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.
lolz. I used to say during the Obummer years that “I live in an age of lies”. It continues today...
Cancel the Honeymooners and Jackie Gleason show. Then cancel Roseanne again, and anything at all with John Goodman in it. Thith meanth war! (lithpophobic quote)
In prehistoric times, those were very useful traits while hunting cave bears, to determine who would go first.
It’s not healthy if she falls on you.
Alibi of the porcine class...
“People following diet and exercise precisely with no changes WILL hit a wall.”
And what do you do then?
When you hit that wall you have to make changes that increase net burn.
People usually are already down to 1500 calories per day at that point. Going lower is not advised.
So the only alternative is change exercise. If you are not already doing weights,start. And if you are already doing weights as part of workout, then increase weight lifted.
More reps maybe, but better more weight. This will add muscle and increase BMR. So if you exercycle xx minutes and lift weights by mins, increase the weight lifted and continue the exercycle regimen.
It's more accurate to say that "It is impossible to say with absolute certainty that an individual is unhealthy simply because they are fat. But, if you ask your doctor, his advice will be to lose some weight, because in the vast majority of cases, it is more healthy to be thinner."
Skimmed the first part of this article. That is all I needed to do to get the gist of it. Esp. the part about the cishet White Male.
Apparently, we have now been identified as the source of all the world's problems.
I confess I missed that.
Are you telling us that Lesby, Ann is not a real name?
Really!?
OK. What is “ACL University?”
Never heard of it.
2nd one.
They’re the ones you need to take with you on hiking trips in bear country...
Apparently that whole Twitter account is a spoof how it is not shutdown by the woke overlords is impressive. Just reading it hurts my head with all the trigger words. I had to Google some of the sexual terms they were so woke.
You should be afraid of it. It will kill you and make you miserable. This is coming from a slowly ex-fat person.
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Anterior Crucial Ligament. Making fun of those addicted to acronyms.
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No, actually obesity is our #1 health crisis. Obesity leads to higher deaths from a whole host of causes with heart disease and cancer in the lead though there are many others....such as diabetes.
Pathetic attempts to excuse people for being way too fat like the one above are harmful to public health. We need to send the message out that being fat is unhealthy. We as a country, desperately need to lose weight. We are among the fattest countries on earth. If that hurts somebody right in the feels....too bad. That’s reality. Deal with it.
and oh by the way.....it is not “images in the media” or “toxic masculinity”....or even toxic femininity or any other reason why we find fatness unattractive. Its biology. Our brains have been programmed by biology to find what is healthy to be attractive and what is unhealthy to be unattractive. Being excessively fat is unhealthy and thus is correctly naturally perceived by people as being unattractive.
The solution is not to whine and cry and talk about how we need to initiate a propaganda campaign to falsely tell people being fat is healthy. The solution is for fat people to put down the fork and get more exercise.
OK, you got me.
Leftists are so effed up today, that I literally could not tell that that was satire.
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