One of my big coming down off my self-righteous soapbox things with fat was this: I am a reasonably young, reasonably healthy person. It's easy for me to produce anecdotes that prove fatness doesn't affect my health or quality of life (except in that it's a good barrier to dating straight men who'd later prove themselves asshats). That is not everyone's experience. I think the key to mobility is to get mobile, not to get less-fat - but I can't prove that to someone much larger, much older, much sicker than me. Not if they're already convinced otherwise.
What I can do is make the world a little easier so whether anyone's dieting succeeds or fails, it ultimately affects nothing but their own body - not their ability to sit in a restaurant, to not be berated by a doctor, to be hired if they're qualified, to find an environment in which they fit. So much of the fattivist movement is talking amongst ourselves, and while that's meaningful, it's nowhere near as impactful as acting (or talking) outside.
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Date: 2007-09-11 11:57 pm (UTC)What I can do is make the world a little easier so whether anyone's dieting succeeds or fails, it ultimately affects nothing but their own body - not their ability to sit in a restaurant, to not be berated by a doctor, to be hired if they're qualified, to find an environment in which they fit. So much of the fattivist movement is talking amongst ourselves, and while that's meaningful, it's nowhere near as impactful as acting (or talking) outside.