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Shira Rose

3 years

I want to talk about what it’s like to claw yourself out from the depths of hell of an eating disorder relapse and become fat again, only to be told by family and medical providers that it seems like you’ve now “went to the other extreme.”

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Taylor Swift’s music video, where she looks down at the scale where it says “fat,” is a shitty way to describe her body image struggles. Fat people don’t need to have it reiterated yet again that it’s everyone’s worst nightmare to look like us.

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Shira Rose

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3 years

Why is it that thin people can be thin because of genetics but for fat people, it’s always blamed on their choices? 🤔

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Shira Rose

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10 months

Every time I get on a plane, I feel absolutely sick to my stomach — terrified that the person sitting next to me will take a picture of me and I’ll end up being mocked on the internet. Put your anger on the airlines for making seats smaller & smaller.

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2 months

The latest finding on intermittent fasting being associated with a 91% higher risk of death from heart disease has me feeling disgusted by the diet/wellness industry. Because we’ve been here countless times.

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3 years

I was have anxiety about my dinner having “carbs on carbs on carbs” to which my therapist replied, “Every culture except white “progressives” eats carbs with carbs with carbs. Enjoy. It looks delish. There are no real consequences.” Sharing in case you need to hear this too.

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Shira Rose

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1 year

I went back and forth about whether or not to share this publicly but secrets have a way of eating at you. So here I am today sharing my truth. I am queer.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

In case you need this, all the research done on intermittent fasting showing “magical results” (short term of course) were done on men and post menopausal women. On younger women, it actually worsens insulin resistance, increases brain fog, worsens mood, & shrinks your ovaries.

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3 years

Whenever anyone speaks up about weight loss compliments being harmful, someone always pipes up and says, “What’s wrong with trying to be the best version of yourself?” And that’s EXACTLY the problem — that shrinking our bodies is seen as being our best selves.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Having an eating disorder doesn’t excuse fatphobia. It’s not hard to say, “I’m struggling with my body image today” instead of I’m a fat, disgusting pig.

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2 years

Every time I find out that a doctor denies their fat client surgery until they get weight loss surgery, I want to scream. They’re ok giving anesthesia to amputate a healthy organ but can’t do a surgery to help their patient stop being in agonizing pain? Make it make sense.

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Shira Rose

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10 months

Interesting how it’s never a picture of a really tall person impeding the other person’s space. Instead, we are supposed to be discuss whether a fat person deserves basic humanity and dignity.

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1 year

The new guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics are devastating, harmful, and WILL lead to more eating disorders. And trust me, my colleagues and I have no need for more clients. 💔

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Shira Rose

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2 years

If a therapist ever tells you that you’re fat because you have unprocessed trauma and you’re “holding onto weight,” RUN.

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Shira Rose

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10 months

If body size was a choice like so many people think it is, do you think I’d choose to have a body that is hated, mocked, and ridiculed? A body that denies me safe medical care and the ability to travel comfortably? It’s so easy to call us lazy and undisciplined, huh?

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Shira Rose

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4 years

“BUT THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT FOR MY HEALTH!” Cool. Your doctor just advised you to do something that has been proven to be unsustainable + harmful for the VAST majority long term. It’s lazy medicine.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

No, you cannot cure PCOS with food, even if someone on TikTok tells you otherwise. 🙄

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Shira Rose

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1 year

Today is #worldobesityday & if you’re a clinician working in the ED field while also treating “ob*sity,” congratulations, you are part of the damn problem. Today I thought I’d be extra visible because I am the fattest I’ve ever been & also the most free from my ED I’ve ever been.

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Shira Rose

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2 months

We deserve so much more than a lifetime spending our money, time, & energy trying to shrink our bodies. Fat people will always exist. There is no miracle that will suddenly eradicate fatness. I hope to live in a world where people in all bodies are treated w safety & dignity.

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2 years

It’s so easy to shrug off “minor” instances of fatphobia in the media. @MaiselTV : “My roommate was friendly and fat which was good because I’d have someone to eat with who wouldn’t steal my boyfriend.” The implication that fat people aren’t desirable isn’t actually funny.

