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BODY HATRED

BODYPOSITIVITY

BODY LIBERATION

UTOPIA

The “Ideal Individual Journey” Bridge(according to Jes)

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Lesley Kinzel

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BODYPOSITIVITY

FAT ACCEPTANCE/LIBERATION

UTOPIA

The “Information Transportation” Bridge

DIETCULTURE

(according to Jes)

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American lawyer, civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality in 1989.

Kimberlé Crenshaw

13OPPRESSION/DISCRMINATION OF:

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15OPPRESSION/DISCRMINATION OF:

16OPPRESSION/DISCRMINATION OF:

17OPPRESSION/DISCRMINATION OF:

18ADDITIONAL + RELATED COMMUNITIES AND MOVEMENTS:

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BODYPOSITIVITY

BODY LIBERATION

UTOPIA

The “Individual Journey” Bridge

BODY HATRED

(according to Jes)

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T H E S O C I A L I M P A C T O F S E L F L O V E

J E S B A K E R

LIBERATE YOUR BODYC H A N G E T H E W O R L D

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• WHY LIBERATING YOUR BODY IS IMPORTANT

• 6 ACTION ITEMS THAT WE CAN ALL START USING TODAY

• WHAT THIS COULD MEAN ON A GLOBAL SCALE

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• Nearly 90% of cisgender men are uncomfortable with their bodies. Half wish they were “bigger” half “smaller.”

• Some studies show that transgender individuals feel even more “body dissatisfaction” “weight and shape concerns” and “body image disturbances” than the others who don’t identify as transgender and participated in the study.***

• 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat.*

• They are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of cancer, war, or losing both of their parents.

• In a survey of girls 9 and 10 years old, 40% have tried to lose weight.**

• 91% of cisgender women are unhappy with their bodies and resort to dieting

• (5% of these women naturally possess the body type often portrayed by Americans in the media.*)

SOME REAL SAD REAL TALK:

*ANAD** The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

*** Vocks et al. 2009

Cisgender:Where individuals’ experiences of their own gender agree with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Transgender: Where individuals’ experiences of their own gender do not agree with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Note: It’s important to remember than many individuals identities to not lie within the binary (feminine/masculine) and can identify as genderqueer, bigender, pangender, agender etc!

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• Nearly 90% of cisgender men are uncomfortable with their bodies. Half wish they were “bigger” half “smaller.”

• Some studies show that transgender individuals feel even more “body dissatisfaction” “weight and shape concerns” and “body image disturbances” than the others who don’t identify as transgender and participated in the study.***

• 81% of 10 year olds are afraid of being fat.*

• They are more afraid of becoming fat than they are of cancer, war, or losing both of their parents.

• In a survey of girls 9 and 10 years old, 40% have tried to lose weight.**

• 91% of cisgender women are unhappy with their bodies and resort to dieting

• (5% of these women naturally possess the body type often portrayed by Americans in the media.*)

SOME REAL SAD REAL TALK:

*ANAD** The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

*** Vocks et al. 2009

Cisgender:Describes related types of gender identity perceptions where individuals’ experiences of their own gender agree with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Transgender: Describes related types of gender identity perceptions where individuals’ experiences of their own gender do not agree with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Note: It’s important to remember than many individuals identities to not lie within the binary (feminine/masculine) and can identify as genderqueer, bigender, pangender, agender etc!

THEN WHAT HAPPENS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL?

LOW SELF ESTEEM

PUTTING LIFE ON HOLD

POOR RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

EMPLOYMENT LOSSES

CREATION OF OR TRIGGERING OF MENTAL ILLNESS

DANGEROUS EATING DISORDERS

SUICIDE

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THE WAY WE VIEW OUR BODIES DETERMINES THE WAY WE

PARTICIPATE IN THE WORLD

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

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“The Body Is Not an Apology is committed to cultivating global Radical Self Love and Body Empowerment.

SONYA RENEE TAYLOR

We believe that discrimination, social inequality, and injustice are manifestations of our inability to make peace with the body, our own and others.

