NEW BLOG POST! I've written about 4 concepts that often underpin what folks really mean when 'lose weight' ends up on a new years resolution list. bodyimage-therapist.com/post/what-you-…

What will you be doing in January instead of dieting?

Your body is your home & regarding it as separate, problematic or disgusting can result in a type of detachment that interferes with your ability to hear its valuable messages to you. You need your body. You inhabit it for this lifetime & we believe body trust is your birthright.

When we say dieting fails about 95% of the time, someone always pipes in with “that was only shown in one study from the 1950’s!” That is completely false. I put together of timeline of diet failure research here: weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/who-says-die…

Love this! And it’s just down the road from my place :-) artforcebrisbane.com.au/artwork/no-wro…

This whole thread.

Learning from fat liberationists may be uncomfortable and if you're diving deeply will be uncomfortable. Be mindful of the desire to cherry pick their knowledge & experience when it feels unpalatable & 'unrealistic' for business & professional relationships. Lean into discomfort.

It's disappointing to see HAES practitioners who say they are committed to body liberation deflecting the conversation by discussing the harms of cancel culture without at least reflecting on why people have needed to resort to speaking up loudly and publicly in the first place.

I'm rarely on twitter, but as I've had a lot of thoughts recently it seems like the place for that. I'm also seeing the benefit of not having to write a long ass caption for instagram 😂

fat liberation or bust

Jokes about fat people who use mobility aids like scooters are fatphobic and ableist and cruel.

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