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Fat Acceptance and The Obsessive Fixation on Beauty

A reader – who’s participation in this operation is appreciated – writes in response to another commenter:

And for those of us who don’t have an underlying metabolic issue, a poor diet, OR a sedentary lifestyle? Am I just supposed to accept that my body, my beautiful, healthy, strong, active body, is just inherently wrong, and punish it accordingly?

which highlights another curious facet of “fat acceptance.”

Why is a movement that claims to promote the acceptance of persons of size so obsessed with the idea of beauty?

Let’s consider for a moment that fat acceptance exists solely because it’s “leaders” have let their own body image disorders consume them. The phenomenon through which mentally ill people form self-reinforcing communities is well documented – see paranoid schizophrenia’s “gang stalking,” if the more obvious pro-ana communities weren’t evidence enough. “Gang stalking” is an experience shared mainly by paranoid schizophrenics who believe that some higher level of organization is targeting them specifically using radio waves directed towards them and “legal methods of harassment” such as walking behind them on the street and clapping. Entire communities have formed around this clearly paranoid delusion in which individuals share, support, and reinforce each other’s beliefs.

It isn’t difficult to draw parallels between “gang stalking” delusions and those of fat acceptance.

We already know that, ironically, no one cares about persons of size being fat more than fat acceptance. It’s an obsession. Every single negative experience is contributed to fat oppression or fat-shaming – completely ignoring that ALL body types face some form of oppression, some form of shaming, some form of criticism. If a fat person has a bad day, it’s because they are fat. Period. If a thin person has a bad day – well, thin people don’t have bad days, because they’re thin-privileged.

In addition to this obsession with their own bodies, fat acceptance is further fixated on being beautiful. Everyone, regardless of how they may appeal to others, MUST be identified as beautiful, and to hold an opinion contrary to that is decried as oppression.

Beauty, LITERALLY, has always been an individual preference. Some people will find fat people beautiful. Others will not. Whether or not others see fat people as beautiful has no bearing on their value as individuals. This is a life lesson that many of us learned – at latest – upon graduating high school.

It speaks volumes about the emotional maturity of many fat acceptance leaders like Ragen who, LITERALLY, demand to be seen only as “beautiful,” with no allowances made for personal interpretation. Ragen, a grown woman, completely ties her self-worth with the fact that others see her as beautiful.

If you can’t see the beauty in someone and you think that the issue is with them, then you are working on the wrong end of the problem.

Ragen LITERALLY is saying if you don’t think someone is beautiful – well, you’re wrong. Everyone is – FOR A FACT – beautiful to you, regardless of what your personal preferences may be.

Real talk, ultra conservative Muslims who force female circumcision and ban women from pursuing an education AREN’T beautiful. This agency shares that sentiment with at least the feminist portion of fat acceptance.

Something to consider – it’s okay to not be beautiful. There is more to being a person than being beautiful. Physical appearance, and being perceived as some grandiose concept of “beauty” by others, shouldn’t be the sole determinant in which you gauge your own self-worth.

Ragen and many others like her in fat acceptance, however, not only DEMAND this from the world, they encourage their emotionally vulnerable readers to fixate on “being beautiful” when they’re already suffering from severe, and in many cases untreated, body image disorders.

Shouldn’t a movement about acceptance (especially SELF acceptance) move away from the importance of “beauty?” What about other equally important ideas such as independent thinking, ambition, personal growth, finding what makes you passionate? What about accepting yourself – REGARDLESS of how others perceive your attractiveness – and being happy with all your strengths as well as your imperfections?

To answer the original question – Cat, you are who you are. This agency accepts you. We can only hope that one day you’ll be able to do the same. There’s nothing “wrong” with being fat, if that is what you choose to be. The agency supports the choices you make with your body, regardless if we disagree with the reasoning behind it or not.

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Is Ragen a leader of a movement or a narcissist?

As an intelligence operation, the Directorate is well-trained in examining possible motives in the actions of fat extremists. The Directorate’s analysts can glean quite a bit of information from what Ragen of Dances With Fat chooses to share with her readers – after all, what she posts indicates what she believes to be important, what kind of image she wants to craft for herself, and what she is possibly threatened by.

