Dear Michelle, It’s Me Again
March 19, 2013 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Eating Disorders
Two years and 5 days ago I wrote a piece about Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign. It challenged the First Lady’s use of the “obesity crisis,” fat shaming, and fat phobia as motivators to get kid’s moving in healthy ways and eating healthier diets. In my post I provided a link to a fantastic article […]
How effective is “fat shaming” in gaining health?
January 25, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, HAES, Obesity
While preparing to read this article I took many deep breaths and prepared my research to help promote an honest, respectful, heart centered dialog to get answers to the question; How effective is “fat shaming” in gaining health? Why the deep breaths? Well, I remember when many people felt it was okay to use the […]