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Shira Rose

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4 years

@PageSix The outright and shameless abuse and fat hate here is absolutely sickening and speaks to everything that is wrong with our culture.

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Shira Rose

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10 months

People ask me all the time how I was able to learn to my love my body and recover. My answer is that I don’t love my body in a world that tells me it’s wrong at every turn. And I still choose recovery because the alternative is losing my life to the eating disorder.

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Shira Rose

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3 years

I want fat people to get the same care for eating disorders that thin people get. I want them to be believed, taken just as seriously, and properly diagnosed. If weight gain is part of their healing, I want that to be celebrated just like it is for thin people.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Imagine an ED therapy group filled with thin & fat kids. A thin kid says “Omg if I get fat, I’m going to want to kill myself.” If the group therapist doesn’t intervene because the thin kid with the ED is sick and doesn’t mean to cause harm, imagine how that fat kid might feel. 💔

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Because diabetes drugs are now being prescribed off label as weight loss drugs, there’s a shortage and people with diabetes don’t have access to their lifesaving medicines. 😭

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2 years

The picture of the thin girl looking in the mirror with a fat girl looking back at her is commonly to depict the struggle of someone with anorexia. Now think about the fat girl who looks like the thin girl’s worst nightmare. And please imagine how that would feel.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Do you know how many clients show up close to death’s door with an eating disorder that started at their pediatrician’s office? They were told to lose weight for their health and ended up incredibly sick as a result.

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Shira Rose

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2 months

Remember the miracle diet drug Belviq? Pulled off the shelves due to cancer risk. Fen-phen? Heart disease. Keto, Weight Watchers, low fat, Atkins, Paleo, and now the latest, GLP-1s.

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2 years

It’s almost like restricting is….bad for us? Shockingly, we actually need food at regular intervals to thrive. F*ck diet culture and have a fabulous day!

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Shira Rose

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4 years

Your jokes about gaining weight while social distancing are fatphobic and anything but funny.

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Shira Rose

@theshirarose

5 years

My favorite comment since sharing that I have an eating disorder with the internet is “But why can’t you stop gaining weight and find a middle ground?” Listen carefully dumbass: My fat body IS the middle ground. My smaller body that you loved so much was literally KILLING me.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

We are not “all on the same side” when providers are still recommending diets to fat ppl with ED’s. There are still millions of fat people with ED’s unable to access safe care. It’s not a matter of having different opinions when your opinion is actively harming marginalized ppl.

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Shira Rose

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1 year

I was put on a diet at age 10 in the name of health. The result of that seemingly benign diet was a 20+ year eating disorder that almost killed me. Pushing weight loss on kids is the opposite of health. But no one cares because thinness above all else is our culture’s religion.

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Shira Rose

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4 years

When the main concern about #COVID19 is fear of weight gain, it’s yet another testament to how pervasive and strong diet culture is. But please remember that bodies change throughout our lives. Focusing on surviving right now is plenty enough!

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Stop blaming therapists for not taking insurance and place the blame where it belongs: on the insurance companies for making it literally impossible for therapists to take insurance in the first place.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Stop saying “flattering” when you just mean “slimming.” It’s interchangeable in almost every single instance. What if we aim to find clothes that we like instead of clothes that make us look as small as possible?

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Shira Rose

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2 years

Putting butter or oil on your veggies doesn’t “cancel out” the health benefits of your veggies. It will just make it taste more enjoyable and that’s a GREAT thing!

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3 years

It kills me that people think it’s funny when I say severe malnutrition happens to fat people too. I’ve seen clients in larger bodies who needed to be hospitalized because of severe starvation side effects. It happens and doctors need to understand this too.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

I… I just cannot.

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Shira Rose

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3 years

Recovering from an eating disorder in a thin body that is socially acceptable is wildly different than recovering into a larger body where people literally tell you to go back to your eating disorder.

