#diet mention

[marzipanandminutiae]

in view of Netflix and a few other networks apparently announcing that they are no longer requiring actors to wear corsets/stays, but framing it as the ultimate in feminist allyship against an Oppressive Historical Torture-Garment (and presumably typing their press releases one-handed, if you catch my drift), I have a few things to say:

1. I presume they will also be condemning Spanx, dieting, weight loss surgery, obsessive exercise, breast or pectoral or ab implants, Flat Tummy Tea, editing actors’ bodies in post, etc. since this is all about promoting healthy body image. ...right?

2. Okay, this one is not tongue-in-cheek: if a costume designer forces you to wear massively uncomfortable stays or corsets and tells you your discomfort is an inherent feature of that garment type, they are lying. All the articles on this cited reports from actresses saying they threw up because of Regency stays or couldn’t eat in Edwardian corsets. And while  I’m sure some of that is giving interview audiences the sensationalism they want to hear, I believe them in general. 

Someone needs to tell them that that’s not normal.

I have worn corsets and stays a lot in my life. I know people who wear them as everyday support garments. And neither I nor anyone I know has been seriously hindered in normal activities by them. There are even photos and videos of women from corset-intensive eras climbing glaciers, playing sports, having snowball fights, doing manual labor...living their lives

 Sure, there have always been and will always be people who find corsets or stays inherently uncomfortable- that’s why it’s good to have many support garment options available for people who need them. And there have always been and will always be ill-made, ill-fitting, or extreme examples of the type- I’m not  saying corsets are always The Most Comfortable Thing Ever For Everyone, because that’s not universally true of any garment.

But these production companies have been hurting actresses under the guise of “historical accuracy,” and this latest pronouncement is just another attempt to shift the blame. 

Don’t let them get away with it.

EDIT: Apparently the Official nature of the source for this announcement is in question, but the gist of the post still stands, so I’m leaving it up. Will edit further if new developments arise.

[tangledinink]

Would you like a fresh dumpling? I promise they’re absolutely 100% safe to eat and not at all the worst thing you will ever taste in your life

dont be fooled by their heavily manicured PR statements, most of those gifts were going in the trash, anyway... (i mean, ruin their diet plans with all those carbs and sugar? be seen in public in clothing NOT approved by their styling team? what, do they have a DEATH WISH?)

@tmntaucompetition @fireheartfan @the-golden-system @teainthesnow @coffee-is-my-friend @fanartmayhem @littlemissartemisia @merakimagic @cruilty-ink @v01ds-dragon-den @addystuffs @allyssl

[sandersstudies]

As an actor changing your body for a role feels embarrassing. You tell people you’re trying to lose/gain fat/muscle and they’re like “nooooo you’re beautiful the way you are :(“

No Jess this isn’t a toxic diet culture thing it’s that I have to go provide the body for a fictional human who doesn’t fit in mine. Think Sean Astin gaining weight to play Sam Gamgee.

I got cast in a stunt role for the spring and that stunt work will get easier for myself and my fellow actors if I drop weight by then. That’s not an insecurity that’s just a fact.

[theotherhappyplace]

If I post anything under the body positive or plus size beauty tags on Instagram it changes all of my recommended adds to ads for Ozempic and weight loss apps.

That is pretty evil.

That is pretty rancid.

[amethystsoda]

One of the strengths of Skip and Loafer so far is the author's ability to introduce characters with classic manga stereotypes, then give them backstories and rounded out personalities that actually make you care about them.

Learning more about Egashira's past helps us empathize with her--where she first seemed like a rival to Mitsumi, she now is more of a person, a friend, and someone who struggles just like the others in her own way.

[rapidhighway]

I'm often bothered by the way people ignore eating as stress response over not eating. I know BED is pretty much ignored among eating disorders bc anorexia sounds so much scarier but if instead of starving you regulate emotions by eating it's not good either. In my experience this behavior also makes you feel miserable, and not even in a body-hating way

[ed-recovery-affirmations]

Because of the way our society treats food and eating, a lot of people have EDs and are not aware of it. "Gym bros" who go on restrictive diets "for the gains" and people who do juice fasts and anyone who jumped on board with keto when keto was big. Anyway, this one's for everyone who is suffering from an "atypical" ED and sees no representation of themselves. Your ED is valid and the toll it takes on your life is real. You deserve recovery as much as anyone else.

[lesbianrobin]

conversation around dieting and weight is so crazy sometimes you'll be in a space where everyone is like well obviously fat people are evil and should get skinny or die. and then you'll be in another space where everyone is like um anyone who's trying to lose weight is just caving to societal pressure and it's fucked up and if you're fat or out of shape then that's just who you are intrinsically and you should accept it and never ever try to change it. and it's like damn can y'all mind your own BUSINESS

[fatphobiabusters]

Source the artist has many other topics and much more art but these are the ones I found to be about weight. This is a lovely art series and it looks like you can buy physical copies.

