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{The Body Liberation Guide} Take a load off
Hi friend, Today I’m thinking about the expression “take a load off.” It’s generally used to mean taking the metaphorical weight, the load, of daily burdens and cares off your shoulders and relax. Not all burdens can be set aside like that, though. The cognitive load of existing as a fat person is one of…
- Body Image | Body Liberation Guide | End Weight Stigma | Living in a Fat Body | Resource Guides | Thin Privilege | Travel
{The Body Liberation Guide} ✊ Inherently radical and political
Hi friend, Project Heal asked me to weigh in (pun intended) for Weight Stigma Awareness Week on a topic I’d been meaning to revisit: body positivity versus body liberation. What’s the difference, and why does it matter? Here’s a short excerpt: After centuries of racism-driven weight stigma, 75 years of diet culture telling us that…
{explore} Western North Carolina and the Blue Ridge Mountains
This is the post in which I visit North Carolina and fall into a waterfall. Okay, it wasn’t a major accident, but since the entire town of Newland was out enjoying a rare sunny and 70-degree winter day just after Christmas at that particular mountain park, it was a wee bit embarrassing.
