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Body Acceptance Week 2023- Friday

List of Resources for Body Acceptance

Combatting Fat Phobia

• Fat Acceptance vs. Body Positivity
• Diet Advice & Tiny Seats - How to Avoid 10 Forms of Fat Phobia

Body Acceptance and Race

• Fat Phobia And Its Racist Past And Present
• 5 Black Influencers Redefining and Expanding the Body Positivity Movement
• Thick Dumpling Skin Resources
• 5 Latina Activists on Why They Fight for Body Image Acceptance

Body Positive LGBTQ Influencers

• Dia & Co. Blog LOVE: LGBT Influencers

Body Image and Eating Disorders

• National Eating Disorders: BODY IMAGE & EATING DISORDERS
• Looking Glass: Recovery Stories & Reflections
• The Connection Between Body Image and Eating Disorders

Steps to Positive Body Image

• National Eating Disorders: 10 STEPS TO POSITIVE BODY IMAGE

Free Physical Activity Resources

• The 9 Best Fitness and Exercise Apps for 2023
• Nutrition.Gov Fitness and Exercise Resources

Body Positive/ED Recovery Apps

• Top 5 Body Positive Apps For Your Smartphone

TED Talks

• Stripping away negative body image – Lillian Bustle

Stories of ED Recovery

• 17 Stories Of Eating-Disorder Survival

Articles

• As Coronavirus Rages, We Need to Talk About Medical Anti-Fat Bias
• 11 Reasons Your Phony ‘Concern’ for Fat People’s Health Has Got to Stop
• How Fatphobia Prevented Me from Getting Help for My Eating Disorder
• It’s Time to Retire ‘You’re Not Fat, You’re Beautiful!’
• Meat on Dem Bones: Confronting Fat Antagonism and Diet Culture in Black Beauty Politics
• The Impact of Weight Stigma on Our Mental Health
• Why I’m Trading Body Positivity for Fat Acceptance
• Why You Should Trade Body Positivity For Fat Acceptance

Podcasts

• Virgie Tovar: Rebel Eaters Club
• Dr. Joy Cox: Fresh Out the Cocoon Podcast
• NPR Shortwave: Fat Phobia and Its Racist Past and Present
• She’s All Fat
• The Takeaway: Selective Pride? Battling LGBT Stigma Around Body Image

Websites/Blogs/Organizations

• Adios Barbie
• No Lose
• National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance

Books

• You Have the Right to Remain Fat
• Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love & Fashion
• Fat Girls in Black Bodies
• Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
• What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat