😶 I Was Told No One Wants #FatGirls

“Growing up, my #body was a punch line.

The first time I recall a boy #commenting on my body was when I was in the fifth grade. I must have been #ten.”

This egregious, blatant #fat-shaming of women and girls (particularly in the post-Ozempic remedial launch) is heinous, damaging and harmful to all of society. #WeightShaming in the U.S. is leading to mental health declines, emotional/physical violence and tragic suicides.

https://www.thecut.com/

Dodged a bullet this morning at my doctor’s office. Nurse waved me past that damn scale, saying it was broken. It’s gonna be a good day, I thought. And it was!
#doctors #weightshaming
How sugar became the scapegoat for society’s ills – from austerity to the cost of living crisis

In the absence of proper policy, ‘the war on obesity’ always needs something – or someone – to blame for its failures, says author Karen Throsby

The Guardian