I was so excited to find out that you had a newsletter and it’s been such a wonderful balm in my inbox. I love your sensitivity and nuance in it as much as I loved your book!
Sidenote, I actually have a plugin for my browser (it’s a profanity filter that you can add your own words to) that replaces all the ”O“ words in various forms (ob#sity/ov#rweight) with a variations on ”larger-body“ and it’s really nice to see neutral terms instead of a medicalized/moralized one. It’s actually been more than nice, it’s been profound. It keeps me (a fat woman) from being quite so stigmatized whenever I browse health news.
I Guess We're Still Talking About Pandemic Weight Gain.
I was so excited to find out that you had a newsletter and it’s been such a wonderful balm in my inbox. I love your sensitivity and nuance in it as much as I loved your book!
Sidenote, I actually have a plugin for my browser (it’s a profanity filter that you can add your own words to) that replaces all the ”O“ words in various forms (ob#sity/ov#rweight) with a variations on ”larger-body“ and it’s really nice to see neutral terms instead of a medicalized/moralized one. It’s actually been more than nice, it’s been profound. It keeps me (a fat woman) from being quite so stigmatized whenever I browse health news.
Thank you for this. I am trying to avoid this coverage because I find it so anxiety producing and self-serving by those in the "wellness" industry.