I've been thinking so much about how sad and angry I am about the predicament in Hollywood following the Oscars. It's astounding. The way you write about it as an arms race is perfect. It's really hard to balance the notion of personal bodily autonomy with the fact that this trend is ultimately very harmful to a group of people who face so much stigma.
I’m personally very thankful for tirzepatide. I’ve lost 50 pounds since last July and all my blood work is better — my cholesterol is the only measure that is still high but it did drop. I bet it’s better yet next time we check. My blood pressure is perfect. My mobility is far better. I am a working class woman who had to take on an extra job to pay for it. Best of all, it healed my relationship with food. The food noise is gone and I’m satisfied with smaller portions. I don’t crave sweets. It fixed something hormonal that was broken. Body positivity is important but so is being healthy. For me, this is a godsend.
Love the book, thank you - and your comments just now. I read a library copy but will buy it I think, mainly so I can lend it. So helpful in making sense. Im now feeling clear that I support my friend choosing to take the drug but I also worry about it at a society level
I know a man who wants to take Ozympic to lose some weight. We had an interesting conversation about whether this is ok: he is a pastor in the Baptist Church, and is not so fat that it causes health problems like diabetes, but he still would like to lose weight. We talked about whether it's "bad" to want to look good. In the end, I said there was nothing wrong with it.
Now, maybe "looking good" for a man who is in his seventies and happily married is different from a woman in her twenties and thirties who feels societal pressure to be extremely thin in order to just feel acceptable to men. But what if you are somewhere in the middle? That is, you are not trying to be more successful on the dating market. Maybe you are happily married. YOu have a job you like, and they're not going to fire you if you are a bit overweight. You just miss fitting into your old clothes! You don't want to be self-conscious in a bathing suit! You don't want to be crazy, model thin; you just want to be less fat. I question whether there is anything wrong with that.
I heard another man on a podcast talking about this. He said that he struggled with this question too, whether he was betraying the body positivity movement by taking Ozympic. He took it anyway, but felt a bit "guilty." I think this is silly. If you can get it and you can afford it ,or your insurance pays for it, and it makes you feel better about yourself, go for it.
The bigger issue is about the kind of Calvinist idea of "vanity." Is it bad to try to look good, not just about your weight? Is it bad to wear make up for example? Or to buy nice clothes? Get your hair done? Most people would say no. And not because you HAVE to do those things to stay middle-class; just because it's a sign of self-esteem or something.
I say this as somebody who looks pretty disheveled most days and never wears makeup. I stopped brushing my hair every day during the pandemic. I don't shave my legs. My clothes are "thrashed" in a lot of cases. This is my personal style. I got that way in the 70s and haven't looked back. But most people aren't like that.
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Sounds like a great deal! I’ll get on it!
I've been thinking so much about how sad and angry I am about the predicament in Hollywood following the Oscars. It's astounding. The way you write about it as an arms race is perfect. It's really hard to balance the notion of personal bodily autonomy with the fact that this trend is ultimately very harmful to a group of people who face so much stigma.
Energy management is the WHOLE vibe now. Divesting from all the -isms, and focusing on the awe! You have helped us soooooo much, Kate!!
Here here to the unshrinking flowers 💐 and bulging fruits 🍎 society!
I’m personally very thankful for tirzepatide. I’ve lost 50 pounds since last July and all my blood work is better — my cholesterol is the only measure that is still high but it did drop. I bet it’s better yet next time we check. My blood pressure is perfect. My mobility is far better. I am a working class woman who had to take on an extra job to pay for it. Best of all, it healed my relationship with food. The food noise is gone and I’m satisfied with smaller portions. I don’t crave sweets. It fixed something hormonal that was broken. Body positivity is important but so is being healthy. For me, this is a godsend.
Love the book, thank you - and your comments just now. I read a library copy but will buy it I think, mainly so I can lend it. So helpful in making sense. Im now feeling clear that I support my friend choosing to take the drug but I also worry about it at a society level
I know a man who wants to take Ozympic to lose some weight. We had an interesting conversation about whether this is ok: he is a pastor in the Baptist Church, and is not so fat that it causes health problems like diabetes, but he still would like to lose weight. We talked about whether it's "bad" to want to look good. In the end, I said there was nothing wrong with it.
Now, maybe "looking good" for a man who is in his seventies and happily married is different from a woman in her twenties and thirties who feels societal pressure to be extremely thin in order to just feel acceptable to men. But what if you are somewhere in the middle? That is, you are not trying to be more successful on the dating market. Maybe you are happily married. YOu have a job you like, and they're not going to fire you if you are a bit overweight. You just miss fitting into your old clothes! You don't want to be self-conscious in a bathing suit! You don't want to be crazy, model thin; you just want to be less fat. I question whether there is anything wrong with that.
I heard another man on a podcast talking about this. He said that he struggled with this question too, whether he was betraying the body positivity movement by taking Ozympic. He took it anyway, but felt a bit "guilty." I think this is silly. If you can get it and you can afford it ,or your insurance pays for it, and it makes you feel better about yourself, go for it.
The bigger issue is about the kind of Calvinist idea of "vanity." Is it bad to try to look good, not just about your weight? Is it bad to wear make up for example? Or to buy nice clothes? Get your hair done? Most people would say no. And not because you HAVE to do those things to stay middle-class; just because it's a sign of self-esteem or something.
I say this as somebody who looks pretty disheveled most days and never wears makeup. I stopped brushing my hair every day during the pandemic. I don't shave my legs. My clothes are "thrashed" in a lot of cases. This is my personal style. I got that way in the 70s and haven't looked back. But most people aren't like that.