Ragen recently completed walking a marathon. The agency will ignore the undoubtedly fabricated story about the marathon’s sag wagon driver at first shaming Ragen, then collapsing into tears with support. The agency will also ignore that walking a marathon isn’t “competing” in a marathon. We will ignore that what probably happened with the sag wagon driver was that she was upset that she’d have to stay nearly double the amount of time of the marathon cut-off so that Ragen could have a meaningless medal – we all know that Ragen is a very vocal proponent of “everyone is a winner,” even when they haven’t earned it. What we will focus on today is the undeniable narcissism and self-serving motivations of Ragen in what she chooses to celebrate as symbols of fat success.

From her marathon write-up:

I planned to be on the course for no more than 9 hours.

Remember that when Kelly Gneiting completed the LA Marathon in 9:48, Ragen described his performance as “elite.” This was Gneiting’s second marathon and was an improvement from his previous race. Gneiting, a 400lbs sumo wrestler, has obviously been training fairly consistently for marathon running.

What does it say about Ragen that she believed she could beat Gneiting’s time in only several weeks of training?

What does it say about Ragen that she only makes note of fat athletes that she can beat? Ragen has said herself

I benefit from a tremendous amount of athletic privilege, and the athletic things that I do are typically things at which I am naturally talented and have put many, many hours of hard work so I’m used to being among the best.

It’s so strange that there are so many fat athletes who are truly of top-level caliber – one need merely look at the 75kg+ weight category of women’s weightlifting, women throwers, superheavyweight male lifters and throwers, etc. to find absolutely impressive athletic specimens, men and women of all body types pushing the very limits of human performance.

And yet Ragen has never celebrated any of these athletes.

She only chooses those athletes she believes she herself can best.

And then fails to do so.

As the Chief of Operations of the Directorate, I have to ask – Ragen, are you leading a movement or cultivating a fan base to serve your own narcissistic needs? How much money are you making off your seminars? How much have you financially given back to the fat community?

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False accusations once again from a desperate atchka.

Atchka has falsely accused the fitness-oriented members of /r/fcj of attempting to induce a “shadow ban.”

This is demonstrably false. Atchka accepts the explanation but strangely does not change his belief that he is being persecuted by a subreddit. So his claims of persecution are disproven (atchka’s activity on reddit were to spam links to his blog, though he has since modified his behavior since he was told that this DID constitute spam), but atchka does nothing to acknowledge this – instead he goes on to preach a message that will be congruent with his patently false world view that fat people are oppressed and silenced. Interesting.

Atchka goes on to “disprove” misconceptions about HAES, only to have his spam deleted by the moderators of /r/science and for his sources to be discredited by the more astute members of the community (a pro-HAES fake doctor identifies herself as a member of the scientific community). He was also destroyed by the more reasonable members of the subreddit.

Isn’t it odd that atchka doesn’t disclose any of this to his readers? What else is he hiding? How far do his delusions of persecution go?

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Maria Kang’s history of bulimia again begs the question: What’s the excuse of Fat Acceptance?

In the Agency’s previous update, we discussed the interesting trend of a history of un-treated body image- and eating-disorders of the vast majority of (perhaps even every) member of fat acceptance and HAES. The movement, very literally, exists BECAUSE their supposed “oppression” results in self-image disorders. Their idea of combating these personal insecurities is to accept that NOTHING can be done about being fat, to attempt to cherry-pick and misinterpret studies which “prove” that obesity and being fat have NO health consequences, and to proselytize the idea that fat is just as healthy, just as beautiful, and just as worthy of praise as any other body habitus.

Maria Kang was recently targeted by fat extremists. No casualties were reported from the fit community and fitness operations will continue unabated. But interestingly enough, fat extremists use Maria Kang’s history of bulimia as “proof” that somehow her outspoken fitness lifestyle is a result of unresolved body image issues.

