Posted @withrepost • @chr1styharrison Historically, diet culture developed and grew in moments
Posted @withrepost • @chr1styharrison Historically, diet culture developed and grew in moments when historically oppressed groups of people were on the precipice of getting some real rights. Women’s suffrage in the 1920s, the feminist and Civil Rights movements in the 1960s—it’s no mistake that just as these historical shifts were happening, diet culture came along and stole the show with its sexist, white-supremacist beauty standards. Sure, historically oppressed people may technically have rights now, diet culture seemed to say, but those groups are still unworthy of any real power or acceptance because their bodies are “wrong.” —————————————————-The same is true for women and femmes as we age. Growing older generally means gaining wisdom, expertise, and confidence in ourselves and our choices; yet our culture tells us that after a certain age, women and femmes don’t deserve a spotlight and aren’t worthy of being heard. Just as we’re coming into our power, we’re undermined by a system of beliefs that tells us all of the hard-won lines on our faces and stretch marks on our bodies are signs that we should be discarded.—————————————————-By making us feel insignificant and worthless unless we live up to an unachievable ideal, diet culture and the patriarchy aim to ensure that we spend our lives chasing an un-catchable dragon instead of fighting for liberation and reveling in our power. This is truly heartbreaking, and it’s why dismantling diet culture is about SO much more than healing your relationship with food and your body. It’s about coming into our power, and creating a space for groups of people who’ve faced unimaginable levels of oppression to finally be liberated.—————————————————- If you want to hear more about HAES, intuitive eating, and body liberation, download the latest episode of Food Psych today!—————————————————-#haes #intuitiveeating #antidiet #riotsnotdiets #effyourbeautystandards #losehatenotweight #lifebeyonddieting #thelifethief #bodyposi #bodypositive #bopo #foodpsychpod #foodpsych #feminism #healthathttps://www.instagram.com/p/B1xMO47jIpLPouhFZ-6zPfvtktXIu4zrYs3Iy40/?igshid=1c90thf7ttc0e -- source link
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