Unpacking Weight Stigma I: A workbook for Health at Every Size® healthcare providers and fat allies

A fat white woman in a sleeveless floral dress stands holding a red suitcase and looking out over water. Text on the image reads, “A fat person criticized your favorite author. What happens now? Unpacking Weight Stigma 1. Questions for reflection for fat allies and Health at Every Size® practitioners. Lindley Ashline.”

When someone criticizes our favorite works — whether it’s a book, movie, workshop, song, blog or painting — it can feel really bad. And that’s putting it mildly.

When someone disagrees with us over a minor issue of aesthetics or style, it’s easy enough to either debate, or agree to disagree. But what about when we find out that people and works we admire aren’t as great as we thought?

This 15-page workbook contains 34 questions for study, reflection and journaling to spark your awareness of—and help you confront—weight stigma and oppression. These questions are an opportunity to grow in your own anti-oppression and Health at Every Size® alignment and knowledge, and work on fatphobic beliefs and tendencies.

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Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.