From The Militant Baker:

I have somehow tried to make myself as unlovable as I feel. I’ve created this self fulfilling prophecy that no one will ever see me as a sexy woman and ensured this by furthering my body shape into one that the world tells us is undesirable.

Isn’t it interesting that fat acceptance and HAES will “nurture” their own fat members with bulimia, anorexia, and negative self-images, but will attack Maria Kang’s?

From Jezebel:

It’s obvious that weight, food and body image are emotional, complicated topics for her and she is still working through a lot of issues, and one could even wonder if her disordered eating turned into an ostensibly “healthy” fitness fixation.

And isn’t it interesting where fat extremists use their history of negative self-image and failed diets as “proof” that being fat is as unalterable as skin color or sexual orientation, Maria Kang succeeded in making a permanent change to her body and self-image?

Which again begs the question – what is the excuse of fat acceptance?

This Agency must again express that we are NOT targeting self-acceptance. If fat extremists don’t WANT to lose weight, the Agency fully supports their personal decision. What this Agency is targeting is not body image. We are targeting the false message that being fat is PERMANENT and cannot be changed, that any efforts to do so will be futile.

Maria Kang and her weight loss are proof-positive that fat CAN be changed, that the only way to combat body image ISN’T to accept that being fat is forever.

It’s fine that fat extremists WANT to be fat, but if they’re unhappy with being fat but haven’t been able to change it – what’s their excuse?

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Changing one extremist movement for another.

Isn’t it strange that nearly every member of HAES had – at one point or another – an eating disorder before joining the ranks of the HAES movement? 

It appears that with every recruitment story, the insurgent battled with a traumatic, humiliating episode regarding their body size or weight, struggled with an eating disorder for the next twenty years, and then found their new God in the lies and half-truths of HAES. 

The “God” of HAES, the cult, is barely an exaggeration – the way people of HAES cling to the community and its tenets, regardless of how unsubstantiated or poorly-reasoned they may be, with the same desperation and blind devotion that members of Ana do. 

Pro-eating disorder communities have existed for longer than Fat Acceptance or HAES. In these communities, any suggestion to seek help or therapy for eating disorders is deleted and suppressed, and instead the afflicted seek and worship the disorder as though it’s the only thing of meaning and beauty. Communities do not allow discussion from an opposing point of view and its members give blind, faithful, and unwaivering support to continue starving each other to death. 

HAES, it appears, is much the same way. 

Dances With Fat and Fierce Fatties promote themselves as evidence-based and forward-thinking communities, but the leaders of both refuse to allow the voicing of an opposing point of view. Both are heavily moderated. Both cherry pick scientific studies or misinterpret them. Both have become nothing more – or perhaps were NEVER more – than an echo room of praise for either HAES or a fat celebrity. 

The bottom-line is this – if HAES is supposed to be healthy, if it’s supposed to be a healing movement – why are so few of its members healed? HAESers are still “triggered,” they are still hyper-sensitive about fat-shaming, and just one wrong look away from spiraling back into bulimia. 

The answer is because HAES is not a healing movement. Its a movement which protects the coping mechanisms of a broken people. They support each other, show love for each other – but in the same way that pro-ana tumblrs show love for each other for starving themselves to death. Blind, ignorant, and worst of all, dangerous. 

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An entitled movement.

HAES, among other things, claims to promote a healthier mindset for its followers. Isn’t it strange, then, that in this household in which every member is on board with HAES, every individual – even those who have been raised on HAES – has developed or is developing an eating disorder.

Is it not possible that HAES’s paranoia and irrational rejection of “fat-phobic” behaviors like using a weight scale are actually a smoke screen for obsession? Would we not suspect that a hyper-conservative, devout Southern Baptist homophobe may have barely-repressed homosexual desires?

Getting on a scale should not be traumatic. It should not be “triggering.” It should be an absolutely painless process for a relatively important metric. The author of the above article is “absolutely livid”

… because I didn’t think that I needed to tell his damn school not to weigh my brother. They aren’t a medical office and if my brother’s doctor doesn’t need his weight, then the school sure as hell doesn’t either.

After telling her that my brother doesn’t need to be weighed and our family history of EDs, she told me that it was for some yearly health tracking thing the school does and they do it every year. I told her it was bullshit (nicely, though) and that it was things like that which contribute to the 119% increase in EDs among children 12 and under, which, not coincidentally, they cater to and educate.

It is complete bullshit that I, as a legal guardian to my little brother, have to be wary of spaces that are supposed to be safe places for him.

This again brings us back to a common theme in fat acceptance/HAES. Is this about acceptance and promoting healthy behaviors, or is it about a sense of entitlement and a desire to be treated as a special population? Note that NO ONE at the school was notified that the child in question may have an eating disorder and might be sensitive to a process which involved being weighed on a scale – how are the school faculty at fault for recording an ABSOLUTELY common measurement in school activities? This is ABSOLUTELY a metric that any PE program grades K-12 could be reasonably expected to record. It is ABSOLUTELY the fault of a child’s guardian that the school wasn’t notified of a potentially traumatic body image disorder and any activities that may trigger it.

Time and time again, followers of HAES/fat acceptance conflate “being treated equally” with “being treated as though all of society should cater to me and my sensitivities.” Ragen demands admiration and believes that anyone who doesn’t classify a 9:48 marathon time as “elite” is a fat-shamer. Kitsune Yokai of Fierce Fatties believes that school faculty should treat ALL students as though they potentially may have an eating disorder and never weigh them. These demands have no basis in equality. They are the demands of a group of people who are used to being catered to, a behavior that perhaps betrays their willingness to commit to difficult projects with real demands, such as weight-loss.

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HAES spokesperson oppresses Alzheimer’s patients, misrepresents adaptive thermogenesis.

Atchka, who would be one of the first people to depict medical advice to lose weight as fat oppression, tacitly condones the oppression of Alzheimer’s patients by The Onion. But IN THE SAME ARTICLE, when The Onion criticizes “Straw Man HAES,” atchka declares that it’s fat oppression. Apparently, “oppression” and “shaming” only matter if it’s towards fat people. How is the public supposed to take a movement about “acceptance” seriously when that very same movement still takes the time to shit on other people?

Atchka also takes umbrage at Neil deGrasse Tyson criticizing HAES’s militant stance against weight loss, using the following example:

As I responded to Neil, you can have two people who weigh 200 pounds and are technically overweight, but one has had a stable weight their entire adult life (let’s call him Bob) and the other could have lost 100 pounds in the last year (let’s call him Jim). Jim will have to eat significantly fewer calories just to maintain his 200 pound weight due to a process called adaptive thermogenesis, which I explain in detail here.

Now, if Jim eats the same amount of calories as Bob, he will put on weight. So who is “overeating”? Concern trolls would say, of course, that they both are because 200 pounds is too fat. Okay then, let’s have Bob and Jim restrict even further and get to 150 pounds, the same as Sam. Just to maintain their weight, Sam eats 2,500 calories, Bob eats 2,000 calories, and Jim eats 1,500 calories. Who’s “overeating” now?

A top intelligence analyst for the Directorate, alias PanTardovski reports:

Atchka’s +/-25% spread is ridiculous. According to this study, which vouches for the existence of AT, the adaptation results in a 4-5% below predicted resting metabolic rate. (As an aside, I’d love for atchka to address that out of 91 participants, their RMR all fell within ~8% of predicted.)
According to a much more elaborate study discussed here on Weightology (strictly controlled diet, weight kept within 10 g across 2 weeks) the AT-induced change in resting energy expenditure (RMR) is minimal; the HAESers whine about their suppressed metabolisms is complete bullshit. The major variation is in energy expended in activity, and that we know you can control. I’d be interested in some sort of follow-up focusing on possible metabolic effects or influence on activity levels stemming from fat loss programs focused on preserving or gaining lean body mass — it seems even a few pounds of added muscle could recoup the RMR suppression at least.

This agency would like to point out, in addition to our analyst’s statements above, that adaptive thermogenesis is not observed in ALL obese individuals who go on a calorie deficit. Secondly, even with those individuals who do experience adaptive thermogenesis, the discrepancy in energy expenditure isn’t so insurmountable that it can’t be overcome with a combination of increased physical activity through exercise and a consistent, effective restriction in calories.

Ragen would respond to any calorie-restricted diet with “refusing to feed [her] body less food than it needs to survive,” but a 1,200 cal/day diet would hardly be starving. Why is it that recreational powerlifters can go weeks of eating chicken breasts and tuna in an effort to make weight for their weight class and still grind through grueling training sessions, but Ragen can’t even fathom the thought of not eating to satiety?

At some point, HAES must realize that creating excuses for weight-loss failure do not make weight-loss a futile effort. Yes, it is difficult, yes it is uncomfortable, yes, for a period, people pursuing weight loss will feel like shit. Perhaps HAES activists, accustomed to demanding support and praise, aren’t aware that worthy goals sometimes require more than a token amount of investment and dedication.

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The idea of “thin privilege.”

Linda Bacon writes in “Fat Acceptance: Lessons Learned from Privilege” -

There’s a term that helps us to discuss this issue. It’s called “thin privilege.” Privilege is about receiving unjust advantages at the expense of others. I can think of very little in my life that is untainted by thin privilege. For example:

• Because of thin privilege, I had a larger dating pool, which made it easier for me to find the incredibly wonderful and supportive partner that I have.

• Because of thin privilege, I have had easier access to meeting and gaining approval from other people socially, some of whom have provided career opportunities for me.

• Because of thin privilege, I can go into a clothing store, get treated with respect, and have a larger choice of fashions and at cheaper price than fatter people.

• Because of thin privilege, I can be assured of only having to pay for one airline seat, making travel and its accompanying opportunities much more accessible to me.

Most people who have thin privilege don’t think much about their privilege, and may not even be aware of many aspects of it. That is, until a fat person comes along and forces them to think about it. I thought I was being generous and kind when I bought a large drink for my buddy before our plane flight and then got informed that she preferred not to drink because she couldn’t fit in the airplane bathroom. I didn’t have to think much about thin privilege when taking my son on a row boat until we realized that they didn’t have a life vest that would have allowed our fat friend to join us.

It is interesting that Linda, first of all, even assumes that “thin privilege” exists.

Regarding her supposedly “increased dating pool”: using individual tastes in body type in a significant other is both asinine and flawed. This agency would like to reference that there are a significant number of males who are attracted to women who are NOT thin, and in some cases EVEN OBESE. The same is true for women who prefer a teddy bear, which is also not uncommon. Is this thin privilege?

Regarding the idea that Linda attributes her success socially to her weight is ridiculous. One need only look around at a grocery store or shopping center to see socially successful fat people. According to several 2012 studies, roughly a third of America’s population is overweight. It would be quite rare for any reader of this operation to NOT be friends with an overweight person. A failure to have meaningful social interaction with a person of size is a failure of the individual, not our society.

Regarding the implication that walking into a clothing store for a fat person is equivalent to walking a gauntlet of criticism and rudeness and oppression, this agency would like to ask if Linda considers extremely tall, short, or muscular people oppressed as well. This agency would also question if Linda considers the event when a very thin, relatively flat-chested or flat-rumped female is criticized for not having ample enough tissue to wear certain articles of clothing well “oppression.” This agency also questions the validity of the expectation that a body habitus made shapeless through a large amount of adipose tissue will have the same options of clothing as a body that still has a distinction between chest, waist, and hip, and also why Linda feels that more material for 3XL+ garments, a size range that will fit only a minority of consumers, should not cost more. Obese people of fat acceptance, despite representing a minority of consumers, demand to be catered to. Is this thin privilege?

Atchka, always clawing for some finger hold, something his fingernails can hopefully scratch into as he clings desperately to stay in an argument that he is destined to lose, brings up the point that S, M, L, XL, and in some cases 2XL garments are all charged the same price, but after that cut off, all other sizes see an increase in cost. It is pertinent to point out that while the aforementioned “normal” sizes are represented by the majority of consumers, larger sizes not only cost more material, but will be bought by only a minority of consumers, which magnifies the costs to the producer.

