MicroWaveJun 22, 2024

New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves

https://lemmy.world/post/16821334

New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves - Lemmy.World

Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement Fat Beach Day events are springing up across the US in an effort to fight back against fat-phobia, reclaim safe spaces for the community and honor plus-size culture. Today, one of these celebrations is being held to coincide with Pride month at Jacob Riis Beach in New York, a location deeply ensconced in the city’s activism space.

Show threadcatloafJun 22, 2024
Is normalizing obesity really a good thing?
Show threadFlying SquidJun 22, 2024
No, but neither is body shaming, and fat people get a lot of that at a beach.
Show threadBoozillaJun 22, 2024

Yup. They just want a single day to enjoy the beach and feel safe and not be judged.

The internet loses its damned mind

Show threadOstrakonJun 23, 2024
You’re always going to be judged. If you base your own happiness on the collective opinion of society about you, you will never be happy. You can’t control how other people feel, so you need to focus your mental energy on controlling your own feelings.
Show threadBoozillaJun 23, 2024
Sure, but that doesn’t address harassment and bullying. If you think they just “need a thicker skin” you haven’t been bullied in any meaningful way by a large group of hostile people.
Show threadradfrogJun 24, 2024

Telling someone you care about that their weight is worrying you and that they should lose it for health purposes is not bullying.

You all need a reality check.

Show threadBoozillaJun 24, 2024
That’s not what we’re talking about and you know it. False narrative. The article specifically mentions violence and bullying. If you don’t know that fat people also get viciously bullied on top of the “concerned about your health” from loved ones, you are the one who is isolated from reality.
Show threadradfrog
It’s a conflation from people who misinterpret worry from family as accusations. 90% of cases will have the very people who cry “fat-shaming” actually just be receiving advice from family or friends.
Jun 24, 2024 at 4:05pmWeb