[a-polite-melody]

Me (5 months ago): *weighs x amount*

Me (5 months ago): *gets back a blood test with high A1C in the high range of “pre-diabetes” almost in range of diabetes*

Me (5 months ago): *changes diet to one made in collaboration with a nutritionist, eating mayyyybe slightly less calories, but the focus was less on that than learning about glycemic index and including more veggies*

Me (over the course of 5 months): *increases physical activity from 10ish minutes a day to working up to walking around 10km a day*

Me (now): *has A1C levels down at the low end of “pre-diabetes” and not considered a current risk for diabetes diagnosis*

Me (now): *sill weighs exactly x*

Many people would like you to think this couldn’t possibly happen. If you eat healthier and exercise more, you obviously have to lose weight. This is not true. This is why we focus on being healthy regardless of size when making changes to our lives (not that there’s morality in being healthy or that you must be healthy; just that that is the driving force behind changes, not to change size/weight).

[aroaceconfessions]

Vent about viewing myself as ugly

(I know I'm asexual for sure)

Am I aro, or is the idea of someone being genuinely in love with me (not some stupid ass obsession) too hard to believe? Am I aro, or am I so ugly that no one would ever see me as a romantic partner? Am I aro, or am I so jealous of my friends with their literal harems or whatever it's called meanwhile I've never even held hands romantically. Am I aro, or does it just "make sense you arnt into anyone "? Am I aro, or am I just repulsive?

I've done everything in my power to be beautiful. I've done it all. Diet, exercise, bad diets, make-up, shareware. Everything yet still no complements from people unless I ask how I look. Like I know I'm hideous, but you can at least lie. At this point I'd take a lie.

Submitted April 24, 2023

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

When will the chokehold that red velvet has on our community be released?

[writterings]

everyone seems to forget that the cutting carbs movement in health was originally for people whose bodies literally cannot process carbs properly and not like. everyone in general.

[intruderzim]

diet culture is such utter horseshit. why on earth should pasta not be consumed and enjoyed. (aside from allergens and true intolerances) why deprive yourself of one of the most human ways to connect with the world around you: enjoying food. and emphasis on ENJOYING, not just eating sawdust protein bars to keep your stupid flesh body alive so you can put more sawdust in it. humans have cultivated and created and experimented with all kinds of foods and ingredients over centuries and you’re gonna sit there and tell me to avoid pasta cuz it has Carbs in it?? do you fucking know anything? about anything? that carbs are your bodies’ preferred source of energy?? that there’s no such thing as a Bad macronutrient?? that the demonization of carbohydrates is fucking ridiculous, and how insane it is that these people tell you to avoid rice and anything with dough and bread and like 90% of every cultures food on earth?? makes you think huh! fuck you diet culture fuck you diet industries fuck you fuck you fuck you. this food was not made to hurt me, it wasn’t made to hurt anyone. this is meant to be shared and enjoyed and loved. i don’t think anyone meant any harm for inventing bread and it doesn’t make you a criminal to enjoy a slice.

[gutsygremlin]

Y’all don’t understand I have such a fascination with enormous men. Miguel being 6’9 with that muscle mass??? How much does he weigh???? Wtf does he eat? He’s literally built like a fucking Ox I need him so bad

[bromantically]

no one ever takes fat people seriously when we say our healthcare quality is significantly impacted by our bodies.

had a gyno appt recently bc we are discussing endometriosis treatment. of course, weight came up bc some treatmens will make u gain weight. truthfully i do not care if a medicine makes me gain weight as long as it takes care of the Uterus Shitting Itself Forever disease. the doc was Very insistent on trying to avoid the meds that might cause weight gain even tho they were ones that would probably benefit me most

so by that point i was already pretty irritated, but it wasnt anything i hadnt heard from a doctor before, so whatever. i can handle a few annoying comments, i can push through and make sure i get what i want out of my treatment. but then she outright told me that i have "too much" weight and should go on a diet to lose weight. 🙄😒 also nothing i havent heard before.

but the thing is, she didnt recommend anything regarding diets. she told me to "just look it up". she didnt recommend anything that would help my health issues, like managing cholesterol and blood sugar, she didnt recommend anything specific to weight loss, she didnt tell me anything about what kinds of foods might be best for me, or how a proper diet looks or works.

just look it up. google it. on the internet, where there is surely nothing but trustworthy and unbiased information that actually has my wellbeing in mind as a fat person. the internet, famous for providing information on food habits that is not based on false science, fatphobia, or blatant lies. sure.

and when i told her i have no intentions of changing my body bc i like it as it is and would rather just treat my issues as they arise, she doubled down and gave the whole spiel about cholesterol and diabetes and joint pain and how shes just looking out for me blah blah blah. as if i didnt already have all of these issues when i was skinny. as if i wasnt previously taken seriously on these issues when i was skinny. as if all my current health issues werent related entirely to genetics and not my fucking weight.

i never had to hear this shit when i was thin. i got treatment without an issue. i was taken seriously and listened to. when i got fat, i was no longer a person or a patient, i became a body. i became the cause of all my health issues. i became a number on a scale. i know doctors treat thin people differently bc ive seen how much their treatment of me has changed as i got bigger.

this isnt even the worst experience ive had with a doctor and my body as a fat person, but its certainly one of the most ridiculous. to go in asking for treatment so my uterus doesnt self destruct and be told for 30 minutes how im too fat. and her solution was to tell me to look it up. Look It Up. my doctor, in charge of my wellbeing and responsible for educating me, told me to look up a diet. just any old diet. no advice, nothing.

this kind of shit is dangerous. this kind of shit is what starts eating disorders and gets people killed. she spent 30 minutes trying to convince me not to take beneficial medicine because it might make me fatter and also to diet without safe and reliable information on how to.