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Hi friend,
Bathroom scales are tools of oppression.
Not satisfied with judging and shaming us about our relationship with gravity* only in the doctor's office, diet culture convinced us to usher that shame and judgement into our homes so that we could agonize over that number every single day and internalize it in the most intimate possible environment.
Take one step to liberate your body today. Smash your scale with heavy, deliberate hammer blows and then throw it away. Or use it in an art project. Or hang it by your front door as a warning that fatphobia is no longer tolerated in your home.
(If you smash your scale, please wear appropriate safety gear and protective glasses. Even old scales have glass components. Scales are hazardous even as they perish.)
And if you do, take photos and tag me if you'd like me to share.
Warmly, Lindley
P.S. You can share this week's letter here. *Credit goes to Ragen Chastain for this phrase.
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*Need a good 101 or refresher on bodies, fatness and science? I always recommend Body Respectby Lindo Bacon and Lucy Aphramor.
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In the Body Love Shop: Body Love Box - Take Up Space
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Hi! I'm Lindley.
I'm a photographer and activist (she/her, pronounced LIN-lee) who celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards. I live outside Seattle, WA. People come to me for:
Body-safe portrait, boudoir and small business photography sessions
Diverse, body-positive stock photos & fine art prints
Health at Every Size (HAES)-aligned editorial services and consulting
The Body Love Shop, a curated resource for body-positive and fat-positive art and products
"Women who are fat are said to have ‘let themselves go.’ The very phrase connotes a loosening of restraints. Women in our society are bound. In generations past, the constriction was accomplished by corsets and girdles….
Women today are bound by fears, by oppression, and by stereotypes that depict large women as ungainly, unfeminine, and unworthy of appreciation….
Above all, women must control themselves, must be careful, for to relax might lead to the worst possible consequence: being fat."
» “Letting Ourselves Go: Making Room for the Fat Body in Feminist Scholarship,” by Cecilia Hartley
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