hypocrite!
I'm writing this article on image acceptance and image rejection. It's about the social "image norm" and whether it's healthier to accept to reject it. I've been interviewing people from the Fat Liberation movement and in the Pro-ana communities for their stories on why they feel the way they feel about their bodies and why they accept or reject their weights.

It has the potential to be a terrific article. If I could put my heart into it, I'm sure I could get it printed in a major publication.

You know, it's interesting, though, I just realized how much I support the Fat Lib movement now that I know more about it. But strangely, even though I don't support pro-anorexia, I do believe that people have the right to do stupid things to their bodies in their self-loathing, just as smokers have the right to smoke.

It sounds callous to say, "we all pick our own poisons," but it seems undeniably true. Despite the fact that anorexia is a stupid, deadly practice to have, there's no reason anyone should be told to "just get better" when it won't work. Even (Especially) the anorexics know that.

So I guess I'm for Fat Lib and changing the image standards but I'm also pro-choice. Your body is yours, and the only solution to the problem of negative self esteem is for fat and thin people to feel good about themselves... by changing the body standard.