So? She is also one of my heroes. I just finished reading Marilyn Wann’s 1998 book (based on her zine by the same name), Fat!So? Because You Don’t Have to Apologize for your Size. When I started reading Fat!So?, I began transcribing quotes and thinking about what I would write about this book, Read more…
Learn from Sabrina Strings’s 2019 book about how the racial discourse of fatness “not only denigrated black women, it also served as the driver for the creation of slenderness as the proper form of embodiment for elite white Christian women.
Why am I so vehemently against diet culture? Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified intuitive eating counselor explains it eloquently. Christy’s Food Psych Podcast has transformed my life. In 2016, Food Psych was my introduction to the Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating approaches. In the four years Read more…
People with “atypical” anorexia can suffer from the same severe and even deadly medical and psychological impacts as people with anorexia. However, clinicians, indoctrinated into diet culture, often prescribe weight loss (i.e., diet and exercise) for people with higher-weight anorexia.
By Shelby Yaffe It was the summer of 2016, and I was at the hospital again. My nurse was eyeing me warily as I explained what I was feeling – “I feel like I’m living in a dream. I wake up and it never feels real. I look in the Read more…
A Social Justice Movement You may have noticed that I am a huge proponent of the Health At Every Size® (HAES®) approach, and almost every social media post I create has hashtag haes and/or HealthAtEverySize. Health At Every Size is often misunderstood and misrepresented. So… What is Health At Every Read more…
Content warning: This post has content related to eating disorders. Come As You Are Dismantling the Myth that Eating Disorders Only Affect One Type of Person This week (February 25th – March 3rd, 2019) is National Eating Disorders Awareness week in the United States. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Read more…
And Its Real-World Consequences for Survivors Content warning: This post includes details of sexual assaults. If you may find this triggering, read it with a support person, such as a therapist or good friend, or save it for later. Welcome back after Body Compassion Blog’s hiatus. Beginning in September 2018, I had to take a break from writing in order to prioritize other aspects of my self-care: restarting therapy with a new therapist, working Read more…
The Intersection of Identity, Pregnancy, and Body Image An Interview with my sister, Jenna Trigger warning: This post has content related to pregnancy, miscarriage, unwanted pregnancies, and racism. 1. Describe the most important aspects of your identity in one to three sentences. This is tricky for me because core components Read more…
The Intersection of Identity, Pregnancy, and Body Image An Interview with A.R. Trigger warning: This post has content related to pregnancy and fatphobia. There is a brief use of explicit language. 1. Describe the most important aspects of your identity in one to three sentences? My identity is probably best Read more…
