I am so grateful for this newsletter and your tireless pursuit of knowledge around weight-stigma and diet culture. I am not going to tell you I love living in a higher weight body but what I can tell you is that it doesn't consume me anymore and by learning how to think logically and pragmatically and scientifically about a lot of the garbage we are fed day in and day out about thinness = health, I'm learning to accept it. I'm also learning to focus on healthy behaviors as a measurement of health rather than weight loss and that has helped immensely. I also feel like I know the language to use with my doctors to better advocate for my needs without getting bogged down in the "but have you thought about losing weight?" talk regardless of the presenting issue I'm there for. Thank you for helping so many of us become better informed and, yes, healthier in our approaches to our bodies.
I don't have personal experience with these semaglutide drugs, but their overtaking of the news, culture and 'healthcare' is so alarming, I appreciate your work continuing to break this all down. I also appreciate every mention of the discrimination we face in eating disorder diagnosis/treatment, because it still feels like one of those facts that is rarely acknowledged. And since I'm currently trying to improve my disordered eating, with a clinician who insists on treating my symptoms while telling me outright that I can't have an actual disorder because I'm not wasting away and bedridden...obviously it would better if I had access to better support, but at least being reminded that this is a common problem for fat patients offers some validation while I try to work with what I have.
Thank you for highlighting this article and adding your wise and informed commentary!
The most online hate I've ever received was for a post about GLP-1s and eating disorders. (I ended up taking it down and then writing a two-part newsletter on the topic.) It was eye-opening to see just how angry people were about the idea that these "miracle drugs" could be harmful.
FYI I shared this to Facebook from my email and it IMMEDIATELY got taken down as spam. Not to be paranoid, but do we think NovoNordisk has an in with FB?
That's so odd. Thank you for trying to share. I wonder if Facebook is mad at Substack? I shared it on my FB, so far so good but I'll keep an eye on it, thanks for letting me know!
I don't like to be paranoid either but Facebook is not exactly the epitome of ethical corporate behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if Big Pharma was actively trying to keep the discourse around this issue very, very quiet and off the radar.
I am so grateful for this newsletter and your tireless pursuit of knowledge around weight-stigma and diet culture. I am not going to tell you I love living in a higher weight body but what I can tell you is that it doesn't consume me anymore and by learning how to think logically and pragmatically and scientifically about a lot of the garbage we are fed day in and day out about thinness = health, I'm learning to accept it. I'm also learning to focus on healthy behaviors as a measurement of health rather than weight loss and that has helped immensely. I also feel like I know the language to use with my doctors to better advocate for my needs without getting bogged down in the "but have you thought about losing weight?" talk regardless of the presenting issue I'm there for. Thank you for helping so many of us become better informed and, yes, healthier in our approaches to our bodies.
Ragen, you are amazing, and I'm so glad you choose to use your powers of logic and analysis for good!
I don't have personal experience with these semaglutide drugs, but their overtaking of the news, culture and 'healthcare' is so alarming, I appreciate your work continuing to break this all down. I also appreciate every mention of the discrimination we face in eating disorder diagnosis/treatment, because it still feels like one of those facts that is rarely acknowledged. And since I'm currently trying to improve my disordered eating, with a clinician who insists on treating my symptoms while telling me outright that I can't have an actual disorder because I'm not wasting away and bedridden...obviously it would better if I had access to better support, but at least being reminded that this is a common problem for fat patients offers some validation while I try to work with what I have.
Thank you for highlighting this article and adding your wise and informed commentary!
The most online hate I've ever received was for a post about GLP-1s and eating disorders. (I ended up taking it down and then writing a two-part newsletter on the topic.) It was eye-opening to see just how angry people were about the idea that these "miracle drugs" could be harmful.
FYI I shared this to Facebook from my email and it IMMEDIATELY got taken down as spam. Not to be paranoid, but do we think NovoNordisk has an in with FB?
That's so odd. Thank you for trying to share. I wonder if Facebook is mad at Substack? I shared it on my FB, so far so good but I'll keep an eye on it, thanks for letting me know!
No response to my appeal, maybe I’ll share it again
I don't like to be paranoid either but Facebook is not exactly the epitome of ethical corporate behavior and I wouldn't be surprised if Big Pharma was actively trying to keep the discourse around this issue very, very quiet and off the radar.