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Delayed reaction from me, but I& #39;ve been thinking about this for a few days now.
Fatism deeply upsets me. There& #39;s something extra insidious about it that I cant quite put my finger on.
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Fatism deeply upsets me. There& #39;s something extra insidious about it that I cant quite put my finger on.
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It& #39;s like any other oppressive attitude like, take your pick- racism, ableism, misogyny, among many- that can end up being internalised (internalised misogyny, for example)...
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But it& #39;s also much more mainstream-societally encouraged. To be fatist, to have internalised fatism, is kind of culturally celebrated and dressed up as a & #39;caring about health& #39; or perverted into a & #39;wanting the best for oneself& #39;.
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But- this might be contentious- I feel like it& #39;s a (purposefully) *disabling* attitude. It ungrounds embodied subjects from their bodies, it induces the split between & #39;my body& #39; and & #39;me& #39;. It carves us up into parts.
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It deliberately disempowers (as with all forms of oppresion) but in a form disguised as being well-meaning. In a world where it is costly to take up space, we goad each other to buy in to making ourselves small. Eugh.
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Bodies-is-bodies is all I& #39;m saying. And for womxn especially, one of the most radical things we can do, I think, is let fatism slide off our backs, and pass that resistance on to others.
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Here& #39;s something pretty to enjoy.
(Artwork by @marieboiseau who is doing some stellar and beautious work repping fat bodies) 7/7
(Artwork by @marieboiseau who is doing some stellar and beautious work repping fat bodies) 7/7