Regarding the issue that persons of size must sometimes pay for more than one airline seat, this agency questions Linda’s understanding that space is a commodity on airplane, and if she understands that the airline loses money when a person who takes up two seats pays one ticket, instead of selling those two seats to two people of smaller body habitus. Is Linda the same kind of person who argues that her over-stuffed luggage is actually a personal item, and should not be charged as a carry-on, when the airline has an objective measurement for carry-ons? If this is “oppression,” it is oppression by physics, and physics oppresses us all. Is this thin privilege?

Linda appears to be under the assumption that excess bodyfat is not associated with negative health outcomes, and thus any negative definitions attached to it are unwarranted and bigoted. In making this assumption, she ignores a huge volume of scientific research which has made those connections, often in very strong ways.

The state of obesity is definitely correlated with exacerbation of several disease states. Several systemic reviews and/or meta-analysis’ noted that the state of obesity is associated with worsened symptoms and signs of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS),[1] Pulmonary Function and Cardiovascular Risk,[2][3] Asthma,[4][5] Obstructive Sleep Apnea,[6] Kidney function,[7] Schizophrenia,[8] Bipolar Disorder,[8] Alzheimer’s,[9] worsened Breast Feeding potential[10] and heightened risk of Pregnancy complications[11] as well as preeclampsia,[12] and increased risk of Colorectal Adenocarcinoma.[13]

1. Lim SS, et al. The effect of obesity on polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Obes Rev. (2012)
2. Friedemann C, et al. Cardiovascular disease risk in healthy children and its association with body mass index: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. (2012)
3. Wehrmeister FC, et al. Waist circumference and pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev. (2012)
4. Juel CT, et al. Asthma and obesity: does weight loss improve asthma control? a systematic review. J Asthma Allergy. (2012)
5. Adeniyi FB, Young T. Weight loss interventions for chronic asthma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. (2012)
6. Wall H, Smith C, Hubbard R. BMI and obstructive sleep apnoea in the UK: a crosssectional study of the over-50s. Prim Care Respir J. (2012)
7. Mongkolsomlit S, et al. Meta-regression of risk factors for microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. (2012)
8. Cerimele JM, Katon WJ. Associations between health risk behaviors and symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a systematic review. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. (2012)
9. Qiu C. Preventing Alzheimer’s disease by targeting vascular risk factors: hope and gap. J Alzheimers Dis. (2012)
10. Turcksin R, et al. Maternal obesity and breastfeeding intention, initiation, intensity and duration: a systematic review. Matern Child Nutr. (2012)
11. Thangaratinam S, et al. Interventions to reduce or prevent obesity in pregnant women: a systematic review. Health Technol Assess. (2012)
12. Salihu HM, et al. Does maternal obesity cause preeclampsia? A systematic review of the evidence. Minerva Ginecol. (2012)
13. Okabayashi K, et al. Body mass index category as a risk factor for colorectal adenomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Gastroenterol. (2012)

Society frowns upon smokers and alcoholics, which are also associated with negative health outcomes. Yet whereas laws regulate when and where alchoholic consumption and cigarette smoking are allowable, no such laws exist for obesity. Nor should there be, as we don’t actually live in a fat oppressive society. What we have is a society that is striving to be health-aware, and understanding the negative health outcomes and decreased quality of life that develop with obesity is part of that.

A doctor or nutritionist advising an obese patient to lose weight is not oppression, and it is not thin privilege. It is being responsible, and giving valid health advice.

This agency could go on, and it will, pending future posts.

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HAES leaders are mobilizing their followers into a militant faction.

Ragen has long been talking about fighting back in what she interprets to be a “war on obesity.” Apparently, encouragement to make better health decisions constitutes war and oppression. Strangely enough, she has no real arguments to prove that such a war exists. Fat people actually are well-represented in the media, and in positive roles as well. Not only that, but fat people who ACTUALLY have talent (see this amazing mash up featuring Adele) DO become successful stars. Ragen will not acknowledge this because she would have to admit that she has no real talent. Secondly, politicians do not try to garner significant political support through fat-shaming. They are focused on issues which are actually important to people, like birth control, gay marriage, and gun rights. Fat people are not recognized as either a demographic to ostracize or to garner support from – politicians who even bother on the subject assume, rightfully, that there should be some focus on developing a healthier society. Educating people on obesity is part of this.

