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tessmunster: I am enough. Like it or not. I don’t “promote obesity” I promote loving yourself regardless of your exterior. Sometimes people are so busy focused on the fact that I am “fat, curvy, plus size” that they don’t even listen to what I am saying. I also get people who say I am “fake” or that I don’t live what I preach & to those I say KISS my bootay. I have stepped out of my comfort zone so much in the past years while I discover who I am & find my confidence. The ones pointing the fingers probably wouldnt dare do half of the things I have done. However even though they are so quick to judge me or make assumptions, I keep doing ME in hopes that one day they will realize that they can love the skin they are in without feeling the need to tear others down. I never claimed to have all the answers or be the Mother Teresa of the body positive movement, but I do know that life is so much better when you embrace who you are & stop caring what everyone around you is doing. #effyourbeautystandards View high resolution

tessmunster:

I am enough. Like it or not. I don’t “promote obesity” I promote loving yourself regardless of your exterior. Sometimes people are so busy focused on the fact that I am “fat, curvy, plus size” that they don’t even listen to what I am saying. I also get people who say I am “fake” or that I don’t live what I preach & to those I say KISS my bootay. I have stepped out of my comfort zone so much in the past years while I discover who I am & find my confidence. The ones pointing the fingers probably wouldnt dare do half of the things I have done. However even though they are so quick to judge me or make assumptions, I keep doing ME in hopes that one day they will realize that they can love the skin they are in without feeling the need to tear others down. I never claimed to have all the answers or be the Mother Teresa of the body positive movement, but I do know that life is so much better when you embrace who you are & stop caring what everyone around you is doing. #effyourbeautystandards

(Reblogged from thefatgrackle)

This is Thin Privilege: I want to add to the discussion about doctors being infallible, but...

sleepydumpling:

thisisthinprivilege:

I want to add to the discussion about doctors being infallible, but this is going to be too long for the Ask box, so I apologize in advance for this.

If people want a more clear and accessible example of how wrong doctors can truly be (and especially how hard it is to convince them that they are), I highly recommend they look up the film “Sister Kenny.”  It has nothing to do with fat activism, but is the absolutely true story of a nurse during the height of the polio epidemic who challenged the common practice of doctors at the time to completely immobilize patients during the onset of the infection and the weakening of the muscles.  Sister Kenny was absolutely vilified by doctors for the radical notion that weakening muscles ought to be worked to help keep up strength and mobility.

But even though her practices were eventually adopted and are still used to this day as treatment for polio sufferers, it was a hard fight for Sister Kenny to convince the medical profession that they were wrong.

Because no one likes being told they’re wrong, especially not by someone they believe is less trained/intelligent/educated than them.

Or hell, if you want an even more recent example, consider the fact that, until as recently as the 1980’s it was still “common knowledge” for many people that asthma was a psychological condition relating to nervousness because that’s what doctors had diagnosed it as in the ’50s and ’60s.  And while there’s no movie about it, you can still see the traces of it to this day in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Signs” where Mel Gibson’s character treats his son’s asthma attack by telling him “don’t be afraid,” “breathe like I breathe,” and “believe the air is coming.”  Which, I don’t care what you thought about the water thing or anything else, this was definitely the stupidest part of that movie.

No, science doesn’t change.  It, in fact, is pretty static.  But that doesn’t mean that our understanding of it is.  Our understanding of the universe around us and our own bodies and their relationship to nature is always changing, and that absolutely includes medicine.

Remember when you thought humans only used 10% of their brains because medicine told you so?  Remember when the world thought that red M&M’s caused cancer because medicine told us so?  Or when hypnosis was considered the best treatment for uncovering repressed memories by medical professionals?

Even in this day and age when we think we know just about ~*EVERYTHING*~ there is to know, we don’t.  Even if you don’t accept that studies have been done over the past fifty years proving the danger and ineptitude of the diet industry, the constantly changing face of medicine is just a fact.

Frontal lobotomies.

Electro-shock therapy.

Phrenology.

Bleeding various illnesses “out”.

Cornflakes to “cure” masturbation.

I could go on for hours.  Yeah right, medical knowledge is perfect and infallible and has nothing left to learn.  Pass that cure for cancer will you?

