We often say we value all bodies, but we don’t really mean it. Cultural norms continue to privilege thinness as the ideal body type. Slim bodies tend to be read as disciplined and deserving, while larger bodies are met with assumptions about character and self-control.
What does it mean to live in a body that is constantly evaluated?
Join our community conversation as we examine the cultural narratives surrounding body size andexplore how beauty standards influence the way we see and experience our own bodies.
Some questions we will reflect on together:
· What fears or anxieties does fatness provoke in society?
· How do beauty standards function as a form of social regulation?
· How early do we learn to monitor, shrink, or discipline our bodies?
· What does it mean when eating becomes tied to ideas of virtue or failure?
Come as you are. This is a space to question what we have been taught, and to imagine something kinder.