Heavy Memories

Into the Wilderness: Story 49 When you’re obese, you will always have a fat mind. Notice I said “mind.” Even if or after you lose weight, your mind cannot release the heavy tread of damage obesity causes. It’s two fold: society’s continual denigration of fat and one’s layers of fat shame deeply embedded in theContinue reading “Heavy Memories”

Stigma

A Surviving Facts Blog Even with so much body positivity across social media and other platforms, weight continues to be an acceptable bias. Even with science beginning to understand the mechanics of metabolism and weight gain, many doctors still don’t seem to understand the difference between men’s bodies and women’s bodies, the difference in ourContinue reading “Stigma”