Our society makes such a big deal out of body image. Fat. Thin. Old. Young. Ugly. Beautiful. Male. Female. We're built on a dichotomy where one is seen as more valuable or desirable than the other.
YGST: Fat rant
And yet we tend to slide from end of the spectrum to the other, don't we? Then thin gain weight, the fat lose it. The young grow old and beauty fades. Our trans friends can testify to the fluidity of gender.
So why do we keep reinforcing the either/or conundrum?
(Hat tip to Meet The Bloggers for the fat rant by Joy Nash)
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