fattypatties speaks for me

[firecat]

Others posted it while she was in the middle of writing it. Now it's finished, and it's fucking brilliant. Start at the bottom of the page and read up.

Top 10 Things I am Tired of Discussing in the fat-acceptance community

I'll have more to say about this later; I'm still taking it all in.

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[snickerpuss.livejournal.com]

Just a note so say that all of this is so much more complicated for me, now, after having lost so much weight - and via gastric bypass, which is hardly acceptable within FA circles. I have weighed over 300 lbs. for most of my adult life, and now, within a few months, my body has changed so drastically that I barely recognize myself in a mirror. Where do I fit in, now? I'm definitely not "skinny", I'm definitely still a big girl. But I'm so much freakin' happier now, since my knees are not a constant source of physical pain. I have a lot of processing to do. Thanks for giving me a starting-point.

[firecat]

I'm glad your knees are better and you're happier.

It is troublesome that some fat-acceptance circles reject people who have had WLS. I understand why people have it, but my problem with it (apart from the high risk, which I'm glad hasn't affected you) is that I perceive it as a zero-sum game - I feel like the more people have it, the more medical institutions will treat it as the only option, and not bother to develop other treatments and instruments that work with fat people.

Of course, that's not the fault of people who have it, it's the fault of medical institutions.