(Reblogged from sleepydumpling)
caseyvastardis: ollieramblings: meekobits: So as I mentioned before, it’s that time of year. When all the open barrels of Nuts get pushed to the front of the store. Where the smell of hazelnut coffee and holiday drinks fill the air! Where people are always eating and handing out chocolates and sweets and oh so many wonderful things!! All of which can kill me. I have a severe nut allergy. VERY severe. Where the smell CAN kill me. I’ve had too many close calls before and it resulted in me having to wear a mask and gloves through most of college. It’s a black, neoprene, filtered mask. It keeps me alive. But cause people to stare. To call security on you. To treat you like a threat or a freak. They think you’re demanding attention and when you ask them not to eat anything with nuts they get offended that you are trying to take away their rights. … I was getting better. It was getting less severe and I could grocery shopping on my own. But something has triggered it again. I’m not sure what, but nearly dying in the mall has reminded me once again just how dangerous it is. And I’m not just talking itchy rashes and hives, or being sick to your stomach. I’m talking, throat closing up and stop breathing. It’s like drowning, but you can’t figure out where the surface is so you have no way of getting up for air. And then after, you’re in the hospital. The epi-pen that saved your life is causing your heart to race and the allergy medicine is wanting to put you to sleep. Your body is in complete confusion! And by the time the doctor gets around to see you, he yells at you for wasting his time, since you are not showing any symptoms he’s familiar with. And you can barely form words, are still shaking form a near-death experience and can’t fight back. So they leave you in a bed, hooked up to machines for eight hours. All alone and then send you home… So, this holiday season, can you just be allergy aware? And if you know someone with a food allergy, be kind? It’s horrid to have. And I’m dreading stepping outside today because I know, the mask and gloves have to come back on and I hate it. But living is a little more important to me… Just know I’ll be a little out of it for a few days. It takes a while for my body to fully recover. So if I act weird or go silent, that’s why. Sorry. I had no idea it could be so severe. Reblogging because this is important. thing at the mall: my guess would be one of those snack places that roasts nuts. thankfully my food allergies are not this severe. the smell of strawberries does make my throat itch and i sneeze but i won’t die unless i actually eat them (or watermelon). but op is right, this is scary shit. i didn’t know i was allergic to watermelon until a few months ago when i ate a big chunk. i keep liquid benadryl on hand for such an event and i took it fast enough that i didn’t need to go to the hospital but it was far too close for comfort.

caseyvastardis:

ollieramblings:

meekobits:

So as I mentioned before, it’s that time of year.

When all the open barrels of Nuts get pushed to the front of the store. Where the smell of hazelnut coffee and holiday drinks fill the air! Where people are always eating and handing out chocolates and sweets and oh so many wonderful things!!

All of which can kill me.

I have a severe nut allergy. VERY severe. Where the smell CAN kill me. I’ve had too many close calls before and it resulted in me having to wear a mask and gloves through most of college. It’s a black, neoprene, filtered mask.

It keeps me alive.

But cause people to stare. To call security on you. To treat you like a threat or a freak. They think you’re demanding attention and when you ask them not to eat anything with nuts they get offended that you are trying to take away their rights.

…

I was getting better. It was getting less severe and I could grocery shopping on my own. But something has triggered it again. I’m not sure what, but nearly dying in the mall has reminded me once again just how dangerous it is.

And I’m not just talking itchy rashes and hives, or being sick to your stomach. I’m talking, throat closing up and stop breathing. It’s like drowning, but you can’t figure out where the surface is so you have no way of getting up for air.

And then after, you’re in the hospital. The epi-pen that saved your life is causing your heart to race and the allergy medicine is wanting to put you to sleep. Your body is in complete confusion! And by the time the doctor gets around to see you, he yells at you for wasting his time, since you are not showing any symptoms he’s familiar with. And you can barely form words, are still shaking form a near-death experience and can’t fight back.

So they leave you in a bed, hooked up to machines for eight hours. All alone and then send you home…

So, this holiday season, can you just be allergy aware? And if you know someone with a food allergy, be kind? It’s horrid to have.

And I’m dreading stepping outside today because I know, the mask and gloves have to come back on and I hate it.

But living is a little more important to me…

Just know I’ll be a little out of it for a few days. It takes a while for my body to fully recover. So if I act weird or go silent, that’s why. Sorry.

I had no idea it could be so severe.

