NEW on the blog: Although Weight Stigma Awareness Week (WSAW) 2020 is behind us, efforts to #EndWeight Hate must continue. The goal of @neda's second annual Weight Stigma Awareness Week #WSAW2020 was to amplify conversations about the harm, shame, and pervasiveness of weight stigma as well as spark action against fat-phobia and diet culture. Misconceptions about weight, especially as it relates to health, are extremely harmful for larger-bodied individuals. And while our culture punishes people in larger bodies more overtly than those with thin privilege, dismantling #dietculture (of which weight stigma is part) should be an equally urgent matter for ALL members of our community. Those with “thin privilege” - or those living in lower-weight bodies - are also harmed by weight stigma. While they are not be bullied or ignored in the same way, they observe how fat people are treated throughout our culture and some can’t help but to see fatness or weight gain as things to be feared and avoided. Some thin-bodied individuals would rather risk their lives in order to remain at a certain weight, even developing rigid food rules or forgoing prescribed medications that may cause weight gain, so as to avoid being the object of hate and discrimination. And how can we blame them? (Read more on the blog- link in bio) . . . . . . . . . . #community #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorders #recovery #edrecovery #healing #selflove #selfcare #persist #anorexia #bulimia #edrecoverywarrior #awareness #bingeeatingdisorder #bodypositivity #health #equity #healing #gratitude #ARFID #OSFED #orthorexia #connect #mentalhealth #advocacy #mentalhealthawareness #dietculturesucks
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