Book 2 Post 1

 What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

I thought it would be interesting to see the perspective of a fat activist because I have never heard of such a thing. Audrey Gordon talks briefly in the beginning about how her message is much different from the body acceptance movement. In the body acceptance movement, it's more focused on our mentality, but her focus is on how society and institutions have marginalized fat people. When I was reading this book, I thought about how different cultures affect people's attitudes towards fat people. East Asian culture greatly emphasizes being skinny as a beauty standard. Even my own parents were constantly urging me to diet and exercise after I gained 15 pounds during freshman year. 

I think she makes a great point regarding healthism. A lot of people don't consider the resources needed when they tell others to lose weight and be healthy. Losing weight requires a healthy diet that can be quite expensive at times. Simply not eating does not work because it'll slow down your metabolism and increase your chance of rebounding into an even unhealthier state. I was somewhat shocked by how many details she needed to know for her everyday life. For example, all the airline policies on fat people and clothing options.