Greta Christina's fat positive manifesto

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I froze the discussion here because I thought it deserved a top-level post of its own, rather than being under a general discussion of Greta Christina. A few weeks ago she posted a very interesting series of articles on the fat-positive movement and her own beliefs; I'd be very interested to read more about what people think of them.

"I was frankly shocked at how callous most of the fat-positive advocates were about my bad knee. I was shocked at how quick they were to ignore or dismiss it. They were passionately concerned about the quality of life I might lose if I counted calories or stopped eating chocolate bars every day. But when it came to the quality of life I might lose if I could no longer dance, climb hills, climb stairs, take long walks, walk at all? Eh. Whatever. I should try exercise or physical therapy or something. Oh, I'd tried those things already? Well, whatever."

• The Fat-Positive Diet
• The Fat-Positive Skeptic
• An Open Letter to the Fat-Positive Movement

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Curiously, the report that got made into a TV show, about the ranking of the most dangerous drugs in the UK, put drinking above smoking, citing how difficult it was to avoid alcohol compared to cigarettes. I rarely even see someone smoking these days, whereas I'm frequently at social occasions where alcohol is there for the taking. Nobody ever says "Want to come for a smoke?" whereas people are always saying "Let's go for a drink".

(Of course, this probably depends greatly on social stratum, geographical location, etc.)