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4 years

Eating disorders do not have a look. Eating disorders do not have a look. Eating disorders do not have a look. Eating disorders do not have a look. Eating disorders do not have a look. Let’s start #NEDAwareness week with this reminder.

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3 years

Are you trying to be healthy or are you just trying to be thin?

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1 year

So the @AmerAcadPeds decided that bariatric surgery for children was a good idea from a study they cited where 1/4 of the children had complications from the elective surgery & 72% had nutritional deficiencies of some kind. Another reminder that it’s about thiness, NOT health.

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Shira Rose

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3 years

Praising weight loss perpetuates fatphobia.

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In 5 words or less, start a fight without politics

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1 year

The only reason for the AAP to be contradicting themselves is fatphobia and money. We see over and over again that weight loss attempts are harmful and my heart breaks thinking of how damaging it’s going to be for these children.

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2 years

Ah yes, my fatness means I am going to die and I’m everyone’s worst nightmare. Fatphobia isn’t real! 🙃 I always love being reminded that the world would rather me be dying of my anorexia than living a full life in my recovery.

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4 years

“I’m going to get diabetes from eating this meal” is not funny or cute. You’re perpetuating the myth that diabetes is a personal failing when it’s a lot more complex than a meal you ate + largely genetic. You’re stigmatizing and shaming those who have diabetes. Stop.

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Shira Rose

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2 years

When only 8% of the fashion industry sells plus size clothing, the only thing I can think about is that the world hates fat people more than they like money.

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1 year

A few years ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics shared that putting children on diets leads those kids to have increased risk of disordered eating. Now, their new guidelines are permitting TEENS to have surgeries and be put on weight loss medications.

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1 year

@scrowder Oh we’re still looking at a person��s body to determine one’s health? And then deciding that not only are we doctors but that fat people shouldn’t get to do things thin people do? Ahhh. Cool.

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3 years

Reasons to stop praising weight loss: 🟪You’re perpetuating the myth that thinness is superior 🟧You could be complimenting someone’s eating disorder 🟨 They may have lost weight from illness 🟩 They may have lost weight from grief 🟦 You want more for future generations

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4 years

Every time I think about your intense “concern” over a fat person’s health, I laugh. Because when I was dying of anorexia & starving myself, I received nothing but praise. So tell me again, about this “health” you speak of? Bec it sounds to me like an excuse to hate fat ppl

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2 years

These “little” jokes are everywhere. And we hear them over and over again with the same message every time: that fat people are stupid, lazy, sloppy, undisciplined, undesirable, and unlovable. Maybe it’s not that I can’t take a joke. Because maybe it’s just not fucking funny.

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3 years

I would LOVE to see the same energy people have about free donuts directed toward eradicating food insecurity and eating disorders.

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Shira Rose

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4 years

There are thin people with anorexia and fat people with anorexia. There are thin people with binge eating disorder and fat people with BED. You cannot tell by looking at someone whether or not they have an ED. You deserve support in whatever body you’re in. #NEDAwareness

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2 years

Ps: I don’t think anyone should do IF. It’s very easy to have good results in short term studies. But everyone deserves to have a free and positive relationship with food and their bodies.

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3 years

Fuck the noise telling us carbs are bad. They give us energy and make our brains and body function. And just as importantly, they give us pleasure and enjoyment. Which we ALL deserve.

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3 years

I don’t care if Noom says they’re “anti-diet” or “CBT” or “wellness.” An app that commonly prescribes a calorie amount meant for a toddler or comatose patient is a DIET. We are so desperate to find something that “works” that we ignore every single glaring & obvious warning sign.

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4 years

Instead of shaming people to eat “clean” or “real food,” how about we focus on people being able to access and afford enough food. The entire concept of clean eating is elitist and privileged.

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3 years

When you have an eating disorder, it’s hard not to take on our culture’s disordered eating as our own. But the constant food rules & diet BS just make us more anxious, more preoccupied, more obsessed, and give us very little space for anything else.

