As a body image/self esteem expert, I’m a credible authority here to share with you and tell you what to pay attention to if you’re seeking more self acceptance. As a professional coach, I’m offering to teach you new ways to think about things, telling you what works and what doesn’t. I’ll even tell you how things might turn out for you by sharing my experience and those of other women on the road to recovery from food and weight obsession.
Today I want to inspire you by telling you about a woman who in my opinion is one of the wisest and most down to earth voices in the war on fat hate. Her name is Joy Nash. At 224 pounds, Joy is clinically considered “moderately obese.” Back in 2013, I saw Joy’s “Fat Rant” video #1 on Youtube.
I think this video of Joys’ is absolutely delightful. It makes you want to stand up and cheer! to see a gal leap into the ring and call a spade a spade.
As an assignment for an acting class, she created the video and dissected the word, “Fat” and made it clear that in reality, being overweight is nothing more than a number on the scale. Sure there are medical complications, of course, but that’s not the real issue, is it? That’s not why we feel so badly when someone attacks the way we look, our pants size or what we’re eating. Let’s talk turkey here.
This is what Joy has to say, “I’m fat, and it’s okay. It doesn’t mean I’m stupid or ugly or lazy or selfish. I’m fat.” “The vast majority of the time I don’t let the tiny little minds get me down, And it happens a lot. I hear someone talking about 200 pounds like it’s breathtaking. I weigh 224 and my quality of life has not suffered dramatically. I’m fat. It’s three little lettas. What are you so afraid of? “I’m not saying we should all be sitting around, patting ourselves on the back, cramming ourselves full of junk food with our sweatpants stapled to the sofa. Obviously, diet and exercise are vital. I am saying that if you do those things eat right and exercise and you still aren’t thin, your life is not over.” America needs to rearrange her thinking and I think fat people are just the ones to kick it off.” For a quick boost of self acceptance, run, don’t walk to visit Joy’s site.
In one of my favorite rants on her blog, she talks about staircase wit. That’s when you think about the perfect thing to say to someone who’s hurt your feelings and insulted you, making nasty comments about your body about 10 minutes after you really needed it. These are some examples of nasty comments that are directed at women to make them feel bad about their bodies. This is called body snarking and it’s playing dirty. Have you ever been on the receiving end of any of these nasty body snarking comments?
“Are you pregnant?”
· “You have such a pretty face, if you just lost some weight, you’d be gorgeous”
· “Oh my God” Are you actually going to wear that?
· Have you considered surgery?
· You used to be so pretty. What the hell happened to you?
Boy! They can really suck the wind right out of your sails. Can’t they? Joy’s answer to building staircase wit and knowing what to say when the body snarkers are pointing their guns in your direction is to practice repeating witty comments in response to their stupid prejudice.
You’ll have to check out her blog to get the real low down, but I wanted you to know that she’s a gal who is a real role model for plus size women, urging and empowering us curvy gals to not take body snarking lying down and to step up and make our voices heard.
Actress Joy Nash is a real role model for plus size women, urging and empowering us curvy gals to not take body snarking lying down and to step up and make our voices heard. In this blog post, you’ll learn a little about what she calls, ‘staircase wit.’ That’s when you think about the perfect thing to say to someone who’s hurt your feelings and insulted you, making nasty comments about your body about 10 minutes after you really needed it. These are some examples of nasty comments that are directed at women to make them feel bad about their bodies. This is called body snarking and it’s playing dirty. Have you ever been on the receiving end of any of these nasty body snarking comments?
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