Body Positivity is Not Fat Acceptance

Recovery from disordered eating is important work, but it’s not my work.

Rachael Hope
Fattitude
Published in
7 min readDec 19, 2019

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Photo via Body Liberation Stock

Body positivity has become a mainstream topic, and for good reason. Our culture has a lot of very damaging and unhealthy views on bodies, food, and nutrition. It’s wonderful to see more and more people recognizing the problems and working to change ideas and expectations so our…

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Rachael Hope
Fattitude

Polyamorous, loud laughing unapologetic feminist, rad fatty, and epic sweet tooth.