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 […]
The Cure
January 12, 2013 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image
The Cure or Dr. Deah Dr. Seuss meets Size Acceptance by Dr. Deah As a girl I was protected from the Measles and the Mumps but not from the dis-ease caused by chubby thighs and lumps. I felt dejected when rejected and not labeled as a beauty. “Conforming,” I was told, is your moral civic […]