Reblogging because this is important.

thing at the mall: my guess would be one of those snack places that roasts nuts.

thankfully my food allergies are not this severe. the smell of strawberries does make my throat itch and i sneeze but i won’t die unless i actually eat them (or watermelon). but op is right, this is scary shit.

i didn’t know i was allergic to watermelon until a few months ago when i ate a big chunk. i keep liquid benadryl on hand for such an event and i took it fast enough that i didn’t need to go to the hospital but it was far too close for comfort.

(Reblogged from caseyvastardis)

List of free clinics in the United States

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The Truth Behind Fat. Everyone needs to read this

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bumsquash: health-and-the-fat-girl: Made in response to this little gem:  It’s like a cult mindset for these tools. View high resolution

bumsquash:

health-and-the-fat-girl:

Made in response to this little gem: 

It’s like a cult mindset for these tools.

(Reblogged from maggiemunkee)

MY FAT BELLY COULD SAVE MY FAT ASS « Fatties United!

Who knew belly fat was so talented.

Health at Every Size in a nutshell

stupiduglyfatcunt:

So I really encourage people out there who have struggled with weight loss, self-esteem, and disordered eating to read about Health at Every Size. This issue of the publication has articles that discuss who benefits from weight obsession, building momentum for the HAES movement, International No-Diet Day, and the associations people in this culture have with the word “fat.” It is really clear that this movement is directly in defiance of mainstream culture, and will hurt the pockets AND egos of many who benefit from our self-hate. It is no suprise then that it is met with so much opposition.

(Reblogged from stupiduglyfatcunt)
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The only thing that anyone can diagnose, with any certainty, by looking at a fat person, is their own level of stereotype and prejudice toward fat people.
Marilyn Wann, in Fat Studies: An Invitation to Revolution (via likelyhealthy)
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Bitch, please.: ateacupinastorm: Help my autistic son get a life-saving heart...

ateacupinastorm:

Help my autistic son get a life-saving heart transplant

goldenheartedrose:

feministrocker:

Folks, a 23-year-old autistic man named Paul Corby is being denied a heart transplant - simply because he has autism. The doctor expressed more interest in the fact…

Signal Boost.

(Reblogged from sugaredvenom)
fromtheeyesofastargazer: unholy-majesty: oxblood: fattyforever: madehimsaycomfychairs: skyremains: nezua: queennubian: boston: FDA approves pill to prevent HIV infections The drug, Truvada, is the first medication intended to prevent HIV infections in people having sex with infected individuals. (JEFF CHIU/AP) IT JUST GOT REAL What good news for the world. Remember when this made the news weeks ago and US news outlets didn’t find it worth reporting? BLESS THIS This should have like, 1,000% more notes. This is amazing. Are you telling me that those Ryan Gosling cupcakes have 45,000 notes and this post hasn’t even reached 5,000? Relevant. And it was on this day that this appeared on my dash, and I said “Damn, finally some good news!” and reblogged the hell out of it.  View high resolution

fromtheeyesofastargazer:

unholy-majesty:

oxblood:

fattyforever:

madehimsaycomfychairs:

skyremains:

nezua:

queennubian:

boston:

FDA approves pill to prevent HIV infections

The drug, Truvada, is the first medication intended to prevent HIV infections in people having sex with infected individuals.

(JEFF CHIU/AP)

IT JUST GOT REAL

What good news for the world.

Remember when this made the news weeks ago and US news outlets didn’t find it worth reporting?

BLESS THIS

This should have like, 1,000% more notes.

This is amazing.

Are you telling me that those Ryan Gosling cupcakes have 45,000 notes and this post hasn’t even reached 5,000?

Relevant.

And it was on this day that this appeared on my dash, and I said “Damn, finally some good news!” and reblogged the hell out of it. 

(Reblogged from petitcake)

Fat? We are fit. Get over it, say women athletes - Yahoo! Sports

RecoverED: Study finds fat acceptance blogs can improve health outcomes

re-cover-ed:

“Fat acceptance” blogs urging overweight people to shed negative feelings about their body image can lead to healthier diet and exercise choices, a study has found.

