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Sarah Thompson, founder of Resilient Fat Goddess, writes about body positivity, body liberation, and fat liberation at the intersections of gender, sexuality, and eating disorders. 

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Parents, Caregivers, Bodies, and Food
Parents, Caregivers, Bodies, and Food

Our relationship with the people that raised us often forms how we relate to food and body as we grow and become adults. I’ve heard that the way we are spoken to as children is what becomes our inner voice/inner critic as we become more independent from our caregivers. I don’t know if this is exactly true. What I do know is that my parents had a major influence on my relationship with food and body. Do I think they caused my eating disorder? Nope. They were doing the best they knew how with the resources they had. Plus genetics, culture, finances, and all that. There are lots of factors.

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Body Freedom, Body Liberation, Body Positivity, Body Story, Body Trust, Bullying, Connection, Dieting, Eating Disorders, Family, Fat Liberation, Health At Every Size®, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Recovery, Resilience, Self-Care, Shame, SizeismSJ ThompsonParents, Caregivers, Mothers, Mother's Day, Food, Eating disorders, Grandma, Grandmothers, Aunts, Aunt, Family, Body Freedom, Body Liberation, Body Trust, Body Shame, Body Positivity, Embodiment, Dieting, Diet culture, Diet, Diets, Adult Children, Compassion, Self-compassion, Self-Care, Radical Self-love, Love, Children, Kids, Step-mom, Step-children, BullyingComment
How Shifting From Body Positivity to Body and Fat Liberation Changed My Life


I did not always believe that fat people had a right to eat regularly and enough food, every day.

Nope. I had so much internalized fatphobia, weight stigma and bias that I very much bought into the idea that my fat body was a problem. A BIG problem.

Which meant that I shouldn't (read: didn't deserve to) eat regularly and enough food, every day.

It was impossible for me to feel much joy or pleasure, take up space, or gasp. . .feel sexy.

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Body Liberation, Body Trust, Connection, Depression, Dieting, Fat Acceptance, Fat Liberation, Fatphobia, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Recovery, Resilience, Shame, Sizeism, Weight Stigma, Body Positivity, Overeaters Anonymous, Body Story, Pleasure, Self-CareSJ ThompsonBody Positivity, Body Trust, Body Shame, Binge eating, Restricting, Weight Stigma, Overeaters Anonymous, Fat, Fatphobia, Fat Positivity, Fat Liberation, Fat Acceptance, Self-compassion, Self-Care, Social Media Comments