How to Stop Obsessing Over Your Body and Eat Sanely in a Toxic Culture | Virginia Sole-Smith
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Privilege Wears Thin
Power dynamics around body image reveal a stark contrast in societal acceptance based on race and gender. Women and people of color who achieve power are often subjected to stricter scrutiny regarding their body size, while white men enjoy more leniency despite facing their own pressures from diet culture. This double standard illustrates that fatness is often a target for mockery and derision, particularly in media. The only group generally permitted to be fat in positions of power are white men, highlighting an underlying societal bias that intersects with issues of race. The book 'Fearing the Black Body' by Sabrina Strings uncovers the racial roots of anti-fat bias, offering a critical examination of how these prejudices are rooted in historical contexts, making it imperative to rethink our perceptions of body size and power in a racially and gendered landscape.
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