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Is Body Liberation An Excuse To Stay Fat?
Bad Question! It Should Be Why Is Our Weight Anyone’s Business?
Today’s question comes courtesy of Quora. It’s whether body liberation is an excuse to stay fat. At the same time, I want to address some of the miscommunication and misunderstandings around body liberation.
An Excuse To Stay Fat
No, it’s not an excuse to stay fat. Why? Because people don’t need an excuse! It is today’s society that tells us being fat is unacceptable, spearheaded by the diet and beauty industries. Their reach is so vast and their message so insidious that even doctors believe it. The truth is that there is a far wider range of healthy weights than BMI would have us believe.
Even if a person’s weight isn’t healthy, though, it is no one else’s business! I repeat, no one needs an excuse to stay fat.
What Body Liberation Is Actually About
The very essence of body liberation is that a person’s autonomy over their body is absolute. It’s their body, and they get the ultimate say over what happens to it.
