Maybe I can believe that I am the 1% that has maintained weight loss but I find it hard to believe that so many people are just that weak. Instead, it was the HAES manifesto "weight loss is impossible, blablabla". TAL is a great format for that since they can research it and really get into the arguments. Doing some "Secret Eaters" type work would be great as well. I would have loved it if the episode was more balanced and was a deep dive into this seemingly complex issue of why people cannot lose weight. I think Ira is new to this fat stuff whereas on reddit it's old hat. Now that I know what it feels like to do a carwheel or a flip, I don't think I would ever want to go back to not having supreme freedom of body movement. I remember always feeling like I was slightly unclean, too hot, itchy, just uncomfortable in my skin. Personally, I don't feel that I could ever be satisfied with my life as an obese person. It's just another temporary state for our bodies which are temporary to begin with. I used to be really hard on myself when I was heavier and while I dread ever going back to that, I don't think I would feel a moral failure if it happened. Somewhere along the line my attitude towards fat people softened. I lost the weight and started to build an awesome body that can do cool stuff like handstands and other gymnastics. I think it's really interesting from a sociological point of view and also I think it's really interesting to observe my own reactions to this kind of material.įor example, when I joined reddit, I was in the process of losing weight and so I would go on /r/fatlogic and enjoy the circlejerk of heatlhiness and no excuses and everything else. #454 - Mr Daisy Goes to the Apple FactoryĬomplex episode for me since I have been fascinated by this "fat acceptance"/fatpeoplehate dichotomy ever since I found out about reddit.Primarily a journalistic non-fiction program, it has also featured essays, memoirs, field recordings, short fiction, and found footage. This American Life is an American weekly hour-long radio program produced by WBEZ and hosted by Ira Glass.
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