The problem is that “education” means that more people understand that being obese is not a good thing, and that diets can work. Pro-fat HAESers interpret fact as oppression, when the only true “fat oppression” stems from physics – “I can’t fit in a Southwest Airline seat.” Oppression. “I can’t wear nice clothes because my body, in addition to being unnecessarily large, doesn’t have a shape.” Oppression. “I can’t ride on amusement park rides because I exceed the maximum weight limitations.” Oppression.

Atchka tacitly approves of harassing people as a legitimate response to “fat-shaming,” which isn’t even a real phenomenon.

Pro-fat HAES leaders are essentially turning the movement more and more militant. It is becoming apparent to them that their demands will not be met without violence. How much longer until atchka begins calling for obese demonstrations? Obese riots? Obese militias?

This trend is why this agency exists. This is why HAES must be crushed.

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Dispelling HAES propaganda.

LesSoldat, a senior officer in the HAES hierarchy, writes:

Now, I did see a lot of hand-wringing from FCJ, to the point where they dropped real cash to buy a domain devoted almost entirely to bashing her, claiming that she’d been crowing about the 5k being a huge achievement. I could definitely see picking up on that vibe from it being repeated everywhere.
And to continue that topic, I find it interesting that internet bullies once again pick on a woman to hate, honing in on the “observation” that she’s being uppity and full of herself and building herself up to be more than she is. By another, the immediate woman who came to my mind was Anita Sarkeesian, another outspoken, unafraid woman who bucks the status quo and pisses off bullies. I don’t like the implications of this. I don’t like gendered hatred — which the hatred of HAES also is, in a way, given that likely a great majority of those who it can help most are likely women, thanks to society’s greater pressures upon women to look a certain way.
So in the grand scheme of things, this bashing (not by you; I’m talking of the hateful stuff) of Chastain for daring to write about completing a 5k, among other things, and the bashing of women in general for daring to pursue health at every size they might possibly be, this – this fucking pisses me off.

This agency, the Counter Obesity Directorate, is a separate entity from the indigenous redditors of the so-called “FCJ” community.

This agency understands that obesity is correlated to lower income levels, and is aware of the fact that LesSoldat may be in such financial dire straits that $26.00 may seem extravagant. But the aim of the Directorate is nothing short of saving lives; HAES’s misinformation will lead people into obesity, keep obese people obese, and thereby increase the risk of acquiring associated diseases that lower quality of life and increase the likelihood of a prolonged and unhappy death, as well as a disabled and unfulfilling life. It is an honor and a privilege to pay the sacrifice for operations which seek to liberate people from HAES, a lifestyle which disempowers one’s control over their own body and leads them into unhappy and unhealthy lives.

To LesSoldat, this agency would ask – how much are you willing to sacrifice for what you believe in? How much would you give to save another’s life?

This agency also denies specifically targeting obese women. We target an ideology, not a demographic. LesSoldat is apparently unaware that atchka has been noted several times in our operations for refusing to engage in direct challenges to his position. Our analysts will be assembling a running tally of unanswered questions and challenges that atchka has retreated from.

We would also like to note that not only did the agency target Ragen in yesterday’s post, we targeted Mehdi as well – an athletically-, thin-, and male-privileged professional fitness blogger. The conclusion drawn was that Ragen and Mehdi both lied to or misled their followers, and profited from it. This is very strong evidence of HAESisHate fighting ideals, not a population.

Would any member in the HAES community ever criticize another fat person? Prove it.

HAESisHate believes in the same thing HAES does – people should be free to make their own health decisions and live how they please. The difference is we want them to do so with the correct information, not with the embittered idea that any efforts to change their body will be futile and harmful, and that being obese does not carry substantial health risks.

The agency extends thanks LesSoldat for participating in this operation.