Can you go a week without Fat Talk?
“Careless talk costs lives”: On Fat Talk Free Week
According to Chloe on Feministing.com, "
This week is Fat Talk Free Week, an initiative of Tri Delta sorority that in the last few years has become a national campaign. FTFW challenges participants to pledge to go one week without criticizing their, or anyone else’s body:
Fat Talk describes all of the statements made in everyday conversation that reinforce the thin ideal and contribute to women’s dissatisfaction with their bodies. Examples of fat talk may include: “I’m so fat,” “Do I look fat in this?” “I need to lose 10 pounds” and “She’s too fat to be wearing that swimsuit.” Statements that are considered fat talk don’t necessarily have to be negative; they can seem positive yet also reinforce the need to be thin – “You look great! Have you lost weight?
The idea behind FTFW is to make participants aware of how often they engage in fat talk, reinforcing, whether they mean to or not, the impossibly high beauty standards that to which women are subject, and reaffirming the disgust and discrimination that are so often directed at overweight people."
I think this campaign is a great idea to lead awareness to societies obsession with having less than natural weight. I cringe every time I hear a perfectly fit girl complain of her weight or eating habits. After going through four years of high school wrestling I've seen crash diets, binging, and purging do some pretty bad things to people. I hope one day America can move past this idea that people have to be thin to have worth
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Thanks, Joe.
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