HealthNotDiets Digest, Issue 16, 2018
April 15 - 21, 2018
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Articles and Blogs
Eight feminist ways to love your body
By Van Badham
“it’s hard to escape a cage with a shape that keeps changing.”
Rise of the ultra foods
(part 2)
by Anthony Warner
“When we rank foods based on ideology alone, free from the doubt of scientific enquiry, we risk demonising things that can help people, or even save lives... [and] fail to appreciate what really creates the differences between us,...poverty and inequality”
http://angry-chef.com/blog/rise-of-the-ultra-foods-part-2
No, We Won’t Calm Down – Tone Policing Is Just Another Way to Protect Privilege
By Robot Hugs
“Have you ever tone policed someone in a conversation on oppression? Tone policing focuses on the emotion behind a message rather than the message itself – and you might think you’re helping by making the conversation more “comfortable.”
https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-policing-and-privilege/
Why I'm giving up on preventative care
By Barbara Ehrenreich
“Not only do I reject the torment of a medicalized death, but I refuse to accept a medicalized life, and my determination only deepens with age....Being old enough to die is an achievement, not a defeat, and the freedom it brings is worth celebrating.”
https://lithub.com/barbara-ehrenreich-why-im-giving-up-on-preventative-care/
How to Share Health At Every Size® and Intuitive Eating with Friends & Family
By Vincci Tsui
“If you asked me, I’d say that everyone would benefit from learning about HAES and intuitive eating. Whether they want to learn more is a different story.”
http://vinccitsui.com/blog/2018/04/share-haes-ie/#.WtvdodMjE_U