I agree. My own pursuit of thinness engaged every bit of me to such a level I couldn't think about anything else. Keeping us exhausted and preoccupied, ashamed and policing other women's bodies is a full time job. How can we think about policy when we're so busy with all that? Not to mention our value being in how we look rather than we think, so who are we to be involved politically anyway?
I'm glad I found this article. Thank you for researching and writing it.
I don't think that keeping women thin makes them powerless. I think thinness tends to make a woman MORE powerful bc of how highly prized it is
this is very true and the pursuit of that scarce power will likely consume one’s life
there’s nothing empowering about starvation
I don’t think thinness empowers women. I think thinness is a form of capital/ social power — diff things!
thanks guys🫶🏻
I agree. My own pursuit of thinness engaged every bit of me to such a level I couldn't think about anything else. Keeping us exhausted and preoccupied, ashamed and policing other women's bodies is a full time job. How can we think about policy when we're so busy with all that? Not to mention our value being in how we look rather than we think, so who are we to be involved politically anyway?
I'm glad I found this article. Thank you for researching and writing it.
That is an awful re-post
"and the images that fucked ya / were a patriarchal structure..." Grace Petrie ✊
One of the best songs on the topic:
https://open.spotify.com/track/7c5SCaUM2U8Lz3dZbmOndF?si=QOFAo7piT8-odCvDj2bl_A
Wait for the chorus!