The fat acceptance movement, which seeks to foster a support network among overweight people, has inspired a plethora of blogs…

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youthmentalhealthandwellbeing: If the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, were alive today he would be a neuroscientist because of the technology now available to study the workings of the brain. THE ”blame and shame” era of linking mental illness to early life events is fading as medical science identifies biological disorders in the brain as triggers, says leading mental health scientist Tom Insel. Dr Insel, who heads the National Institute of Mental Health in the US, said scientific breakthroughs connecting brain activity with illnesses such as depression were transforming thinking about how to treat such disorders. I think we have come through an era of blame and shame which this new approach hopefully will get us away from. I am not sure it was helpful to anyone  ”I think we have come through an era of blame and shame which this new approach hopefully will get us away from. I am not sure it was helpful to anyone,” said Dr Insel, who is visiting Australia to look at mental health services. If the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, were alive today he would be a neuroscientist because of the technology now available to study the workings of the brain, he said. Australian programs pioneered by Professor Pat McGorry were in the vanguard in the changing focus in mental health, Dr Insel said. These approaches were aimed at earlier identification of brain disorders signalling risk of psychosis and using holistic therapies including social and employment supports to combat social isolation. Therapies to beat these conditions did not necessarily have to rely on drugs, but could use targeted cognitive interventions. Dr Insel’s institute was funding research using video games that focus on memory and decision-making skills that seem to be problem areas for people at risk of schizophrenia. He said the term ”mental illness” might no longer be helpful in describing such conditions. ”These syndromes we call mental disorders are really just neural developmental disorders. When we begin to think of them in that way it does change our focus.” Increasingly, he said, neurology was providing breakthroughs in the understanding of psychiatry and bringing closer together two disciplines ”separated by a common organ”. He said it should be possible to identify children’s mental health risk factors and take therapeutic action earlier, similar to the way it was now possible to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer. An example of the way language could change the way we thought about brain disorders was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ”We now know children with this problem have a profound delay in cortical maturation of about 2½ years. ”This is truly a disorder of cortical development and to call this ADHD would be like calling a myocardial infarction [a heart attack] a chest-pain disorder. ”It really does not do justice to the underlying biology that we are beginning to learn.” The only difference between illnesses that are treated by a Psychiatrist and a Neurologist is internal politics in the healthcare profession.

youthmentalhealthandwellbeing:

If the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, were alive today he would be a neuroscientist because of the technology now available to study the workings of the brain.

THE ”blame and shame” era of linking mental illness to early life events is fading as medical science identifies biological disorders in the brain as triggers, says leading mental health scientist Tom Insel.

Dr Insel, who heads the National Institute of Mental Health in the US, said scientific breakthroughs connecting brain activity with illnesses such as depression were transforming thinking about how to treat such disorders.

I think we have come through an era of blame and shame which this new approach hopefully will get us away from. I am not sure it was helpful to anyone 

”I think we have come through an era of blame and shame which this new approach hopefully will get us away from. I am not sure it was helpful to anyone,” said Dr Insel, who is visiting Australia to look at mental health services.

If the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, were alive today he would be a neuroscientist because of the technology now available to study the workings of the brain, he said.

Australian programs pioneered by Professor Pat McGorry were in the vanguard in the changing focus in mental health, Dr Insel said. These approaches were aimed at earlier identification of brain disorders signalling risk of psychosis and using holistic therapies including social and employment supports to combat social isolation.

Therapies to beat these conditions did not necessarily have to rely on drugs, but could use targeted cognitive interventions. Dr Insel’s institute was funding research using video games that focus on memory and decision-making skills that seem to be problem areas for people at risk of schizophrenia.

He said the term ”mental illness” might no longer be helpful in describing such conditions.

”These syndromes we call mental disorders are really just neural developmental disorders. When we begin to think of them in that way it does change our focus.”

Increasingly, he said, neurology was providing breakthroughs in the understanding of psychiatry and bringing closer together two disciplines ”separated by a common organ”.

He said it should be possible to identify children’s mental health risk factors and take therapeutic action earlier, similar to the way it was now possible to identify risk factors for cardiovascular disease and some types of cancer.

An example of the way language could change the way we thought about brain disorders was attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). ”We now know children with this problem have a profound delay in cortical maturation of about 2½ years.

”This is truly a disorder of cortical development and to call this ADHD would be like calling a myocardial infarction [a heart attack] a chest-pain disorder.

”It really does not do justice to the underlying biology that we are beginning to learn.”




The only difference between illnesses that are treated by a Psychiatrist and a Neurologist is internal politics in the healthcare profession.

(Reblogged from youthmentalhealthandwellbeing)

Either / And: Canada setting a healthy standard