Posted on 05/25/2022 9:04:14 PM PDT by Borges
Fatphobia is the single most toxic form of bigotry after racism, sexism, and discrimination against neurodivergent BIPOC trans sex workers with HIV. While fatphobes come in all shapes, sizes, and colors fatphobia is most commonly observed in Toxically Masculine, Patriarchal, White, Cishet, Assigned Male at Birth (TMPWCHAMAB) individuals–otherwise known as the conservative man.
Fatphobia harms one hundred percent of fat people while fat shaming leads to severe mental and emotional health problems including poor self-esteem, fear of wearing revealing clothing in public, preoccupation with weight loss, and even reluctance to eat high calorie, fattening foods.
Myths about fatness are rampant in American society. The most pervasive myth is that fatness is unhealthy. False. A fat person is not an unhealthy person. While it is true that fatness can lead to serious and sometimes fatal medical conditions, it is important to remember that not all fat people will experience negative medical outcomes as a result of their weight. In fact, some fat folx are in better health than some thin-bodied individuals. It is impossible to say with absolute certainty that an individual is unhealthy simply because they are fat. In the same way that not all unhealthy folx are fat, not all fat folx are unhealthy.
The second greatest myth about fatness is that the obese are unattractive. This is also false because physical attractiveness isn’t real. The concept of physical attractiveness was invented by the patriarchy to oppress cis women, marginalize fat folx, and invalidate the existence of trans women. While sexual orientation based on gender is unchangeable, attraction based on appearance is entirely a social construct.
You’ll often hear bigots say fat folx should go to the gym. But most gyms are fortresses of violence for marginalized individuals. Gyms also have been scientifically proven to be hotbeds of extremism and recruitment facilities for fascism and neo-Nazis. Most so-called health centers are anything but healthful for the elephantine among us.
Traditional gyms and health clubs employ horrific methods to coerce fat folx to give up their true identity and adopt a lifestyle of physical torture and starvation in order to attain the patriarchal ideal of thin-bodiedness. This is a form of conversion therapy and it is very dangerous to the fat community.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. Taking a diverse, equitable, and inclusive approach to the wellness industry, I’m introducing my newest venture: Dr. Ann Lesby, PhD’s Flabulous Fitness. I am working with a team of experts and health gurus to start a revolutionary new fitness experience which not only accepts fat folx, but encourages them to be their true selves.
At Flabulous Fitness, words matter. The term “workout” has negative, fatphobic connotations which can be triggering to fat folx who have been psychologically harmed by images of skinny aerobics instructors and unrealistically attractive body coaches. That’s why at Flabulous Fitness, we don’t work out, we Work It! Our unique programs focus on moving in ways that make you feel good about your body, whether that means dancing to original music by ShaKee Bunz (Flabulous’s own award-winning BIPOC fitness instructor turned rap artist) or relaxing in the hot tub with an ice cold Strawberry Flabarita.
In this world of racial oppression and injustice, Flabulous Fitness’s Equity Program ensures equal outcomes for all participants. We encourage BIPOC fat folx to bring their thinnest white friends. If your white friend isn’t 30 pounds heavier in six months, we’ll refund the entire last month’s fees.
Learning to embrace fatness in a racist, white supremacist, patriarchal country can be difficult, but Dr. Ann Lesby, PhD’s Flabulous Fitness is here to change the way Americans look at fatness. My programs are not free; as a multi-intersectionally oppressed woman of color, I do not owe anyone anything. But I am a generous individual and offering readers an exclusive sneak peak at our summer course along with free tips on beginning your body positive journey.
The first step of Dr. Ann Lesby, PhD’s Flabulous Fitness Detox is to remove tags from your clothing, discard your bathroom scale, and cover nutrition labels on your food. It is time to stop thinking about numbers and start focusing on making your inner self glow.
Step two: Remove anything from your home which makes you feel shame about your body. This may include fitness magazines, mirrors, healthy recipe cookbooks, or even art depicting thin-bodied people. Be merciless. If your significant other fat shames you or encourages you to “be healthier,” separation is a must. Do not reconcile until they are ready to do the work of a fat advocate.
Step three: Dispose of all food items in your refrigerator and pantry that were purchased for health reasons. If you do not love it, pitch it. There is no such thing as “unhealthy” food as long as it is vegan, fair trade, and purchased from the race of the food’s origin.
This is satire but one must admit it’s getting harder and harder to distinguish.
No it doesn't. You are fat.
nobody is afraid of fatties!!!
they ARE afraid if getting fat though...
Obese tubs of lard should diet and get medical help.
All true, but…
If the avoirdupois privileged in US slimmed to an easy 23% body fat then the resultant drop in carbon emissions would be equal to taking 130,000,000 cars off the road and dousing every light in Las Vegas.
Gotta save the planet.
Glad it said ‘Humor’ at the top. I would have quit reading when I saw ‘folx’.
Satire.
Phobia. A word first borrowed by five freshmen smoking a blunt in the dorm.
It doesn’t take much for people to add a great deal of weight. An injury. Value meals. HFCS. Doritos.
The 600 lb life people clearly need surgery, but even most of them fail.
Weight loss has its own set of obstacles. “Improve your diet and exercise! Jesus, it’s easy!!”
Turns out it’s not. Weight loss inevitably will include muscle, and lost muscle means lower BMR. People following diet and exercise precisely with no changes WILL hit a wall. They will be defeated by their own success. BMR going down forces them to do more to achieve the same thing, and most people will not know this. Frustration arrives, and then resignation to failure.
It’s pretty easy for people to add 40-50 pounds during an injury. It’s not easy, per the above, to erase them after it heals.
It’s an astonishing thing to discover that eating 500 fewer calories than you burn per day loses weight effectively for a couple of months and then stops. I watch it happen often. If you don’t get in the ear of that person, they will give up.
Yes, well done, and so close to the mark.
What in the name of Ren and Stimpy did I just read?
“The concept of physical attractiveness was invented by the patriarchy”
I know that is supposed to be humor but it sounds like something the lefties would say...
Read the name of the “author” last name first. :)
It reads like something someone wrote to get a passing grade in a college class.
Yes, it is - very difficult.
Her/she is serious as a heart attack read her twatter pages.
This is “its” self description.
“Head of Gender Studies at ACL Univ. Author of “Antiracist Fetus” 1/8 Black neurodivergent semitrans demisexual lesbian who dates men. “
I am not afraid of fat people.
I am concerned about some of them in close proximity to me, depending how they are acting. I might not be able to push some of them off me if the worst possibility occurred.
See…there you go, confirming the bias.
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