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i want to talk about a Content Warning i heard on a podcast today, and how it succeeded and how it didn't.this is about fatness and fat politics. Maximum Fun
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"obese" is a slur. "overweight" is a slur.i won't call a specific person fat until i know their feelings about it. it's been used as a weapon for ages; i
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what you can call it:- M.E.- myalgic encephalomyelitis- MECFS- myalgic encephalomyelitis / chronic fatigue syndromewhat you shouldn't call it, though insurance companies still do:- chronic fatigue syndromewhat you MUST NOT
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you can wander over here if you want a few songs about hope tonight. "beautiful city" by stephen schwartz, sung by liz callaway @LizGoesOn. it's not hard to sub in
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THREADhttps://twitter.com/twitchyspoonie/status/1310778552770392072 and @twitchyspoonie is right: although QoL ratings aren't infallible (what is?), they are SOMETHING. and #MECFS is near the top, charted by more than one source. right
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does this say what i think it does?https://twitter.com/HannahntheWolf/status/1310375146083897345 i'm going to say some stuff. i am speaking for MYSELF.i have a complex, severe, violent, multi-systemic illness. there exists no level
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if you are on board with or open to fat politics but you are allo and not attracted to fat people, here is what you need to do: - admit
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fatphobia is DEEPLY intertwined with other oppressions. they yank and tug on each other, they change each other, they make each other bigger and worse. in some ways they grew
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feeling a whole lot of this the past few days.https://twitter.com/blackgirlinmain/status/1279952472015060992 i'm already as sick as many of the people onhere writing threads about how very sick they are "post"-covid (the
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to you who are bedridden or bedridden/housebound due to severe illness and disability: if you are not the activist you used to be, or the activist you would be if
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i unfollow for intentional-weight-loss talk and i block for using the random-caps meme. if you're curious about the difference, i will try to explain: i curate who i follow VERY
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please do not use that meme where where you sporadically capitalize letters in the middle of words.please do not RT or QT tweets that do it.that meme is incredibly ableist.
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