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A space for sharing all things body image and eating disorders related. All blog entries are written by our staff, those with a lived experience and professionals.

Tag: fatphobia

22 May 2023
Research

Appearance-based discrimination as a human rights issue – the case for legislative reform

In historic new legislation, New York City is set to ban weight discrimination. Butterfly's Head of Research, Knowledge and Policy Sarah Squires examines what this means for weight stigma reduction in an Australian context.
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11 Nov 2022
Experience

Why the thin ideal & ‘heroin chic’ cannot make a comeback

There has been significant noise in the media about a resurrection of the thin ideal, sometimes labelled “heroin chic”. The return and praise of this movement only highlights how insidious and prolific diet culture and fatphobia continues to be in our society, and can result in body dissatisfaction.
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09 Nov 2021
Experience

What does quality eating disorder treatment look like for a person in a larger body?

Monica Catherine shares her experience of navigating eating disorder recovery and treatment in a larger body - and what helped and hindered her journey.
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03 Oct 2021
Resource

Why recognising your thin privilege can reduce your perpetuation of weight based stigma and improve your body image

"Over the last few years, recognising my thin privilege has propelled me into unlearning fatphobia... As a by-product of this work, we can also improve our relationship with our own bodies. In this race to body acceptance, recognising our thin privilege compels us to take steps to acknowledge and unlearn weight stigma. It is in this context that we can all step into our power."
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06 Sep 2021
Tips

Taking back the power – how to reduce the impact of diet culture on your life

This Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (BIEDAW), take back the power that diet culture has on your life, with these strategies to reduce the impact of harmful media messaging that equates weight with success.
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30 Mar 2021
Resource

What is weight bias and fatphobia, and how can we challenge it?

“Specifically, research has consistently shown that increased exposure and close contact with those who living in larger bodies leads to reduced weight bias.” Weight bias and fatphobia is harmful, but there are ways to challenge it.
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03 Feb 2021
Experience

On Chronic Pain, Eating Disorders and Weight Stigma

When Nic McDermid was diagnosed with a chronic illness and an eating disorder, she couldn’t help but wonder if the treatment she received would have been different if she wasn’t fat. Now a fat activist, writer and speaker, Nic has learnt to reclaim the word fat as an empowering and important term – but it’s clear more needs to be done surrounding weight stigma in the wider community.
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