Posts Tagged ‘Body positivity’
Fit and fat
Thin ≠ fit. Fat ≠ unfit. It is impossible to tell if a person is “fit” just by looking at them. Likewise, it is impossible to tell if someone has high cholesterol or diabetes by appearance alone. We have what some people might call a bias (and what I would call fat phobia) to believe…
Read MoreShould we be complimenting people on their appearance?
This is an article about appearance-related compliments that I wrote for Popularly Positive. It was originally published here.
Read MoreBreaking up with diet culture: From Body Shaming to Body Positivity
I’ve been doing some writing on my experience of body positivity for Popularly Positive. The piece below is about breaking up with diet culture for the dangerous and destructive path it led me down. It shares my experiences with body shaming and my discovery of body positivity.
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