January 2011
6 posts
FA goes mainstream in UK -- or at least, attempts...
Yahoo.co.uk has an article about fat hate — in its political section! Kudos for trying, minus the reservation that they still think food => fat, and ‘everybody can lose weight’. Thumbs-up for deconstructing the ‘last acceptable prejudice’ thing from the word go.
Main thing is, the casual reading public gets confronted with the idea that perhaps, it’s their...
I am Very Busy and Important: On bodies, food, and... →
verybusyandimportant:
Take Note:
ALL food is morally neutral and entirely necessary for your existence.
Every body, regardless of ability/appearance/composition/health/identity, is a good body; if it’s not your body, the goings on of that body is entirely not your business.
Your body is designed, even in the face…
If I were in Britain, I'd be quite angry
Warning for potentially triggery and squicky mention of WLS!
I have one online friend who is a medical student in Britain, and she recently posted about that practical class she is in this term (they call them ‘firms’), which is pre-operative and post-operative care, and her class is attached to a ward which is almost exclusively gastric bypasses.
I read that, was all...
