Forget breast cancer awareness, our culture and medical system needs to address weight stigma, and all the harm it does to people in bodies of all sizes.
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“I Don’t See Color” is Erasure.
“I don’t see color” is literally ERASURE. It is also a lie. Think about it, all those nice people who use this line to defend their non-racist standing and how open and accepting they are of “all people” that they will literally claim to ”not see color” I call bullshit. Humans are literally hardwired to…
I Don’t Get a Pass
I don’t get a pass. As a white woman who was married to and had a child with a black man MY JOB is to DO MY OWN anti-racism work. Yes, I am Mom to an amazing mixed-race daughter who identifies as black. She is incredible, with a developed sense of social justice. That does…
“Obesity” is Often Cited as a “Cause” for Cancer, that’s a lazy correlation.
Obesity is often cited as a “cause” cause of cancer. That’s a lazy correlation. Waht about Medical fat bias, diet culture, shame, judgement, and bullying of fat bodies, decades fo failed diets and weight cycling, malnutrition and severe food restrictions, eating disorders, stress …