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Like I think HAES does important shit because so much of fat discrimination is based in the idea that fat = unhealthy and it’s definitely really important to break down that myth. But at the same time I wish there was an equally powerful fat-posi force that focused on how health doesn’t define worth, how unhealthy people aren’t bad people and how no one owes their health to any-fucking-body. I just think both of these things are equally important and focusing so so so much on how fat people can be healthy too (which like I said is awesome and important) is basically playing into the ableism that’s the basis for much of the discrimination of fat folks in the first place.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

My fat liberation is reclaiming fat stereotypes and exaggerating my unhealthy habits for the joy of pissing off concern trolls. My health is as private as I choose to make it.

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS!!!

I forget where I read it, but I saw some amazing commentary a while ago that essentially said “what’s healthy for you” can be things that are unhealthy. Eating junk food is healthy for someone because they need emotional comfort for their mental health - not exercising in a gym is healthy for someone because they don’t like being body-shamed… essentially that HAES can apply to mental health, too, and accepting the fact that your body isn’t always healthy because sometimes other things have to come first is a part of it.

^agree, but I also agree with OP. I see so much flack that’s always some variation of ‘size doesn’t matter as long as you’re healthy. health health healthy healthy health BLAH BLAH BLAH’ and it’s like, you know what? No. Health is not the biggest priority. What really matters is that whatever it is you’re doing makes you happy. Your ultimate happiness and enjoyment of life is the NUMBER ONE THING you should be concerned with. Physical health isn’t a huge priority for many people, fat, thin, or in between, and that is OKAY!!! So if HAES, if eating right and exercising make you happy, that’s AWESOME. But don’t assume that the same thing makes everyone happy. Life is anything but a one-size-fits-all experience.

I think that healthy eating habits and activity (without a focus on body size or weight) should be encouraged from a young age, and at school, but once a person is old enough to make their own decisions, their body is theirs to do what they want with.

But yeah, I think OP makes a very, very important point and I wish there were more people who felt the same way.

I’m down with all of this as I sit here, post-workout, eating a bag of mini Reese cups.

Yes! This is such an important and overlooked part of fat acceptance. I’m personally a big fan of HAES, but no one is required to have (or even pursue) good health in order to be deserving of basic human respect and dignity.

(Source: vikkiisagenderneutralname)