How to Spot the Dangerous "Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner" Approach to Weight Stigma
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This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! You can also gift a subscription to a friend, family member, even a healthcare practitioner! One of the things that I run into a lot doing this work is someone who tells me “you should check out so-and-so’s work, they have great anti-weight-stigma resources.” In many cases, I know so-and-so and their work isn’t truly anti-weight-stigma because they are still pathologizing higher-weight bodies and invested in the weight-loss paradigm. This is to say that they are suggesting that fat people should not be stigmatized, but definitely still believe that being fat is bad and that weight loss is something that fat people should pursue.
How to Spot the Dangerous "Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner" Approach to Weight Stigma
How to Spot the Dangerous "Hate the Sin, Love…
How to Spot the Dangerous "Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner" Approach to Weight Stigma
This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing! You can also gift a subscription to a friend, family member, even a healthcare practitioner! One of the things that I run into a lot doing this work is someone who tells me “you should check out so-and-so’s work, they have great anti-weight-stigma resources.” In many cases, I know so-and-so and their work isn’t truly anti-weight-stigma because they are still pathologizing higher-weight bodies and invested in the weight-loss paradigm. This is to say that they are suggesting that fat people should not be stigmatized, but definitely still believe that being fat is bad and that weight loss is something that fat people should pursue.