21 Body-Shaming Magazine Covers That Prove Women Just Can’t Win
By Jane Hollier (Reprinted with permission Jane Hollier)
Tag: fat shaming
Fat is not a feeling: Why I’m pressuring Facebook to remove body-shaming ‘I feel fat’ status
Fat talk perpetuates and normalises body shame Rebecca Guzelian How does it make you feel when someone close to you tells you they feel fat? As a woman in my mid-20s, this is something I experience every day – from my friends, family and others around me. And now, I have to see it on […]
How Biggest Loser fat shaming hurts us: another eating disorder survivor speaks out
Following my Sunday Herald Sun column critical of ‘The Biggest Loser’ last week , I heard from a number of women in recovery from eating disorders, who wrote about the negative impact the series had on them – including Melbourne woman Belinda Davis, 38, who was happy for me to share her story here. It […]
The Biggest Loser – is it making us sicker? MTR in Sunday Herald Sun
Tacky show is not worth the weight REALITY weight-loss show The Biggest Loser claims to be all about health – leading a new “social movement” against the “obesity crisis”. But many authorities – and those suffering from disordered eating – say it actually contributes to bad health. Parading and humiliating obese people, dangerously rapid weight […]