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3 years

Stop using the word “fat” to replace a feeling. Yes, even if you have an eating disorder. Because in doing so, you are associating fatness with disgust, hatred, and shame which is harmful to your fat friends. You can describe your feelings without perpetuating fatphobia.

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1 year

When someone says that they wouldn’t date a plus size person because they want someone who “takes care of themselves,” we know it has nothing to do with a sexual preference and everything to do with fatphobia and the generalization that fat people don’t take care of themselves.

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1 year

Did you know bagels were popularized by Jews in Poland bec they weren’t allowed to make bread? Boiling bagels with malt was how they got around the antisemitic laws. That’s what I’m remembering today as I’m noticing I’ve been avoiding the bagels in my freezer.

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2 years

What if the therapist validated the kid’s feelings while also offering education around fatphobia?What if the therapist said “We’ve all been taught to be afraid of fatness but there’s nothing wrong with being fat.”What if the therapist gently explained that our words have impact?

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3 years

That obviously implies that fat people aren’t trying to be the best version of themselves and that they’re morally inferior to thin people. I don’t know about you but I don’t want to live in a world where future generations know that thinness is the most important goal in life.

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1 year

It’s almost as if…. body diversity is a natural occurrence. 😳 We have no problem recognizing that some people are a size 6 shoe and some people are a size 11 shoe. Bodies are no different!! Why can’t we let all people exist safely in whatever body they are in??🤦🏻‍♀️

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2 years

Getting satisfaction from food is your birthright — no matter what size you are. I’m sorry that our culture says otherwise.

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4 years

PS: I have PCOS. I lost a shit ton of weight from my ED & surprise, I still had PCOS in a thin body. It’s disgusting that doctors make us believe we can reverse our illnesses by losing weight. That’s not how things work. It’s not your fault if you have PCOS, diabetes, etc. 💗

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4 years

Yes, there are fat people that have anorexia. Yes, there are thin people that have binge eating disorder. Eating disorders are a mental illness that do NOT have a body type.

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2 years

Here’s a really easy way to support your loved ones with eating disorders on the holidays: Skip the diet+weight loss talk, help shut down diet talk when you notice it happening, & keep food talk neutral or positive so there’s no moralizing of food! This goes such a long way.🙏🏼

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2 years

I keep thinking about people I know recently being denied knee surgery from a work accident, endometriosis surgery, and gender affirming surgery. If you don’t have to beg to get a surgery that will significantly improve your quality of life, you are very lucky. Or privileged.

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4 years

My 21 year eating disorder battle started out with a junior weight watchers diet at age 10. Diets aren’t benign. We have no idea who will go on to battle a lifetime of disordered eating and body shame. We deserve so much more than a lifetime at war with our bodies.

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2 years

We can be gentle and compassionate when educating people around fatphobia. Yes, including people with ED’s! I’ve seen 14 and 15 yr old kids become educated and then start educating others! But we don’t need to infantilize people with eating disorders.

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1 year

My body is not an epidemic. It miraculously survived a 20+ year battle with an eating disorder and is settling at a weight it wants to be, not what society wants it to be.

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2 years

Read more on @v_solesmith ’s newsletter here:

"Nobody Looked At the Largest Mom In the Room."

Navigating anti-fat bias in eating disorders, and at Mommy Wine Night.

virginiasolesmith.substack.com

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2 years

First page of the New York Times magazine today. 🙊😳

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1 year

Everyone is all “But I’m just concerned for fat people’s HEALTH.” Oh, so where’s your concern for football players with higher concussion & death rates? Oh right, you don’t care about my health. You just hate fat people & can’t fathom a world where I get to be happy & okay.

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4 years

Having thin privilege does NOT mean that you don’t experience pain and body image struggles. It just means that you don’t also face systemic oppression due to your size outside of your painful internal struggle.

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2 years

Whether you have anorexia in a small body or a large body, it’s the same damn thing.

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2 years

Lots of people are fat the way lots of people are short or brunette or have blue eyes. Body size is not a behavior and thinking it is means you have work to do around your fatphobia.

