sub rosa \suhb-ROH-zuh\, adverb:
1. Secretly; privately; confidentially.
adjective:
1. Designed to be secret or confidential; secretive; private.
If, ten years ago, someone had told me I would part of something called the Fat Acceptance Movement, I would have laughed in his face
If someone had told me the same thing five years ago, after my “successful” stint with Atkins and my subsequent regain of twice what I’d lost, I probably would have cried
Now I am proud.
I am proud of all the activism, and the work that people are doing all over the world to improve the quality of life for fat people on a grand scale. There are people working for (or against) legislation, people working to educate the public and professionals who work with fat people. There are those combating the misinformation and hate disseminated by the diet industry.
Despite all that grandiose work, the people I am most proud of are the ones who, day by day, fight a quiet battle. The people who live out HAES, whether they talk about it or not. The mothers who work to teach their kids to accept their bodies and the bodies of others. The people who say no to the office biggest loser game and eat lunch in the face of all the people being “good” and eating rice cakes. All of us, in a myriad of tiny ways, working to better the world for people of every size.
I am so proud of us.
