Guide 2 Alternative, Anti-Diet, Media

Hey guys! Tired of reading about how to flatten your stomach in 5 days while simultaneously pleasing your man & baking a decadent souffle?

I’m glad…

Alternative Media 4 Body-Positive, Anti-Diet Chicks

• Bitch - “Bitch Media’s mission is to provide and encourage an empowered, feminist response to mainstream media and popular culture.”
• Critical Dietetics Blog – “The focus of Critical Dietetics is to serve as the outlet for inquiry and exploration regarding gender, race, class, ability, size, dietetic epistemology, post-structural orientations to dietetic education, art, and poetry in the context of dietetics. Critical dietetics will allow for investigation of these topics among others, informed by transdisciplinary scholarship from the natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities.”
• F Bomb – “The FBomb.org is a blog/community created for teenage girls who care about their rights as women and want to be heard”
• Fierce Freethinking Fatties – “We are not here to cushion the reality of modern obesity. We are here to dig through the data — dig deep — and discover the essential truth behind obesity. We are here to ignore the hysterics and dismissals that have become so common on both sides of the War on Obesity. And we are also here to provide you with the keys to unlock that truth at the level you are comfortable with.”
• FitWoman – Blog by Green Mountain at Fox Run, where I spent a life-changing week
• Health at Every Size Blog – Blog by the Association for Size Diversity and Health
• Jezebel - A website aimed at women’s interests, under the tagline “Celebrity, Sex, Fashion. Without Airbrushing”.
• Dr. Kelly Brownell’s podcasts via Yale here – Dr. Brownell is an “obesity expert” who often talks on weight stigma. Click on “Weight Bias and Stigma” to narrow down the podcast to those talks specifically.
• KCLAnderson – “Karen blogs about the literal ups and downs of what happens after achieiving ‘weight loss success’”
• Leftovers To Go – Tasty Morsels Blog - “A Unique Resource for Treating Eating Disorders and Body Dissatisfaction” written by Dr. Deah Schwartz
• Medicinal Marzipan - “a blog about body image, self-esteem, and learning to love yourself one day at a time.”
• Ms. Magazine – An American liberal feminist magazine co-founded by American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem and founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin.
• Nourishing Soul – “Nourishing the Soul was created to be a forum for growth and self-discovery, as well as a resource for the latest news, research, and advocacy information in the fields of eating disorders and body image.”
• Recovery Bites – The motto “Riot, don’t diet” is what captures me. “This is a blog about recovery from all forms of disordered eating and body hatred.”
• Roots of She – “Roots of She is here for us to come together and celebrate our joys and triumphs, to hold space for each other when our hearts are tender, to honor bravery in vulnerability. These stories are a collection of voices on the female experience, in all of its shapes, sizes and forms. This is a gathering place made for connecting with other women who are walking along this path beside you.”
• Sociological Images – “We are directly engaged with the media at all levels to ensure that a diverse group of women is present in newsrooms, on air, in print and online, as sources and subjects.”
• The Beauty Shop – NPR’s host Michel Martin hosts “the Beauty Shop,” an occasional (approximately bi-monthly) segment during NPR’s “Tell Me More” show where women with different political & social views debate the week’s topics.
• Yoga For Breakfast – Sarah’s blog on the mind-body connection.

Will you share your own favorites that counter the diet, mainstream rhetoric?

<3,

The Cranky One

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