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4 years

Thin people get the same diseases fat people get. Ask your doctor what they would do if a thin person came in with the same condition.

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1 year

Fat people struggle with anorexia too.

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2 years

Imagine the message it sends to fat people seeing that image. And remember that fat people struggle with anorexia too. For too long, eating disorders in media have solely centered on thin white girls with anorexia and that needs to change.

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3 years

Gaining weight in ED recovery is excruciatingly hard in a world that tells us we should be dedicating our entire lives to the pursuit of thinness. But I am not willing to sacrifice any more of my time, health, or energy on shrinking my body, my voice, and my power.

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It’s WILD to me that I am literally saying: YES, you can pursue health promoting behaviors like adding veggies + fruit, exercise, sleeping enough etc But please do it without focusing on a number on the scale. But somehow I’m promoting dangerous & terrifying messaging. 🤣

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3 years

The diet industry will attempt to take advantage of any pandemic weight gain that may have occurred this year. So let’s prepare for the likelihood that they’ll go full force on weight loss resolutions this January. Here are some reminders if you find yourself being sucked in. ➡️

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1. Don’t take nutrition advice from any doctor; take it from a dietitian who actually has appropriate training. 2. Don’t be a fatphobic asshole. Body diversity is a beautiful and natural part of life. We are not all meant to be thin and doctors aren’t the exception.

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Don’t take nutrition advice from a Fat Doctor

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I don’t know if I’ll keep this up or if I’ll regret sharing this but I’m pretty sure I am no longer welcome in my (orthodox) family and worst of all, I’ve lost access to my siblings who I love so much — because I’m queer and I can’t hide it anymore.

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The BMI was arbitrarily lowered overnight in 1988 so that weight loss drugs could make more money. That standard is used to determine appropriate weights in current EATING DISORDER treatment. So please shut up about BMI requirement in diagnoses because it’s completely broken.

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3 years

I’m still rediscovering food after a lifetime of having an eating disorder and HOLY FUCK, HOW DID I NOT KNOW THAT BUTTER WAS THIS GOOD???? 😭

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4 years

If you gained weight during this global pandemic (or literally any other time), it’s okay. Bodies change! You don’t need to crash diet or do a cleanse, reset, or detox. Your body is wise. Your body can be trusted. Keep eating.

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I’m anti-diet, NOT anti-health. I’m anti vilifying food groups. I’m anti fatphobia. I’m anti restriction & deprivation. I’m anti exercise as a form of punishment. I’m anti detoxes & cleanses. I’m anti our culture that promotes disordered eating & tells us to mistrust our bodies.

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I’m thinking about clients that were withheld lifesaving surgeries & told by doctors not to come back unless they get bariatric surgery. It is BARBARIC to force someone to get an elective surgery in the name of “health.”It has deadly risks &no one should be coerced into it. 💔

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2 years

I was in a mood. 😬

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3 years

I saw a HAES doctor for the first time and I... don’t know what to do with myself. A doctor who takes my ED history seriously? Who wants me to eat food? Who is encouraging my break from exercise? I could cry from relief. I didn’t know it was possible to feel safe at the doctor.

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2 years

Let’s talk about choice when it comes to eating disorder recovery. Because a lot of us have heard the phrase, “You didn’t choose your eating disorder but you can choose to recover.” I no longer believe this to be true at all.

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1 year

Yes, rainbows symbolize queerness but for me they’re also about living a full life in technicolor. Free of my eating disorder, free to be fat, free to be queer, free to be all of me.

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4 years

We all deserve so much more than a lifetime of trying to shrink our bodies over and over and over again.

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3 years

The irony of Shrill, an awesome fat-positive show, being sponsored by Halo Top -a diet ice cream - is just too much. We cannot escape diet culture, can we??

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@theshirarose

1 year

I chose to create joyful, rainbow imagery because I know that coming out will feel anything but joyful because of the pushback I’m going to get when my family and community finds out. So these images are for me — to remind me that I get to be all of me.

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