Community Profile
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
Join
Watch
Add Note
Post
Track
Send V-Gift
No to Sizeism
A safe community for people of any size
Created on 2006-03-04 04:06:45 (#9676609), last updated 2009-11-03
141 comments received
Basic Account [Gift]
81 Journal Entries, 2 Tags, 0 Memories, 0 Virtual Gifts, 0 Userpics
Basic Info| Name: | No To Sizeism |
|---|---|
| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members, Moderated |
AboutThis journal exists to provide support to those who are overweight, to those who care about them, and to those who realize that the overweight are persecuted and want to see this much-maligned group be treated with the kindness and acceptance everyone deserves.
This journal is open to anyone, including people who have chosen to try to lose weight and those who have chosen to accept their weight, family and friends of the overweight, and anyone who believes bigotry is wrong.
It is NOT a place to try and push people into "doing something" about their weight, as society itself already provides more than enough of that. There are also many other places, including livejournal communities, where you can learn more about diet, exercise, etc. This is also not a place to scare people about the health risks of being overweight. Most, if not all, overweight people are very aware of and already anxious about these risks. In addition, the pressure to be sexually attractive, with "attractive" defined as slender, is so strong that most overweight people would already far prefer to be thinner even if overweight posed no health risks.
There is a great deal of new evidence which strongly suggests that those who are chronically overweight differ genetically from those who are not. Some are able to lose weight despite this, while others find it difficult or impossible. There are also many people with medical conditions who find that the conditions and/or the medications they take have brought on a problem with overweight. Someday research may find a good, safe, non-drastic treatment for intractable overweight. However, this community promotes a policy of acceptance of all people regardless of their size.
This community is moderated, and naturally hurtful comments against the overweight, or, indeed, the underweight -- will not make it past the moderator. The delete key works just fine!
This journal is open to anyone, including people who have chosen to try to lose weight and those who have chosen to accept their weight, family and friends of the overweight, and anyone who believes bigotry is wrong.
It is NOT a place to try and push people into "doing something" about their weight, as society itself already provides more than enough of that. There are also many other places, including livejournal communities, where you can learn more about diet, exercise, etc. This is also not a place to scare people about the health risks of being overweight. Most, if not all, overweight people are very aware of and already anxious about these risks. In addition, the pressure to be sexually attractive, with "attractive" defined as slender, is so strong that most overweight people would already far prefer to be thinner even if overweight posed no health risks.
There is a great deal of new evidence which strongly suggests that those who are chronically overweight differ genetically from those who are not. Some are able to lose weight despite this, while others find it difficult or impossible. There are also many people with medical conditions who find that the conditions and/or the medications they take have brought on a problem with overweight. Someday research may find a good, safe, non-drastic treatment for intractable overweight. However, this community promotes a policy of acceptance of all people regardless of their size.
This community is moderated, and naturally hurtful comments against the overweight, or, indeed, the underweight -- will not make it past the moderator. The delete key works just fine!
ConnectInterests (128):
acceptance, activism, advocacy, air travel, anorexia, antidepressants, anxiety, appearance, arthritis, bariatrics, bbw, beauty, bigotry, blood pressure, body, body acceptance, body image, body temperature, bulimia, caring, chronic illness, chubby, clothing, cooking, cosmetic surgery, cruelty, curves, dance, dating, depression, diabetes, diet, disability, discrimination, doctors, eating, eating disorders, economics, employment, exercise, fashion, fat, fat acceptance, fat activism, fitness, food, friendship, genetics, gerd, hate, health, health at any size, healthcare, heart, heartburn, hunger, illness, infertility, inner beauty, insults, insurance, law, liposuction, love, lupus, media, medicaid, medical research, medicare, medicine, mental health, metabolism, modeling, muscle, naafa, nurses, nutrition, obesity, obsession, overweight, people of size, phobia, physical activity, plastic surgery, plus size, politics, positive thinking, prednisone, prejudice, psychiatry, psychology, public health, real bodies, rejection, romance, science, self hatred, self-esteem, self-image, sex, size, size positivity, sizeism, skin problems, sleep disorders, social change, sports, starvation, stomach stapling, stress, stretching, stroke, suicide, support, surgery, swimming, television, thyroid, tolerance, underweight, voluptuous, walking, weight, weight loss, weight loss surgery, wellness, yoga, zaftig
Administrators
Members [View Entries]
Members (85):
Watched by (71):
ajeffri, apocalypse2012, beepbeep, betsycontent, big_grey_cat, biggreenbeacon, bigtitch, branwyn32, bskjr, catbirdgirl, cathalex, chrissycoyote, daisygrl, dburr, demeter_in_love, desireedrakonis, f_palimpsest, foxsong, gleckia, happypickle, invaderpichu, jodiemew, junonialtd, karasone, kariquirks, kickadee, kimbari, kletta, kuhpuh, lizs18, lizw, londonesque, lydiasings, manlypanda, marinakamen, maryrw, minathepale, missmarcella, msgeek, munchybutt, naughtyvix, nicole_prn, nolan_shark, notblueatall, nursejojo, only_words, onyxspydyr, pjordha, prince_vanilla, puffpastry, purplefrog26, rich_edwards79, route_venusa, ruthlilycat, scarrrrlett, shadowcat410, slayla_venom, sole_singer, stef_health, sweetiepie25, systris, tanteterri, technomom, thebostonreader, uniqueladyee, vampira93, venuspluto, wolfteaparty, xshann, zillyjay, zonker25
