I'll fully admit, I haven't ready much of the FA blogs. I don't know if it's a problem with the message or with me, but if people who know of them but aren't reading them closely are getting the wrong message? I'd have to think more about this, but I think it comes down to the difference between the message itself and the way it's used.
I think what the FA blogs are saying is: Be Healthy. None of them, not Kate Harding's, or anyone else's, are saying lie on the sofa and eat bon bons, they're saying reject societal ideals of thin and be happy and healthy without constantly starving.
Yeah, I can see that. I guess I should have been more clear in my post, I completely agree with that message. I just also see people throwing links out there, or using FA as a bludgeon any time anybody suggests that they think that obesity is generally a result of lifestyle choices.
But I'm anti-diet and FA is anti-diet, so we all get along in the end. :-D
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Date: 2009-05-08 05:57 pm (UTC)I think what the FA blogs are saying is: Be Healthy. None of them, not Kate Harding's, or anyone else's, are saying lie on the sofa and eat bon bons, they're saying reject societal ideals of thin and be happy and healthy without constantly starving.
Yeah, I can see that. I guess I should have been more clear in my post, I completely agree with that message. I just also see people throwing links out there, or using FA as a bludgeon any time anybody suggests that they think that obesity is generally a result of lifestyle choices.
But I'm anti-diet and FA is anti-diet, so we all get along in the end. :-D