What if I told you weight and health are not as intertwined as we are led to believe? What if I told you weight stigma is actually rooted in… racism? That’s right. By discriminating against larger bodied beings and participating in fatshaming you are actually upholding racist ideologies.

Dismantling diet culture 🤝 anti-racist work.

Fearing the Black Body, The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings

Interested in getting your paws on a copy? 🐾

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