood hunger and poverty.
Thin privilege is a concept that is tricky to get our heads around, because if you have it, you don’t really see how much you have it. I mean, it’s a lot like white privilege in that way because you don’t see how much it’s benefiting you. But what we’re talking about with thin privilege is the fact that if you are someone who can wear “straight” sizes [0 to 14], you can walk into The Gap or Target or whatever and find your size easily on the rack. ...
It means when you go to the doctor, your weight is not the first and often only thing that’s talked about. It means you can sit on an airplane and not worry about buckling the seatbelt. You can go to a restaurant without worrying, Will they have booths that are too tight for you to get into while the chairs have arms that are too tight? Physical spaces are built for your body. And whatever your own personal struggles might be ... your body is not a target for the world in the way that someone in a bigger body is.
- This is sending me into a white-hot rage. Ugh.
Whoever thinks being thin/fit is a privilege over being morbidly obese needs to be taken out behind the shed.Continuity - ^ exact. complaining about seats being too small or apparel outlets not having bigger sizes. that's just capitalism, baby! bell curve that shit!doesnotexist
- It's not just capitalism, it's just making the right choices. Taking care of one's body.Continuity
- And this absurd idea that fat-shaming can somehow be equated with homophobia or racism? I choose violence.Continuity
- And Target too. If you're too big to fit into clothes at Target, you clearly have a problem.doggydoggdog
- She probably doesn't floss and cries when her dentist scolds her.doggydoggdog
- 'Stop plaque-shaming me!'Continuity
- This is sending me into a white-hot rage. Ugh.