tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post1503533351220044279..comments2023-09-25T11:48:08.067-04:00Comments on Unapologetically Fat: On Thinness and Fat Acceptance (Part 1)JoGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16093660035883346402noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-49407579608177681932012-02-15T12:58:31.399-05:002012-02-15T12:58:31.399-05:00I also really appreciate the thoughtful commentary...I also really appreciate the thoughtful commentary here. You can also never judge a book by its cover in the FA community. Just because someone is thin does not mean they have never been fat and therefore have a little more insight into the issues at hand than someone who has never experienced the discrimination first hand. Unlike straight allies to the LGBT community, you can have thin people with past experience living as a fat person, so you should never jump to conclusions about someone's sincerity or ability to sympathize. Also, I think when it comes to internal struggles of body hatred just about every woman in america can relate. Some of the most body loathing women I've ever known were thin, and I thought "how can you look in the mirror and still feel these things?? So crazy!".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-37751002500912972162012-02-03T16:19:10.484-05:002012-02-03T16:19:10.484-05:00I think questions like this are so important. To b...I think questions like this are so important. To be asked by a potential ally how they can help an oppressed group, rather than just stepping in and assuming they know how to help is such an amazing thing.Jen @ SkinnedKnees.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392897879432966597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-69402468808020715932012-02-02T22:05:19.971-05:002012-02-02T22:05:19.971-05:00I was in on the telesummit too! so exciting!
I...I was in on the telesummit too! so exciting! <br /><br />I really liked your response to this question, because the answers that Marilyn, Peggy, and Amanda gave were a little too pat (like of COURSE we accept you). I mean, I agreed with them, but you opened up the nuance of why this was a question that needed to be asked in the first place. I look forward to see what else you have to see on the matter in the upcoming posts you mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-23144800611149669352012-02-02T19:26:48.388-05:002012-02-02T19:26:48.388-05:00I think there's a difference between "all...I think there's a difference between "all are welcome to learn more and work together" and what often happens when people of more privilege join a group dedicated to fighting discrimination against the less-privileged. Probably most of us who've taken women's studies classes have encountered The Guy Who Never Stops Talking About Women's Issues Even When Women Are Trying To Speak. I don't really want to be thinsplained at what it's like to be fat, thanks so much.<br /><br />So I think a welcoming community that acknowledges the centrality of fat voices is the right answer, as you suggest.JupiterPluviusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559850219424554239.post-43783173689955018482012-02-02T13:47:53.986-05:002012-02-02T13:47:53.986-05:00The first clue is "acceptance". If we w...The first clue is "acceptance". If we want the world to accept us as we are, as people of all degrees of fatness, WE must accept thin people, particularly those who understand what it is we're trying to do. Just as the movement for racial equality attracted support from right-thinking white people, or women's lib welcomed the help of sensible men, so should we accept into our ranks those thin people who truly believe that EVERY body deserves autonomy and respect.<br /><br />The HAES movement has opened the eyes of a LOT of thin folks. Let's not shut out those who want to help and add their voices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com