BODY

ARTICLES

4 Things Everyone Should Know About Eating Disorders in Marginalized Communities by Gloria Lucas

The Bizarre and Racist History of the BMI by Aubrey Gordon

Chronic Diffuse Pain and Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders After Traumatic Stress (PDF)

Everything You Know About Obesity is Wrong by Michael Hobbes (PDF)

Looks At Chronic Pain Through the Lens of Polyvagal Theory

Meat on Dem Bones: Fat Antagonism and Diet Culture in Black Beauty Politics by Denarii Monroe

Polyvagal Theory and Chronic Illness (PDF)

Take The Cake: 8 Clues Your “Lifestyle” is Actually A Diet (& Why Its Gaslighting) by Virgie Tovar 

BOOKS

Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison

The Body is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

The Body Liberation Project: How Understanding Racism and Diet Culture Helps Cultivate Joy and Build Collective Freedom
by Chrissy King

Fearing the Black Body: The Racist Origins of Fatphobia by Sabrina Strings

Reclaiming Body Trust: A Path to Healing & Liberation by Hilary Kinavey & Dana Sturtevant

The Wellness Trap: Breaking Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses, and Finding Your True Well-Being by Christy Harrison

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon

Your Body is Not An Apology Workbook: Tools for Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

PODCASTS

The Fat Doctor
with Dr. Asher Larmie

The Full Plate Podcast
with Abbie Atwood, MS

Maintenance Phase
with Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

VIDEOS

WEBSITES

Center for Body Trust
Body Trust is a radically different way to occupy and care for your body. It is a pathway to reclaim your body and is completely counter to conventional “wisdom” about food, body image, weight, and health in our culture. Body Trust is paradigm-shifting work that invites bravery and fierce body compassion.

Chunky Dunk
ChunkyDunks are an annual summer series of fat liberation and body positive group swims. Starting in Portland, Oregon in 2005, the dunks have a long and joyful history.

The Guide to Allyship
An open-source starter guide to help you become a more thoughtful and effective ally.

The Marginalized Voices Project
Eating disorders affect people from all ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities and sexualities. Unfortunately that diversity is rarely reflected in the way eating disorders are discussed and treated. The National Eating Disorders Association's Marginalized Voices campaign, supported by Reasons Eating Disorder Center, is confronting the prevailing myths about who struggles with eating disorders, underscoring that everyone’s experience is equally as valid and deserving of care and recovery. 

Nalgona Positivity Pride
Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) is an in-community eating disorders and body-positive organization dedicated in creating visibility and resources for Black, Indigenous, communities of color (BICC.) Since 2016, NPP has been raising awareness around the specific needs of BICC through digital media, education, grassroots eating disorders treatment models, and art. Rooted in Xicana indigenous feminism and DIY punx praxis, NPP emerged out of a great need not only to shed light on the experiences and barriers that exist in BICC affected by body-image and troubled eating but to create opportunities of healing by and for BICC. 

Self-Compassion Exercises
Kristin Neff’s list of guided practices to support self-compassion.

Your Fat Friend by Aubrey Gordon