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Through information dissemination, personal and social transformation projects and community building, The Body is Not An Apology fosters global, radical, unapologetic self-love which translates to radical human love and action in service toward a more just, equitable and compassionate world.”

SONYA RENEE TAYLOR

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IT’S ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE…

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WE CANCHANGE THE WORLDBY CHANGING THE WAY WE VIEW OUR BODY(And consequentially, the way we view other bodies will change as well!)

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• FAT is not a bad word

• The Diet (anti-fat) Industry brings in over 65 billion dollars a year in the US alone

• Regardless of size, most people fear becoming or “being” fat

• Body size/shape intersects with countless other marginalized identities

• Fat hatred affects all bodies

• The sooner we destigmatize “FAT”, the sooner all bodies sizes and shapes

will become okay

W H Y A R E W EG O I N G T O T A L K S O M U C H A B O U T

F A T N E S S ?

BECAUSE:

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BUT IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT SIZE:

THERE ARE MULTIPLE

“STANDARDS OF WORTHINESS”

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REJECT ALL ASPECTS OF THE “BODY HIERARCHY”

DISMANTLE THE SYSTEM

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HOW DO WE START?

WE START WITH OURSELVES

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#1: DIVERSIFY YOUR MEDIA FEED

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“Visual Diet versus Associative Learning as Mechanisms of Change in Body Size Preferences”

Lynda G. Boothroyd, Martin J. Tovée, and Thomas V. Pollet | 2013

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#2: LEARN THE HISTORY BEHIND “HOW?”

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Farming + Patriarchy Slenderization = Class Distinction

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CThe Creation of Perfection

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#3: REFRAME “HEALTH”

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• “Thin” bodies can be healthy• “Thin” bodies can be unhealthy• “Fat” bodies can be unhealthy• “Fat” bodies can be healthy

This removes weight from the equation

THE “REFRAMING HEALTH BASICS”

Being fat isn’t an indicator of being unhealthy, and thinness isn’t an assurance of good health.

(Illustration by @moosekleenex)

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Treating your body “well” because you appreciate it. Not because you

want to change it.

Health at Every Size is based on the simple premise that the best way to improve health is to honor your body. It supports people in adopting health habits for the sake of health and well-being (rather than weight control). Health at Every Size encourages:

• Accepting diversity in bodies

• Eating in way that honors your body

• Finding the joy in movement.

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“I DON’T CARE ABOUT SIZE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE HEALTHY!”

Who is instantly exiled the second health becomes the top measurement of worth and importance?

• People with physical disabilities. • People with chronic or incurable ailments. • People who live in poverty and can’t afford balanced meals. • People who don’t have the resources or education required to learn about how to take care of

their bodies. • People who live with a mental illness that doesn’t allow them to take care of themselves at all. • People so focused on just surviving that there isn’t any energy left to focus on physical

maintenance.

Lots and lots of people who are unable to fully participate in our “wellness culture” because of the body and life they were born into. Defining worthiness by health and fitness level is not just about size discrimination. It’s also about classism. Racism. Ableism. And much more.

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BUT HEALTH IS NOTONE-DIMENSIONAL

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#4: REJECT BODY CURRENCY

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We have been taught as a society that IF we achieve the ideal body that we see in traditional media (and not before) we will obtain:

• Love • Worthiness• Success • (and ultimately)

Happiness.

So we’ve invested everything...

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#5: PAY ATTENTION TO CHARACTERS IN THE MEDIA

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• SYMPATHY• REPULSION• HATRED• AMUSEMENT

MEDIA REPRESENTATION

• Stupid• Funny• Evil

THREE CATEGORIES:

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THE “STUPID” FAT PERSON

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THE “FUNNY” FAT PERSON

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THE “EVIL” FAT PERSON

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#6: PRACTICE SELF-COMPASSION

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C H A L L E N G E T H E N O R M .

R E C O G N I Z E H U M A N VA L U E .

K N O W T H AT Y O U A R E I N C H A R G E O F Y O U R B O D Y A N D I T H A S A LWAY S B E E N G O O D E N O U G H

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A N D WAT C H I T C H A N G E

THE WORLD.

TRY WORKING TOWARDS PERSONAL BODY LIBERATION

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