• dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 days ago

    I need to engage more with body positivity literature, I admit I just don’t really know even the basic claims being made, but I was just in a session where a commentator in a session about ozempic drugs admitted she simultaneously feels shame for her (overweight) body, but also feels shame for wanting to diet and become thin, given all the critique of thinness (in the context of white feminism, colonial studies, etc.) - it’s not just about recognizing your body falls short of an ideal, but additionally was tied up in the shame from awareness that your preference to be thin is due to socialization that is ultimately racist, misogynistic, etc.