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if you think fat politics or disability justice are about "loving yourself" and nothing more, can I suggest: read a fucking book or something
I don't know anyone who is active in fatpol who thinks everybody should have to love their bodies
I'm disabled and I certainly don't love my body sometimes
it's about having the freedom to decide for *ourselves* how we feel about our bodies, not having society decide for us
I'm disabled and I certainly don't love my body sometimes
it's about having the freedom to decide for *ourselves* how we feel about our bodies, not having society decide for us
we're not fighting for the right to love ourselves, a right we already have; we're fighting for the right not to be hated, pitied and discriminated against by *other people* based on things about our bodies that we often cannot change
I can love myself to the moon and back but I can't love myself into a workplace that sees disabled people as a liability, even if they won't say it out loud
I can't love myself into accessible building design or competent medical treatment
I can't love myself into accessible building design or competent medical treatment
fat people may or may not love their bodies and that's their choice, but no amount of love for themselves will undo medical fatmisia
it's not about *us* accepting us, it's about *everyone else* accepting us
it's not about *us* accepting us, it's about *everyone else* accepting us
you can feel however you want about your weight or your disability, but *other people* shouldn't get to be arbiters of whether your body is the body with which you should be happy
oh, sure, there's also internalised fatmisia and ableism, and those are problems too, and it would be amazing if everyone could love themselves, of course it would be
but even on days when I hate my body, other people shouldn't be able to punish me for existing in it
but even on days when I hate my body, other people shouldn't be able to punish me for existing in it
I feel a lot of depression and anger and sometimes dysmorphia about my body and how disability limits the things I can do sometimes, but that's for me to deal with
it shouldn't affect how other people deal with me
it shouldn't affect how other people deal with me
right! the problem with body-posi being co-opted by mostly thin, mostly abled people is that the original purpose of, e.g., fat liberation - to change the way *society* treats us - got lost in a vague feel-good message about "loving yourself" https://twitter.com/sarahgrowls/status/1282042904706461702?s=19
as a person of colour, I can love my skin all I want but it won't stop me being pulled aside at the airport
as an afab person, I can't love myself out of the gender pay gap
as a disabled person, how I feel about my body is my business but your buildings still need ramps
as an afab person, I can't love myself out of the gender pay gap
as a disabled person, how I feel about my body is my business but your buildings still need ramps
it's about so much more than loving ourselves (though like I said, it would be wonderful if everyone could and did)
it's about being able to be ourselves, however we may feel about ourselves, and not having to navigate other people's feelings into the bargain
it's about being able to be ourselves, however we may feel about ourselves, and not having to navigate other people's feelings into the bargain
my safety and comfort should not be contingent on how you feel about disabled people
it doesn't matter if I love myself or hate myself or want to cure my illness or embrace it as part of me - I deserve to navigate life without bearing the burden of *your* feelings
it doesn't matter if I love myself or hate myself or want to cure my illness or embrace it as part of me - I deserve to navigate life without bearing the burden of *your* feelings
fat people don't need to love themselves if they don't want to, but they should be able to apply for a job or a house or a college place without other people's feelings about their fatness affecting their chances of success
body positivity is a movement that's largely been commandeered by people society already accepts
fat liberation and disability justice are about acceptance of people and bodies who don't already have that luxury
fat liberation and disability justice are about acceptance of people and bodies who don't already have that luxury
