no offense but I’ve never gotten over anything that’s happened to me in my life
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Would love to stop waking up feeling like I’ve done something terribly wrong. Bodies change.
/scratch
I haven’t really spoken about why I took a step back from fitness, at least not in a huge post, but I have had a lot of recent realizations about that community via talks with Katie ( @swoleginger ) and I feel like this is something I need to post about. It’s entirely my opinion, not something anyone else has to agree with, but it’s something I do need to talk about.
I started getting into fitness and the fitness community out of a desire to shrink myself, as many people have. I had gained weight in a way that didn’t feel comfortable to me, and honestly, I don’t think this desire to get the “right” body ever left me. I started the usual way and went to lifting and loved it, but I was still hyper critical of my body. I went from weighing very little in high school to weighing more than I was comfortable with and hating my body and I wanted to fix it and make it “right” – whatever that was.
However, the control I wanted over my body and what I wanted my body to look like – this “right” body – was never something I quite achieved, at least to my eyes. I lived in a world of severe body dysmorphia, and that’s something I realized recently.
But a big reason why I think I went down this path? It’s because of the way that the community ultimately is. People preach about “healthy mind, healthy body” and how these people at the forefront of the fitness community are “normal people just like you!”. But they’re not. They really aren’t.
I wondered why this body I wanted so badly wasn’t one I was achieving – after all, the people I followed were normal just like me, so why couldn’t I achieve it, too?
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It’s because they’re not normal people. Their entire lives are focused on fitness because it’s their job. Their entire lives focus on tracking macros, working out all the time, watching their bodies, and working on their bodies. That is their job – and that wasn’t my job. I am not a fitness model. I am not the head of a fitness company. I don’t work out for hours a day, and then eat in conjunction with that. I am a college student, a psychology major and art history minor, who’s involved in organizations and clubs on campus, who wants to be a lawyer, who spends most of their time studying and with friends. And that’s okay.
What ultimately isn’t okay and isn’t healthy is these fitness models acting like they’re just everyday normal people. Because when those everyday normal people try to achieve these bodies and these goals and they don’t, bad things happen.
To act like you’re just “a normal person who works out a lot!” isn’t fair to the regular population. To not explain that this is your work, and your life, isn’t fair. A disclaimer should come on these photos that say “this is my job and this is what I work for”. And I’m not saying that these people are inherently bad – but to act like they are just like everyone else is bad. Because most people don’t have hours to devote to their fitness because it’s a hobby, not a job. But when it is a job, that should be made clear.
Knowing your platform and knowing you’re audience is important. And acting normal is ultimately doing a disservice to this audience because you’re not being real with them. This isn’t to say change your life and not make fitness your job – if it is, it’s okay. Just be real and be honest with your clientele and your audience. That’s what is important. Market yourself as who you are. And maybe then, bad things will stop happening. Expectations will be realistic. And your audience? Your audience will appreciate it.
Spot on, ah love you 💕
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Apparently there are other ways to test wine besides drinking a glass of it after work. Who knew? Here I thought I was doing my part to contribute to the vast pool of wine related research. Well I won’t stop being a citizen scientist especially when it comes to wine research.
Images from The Chemical Testing of Wine and Spirits by John Joseph Griffin published in 1866
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Look I need somewhere that my mother doesn’t lurk to document #thebutt
moma:
Beige Walls And Dirty Couches: A MoMA Curator Critiques Its Very First ShowOur chief curator of painting and sculpture Ann Temkin assesses the museum’s first-ever exhibition for Co.Design. You can now browse MoMA’s exhibition history and related materials at mo.ma/history.
(via Beige Walls And Dirty Couches: A MoMA Curator Critiques Its Very First Show)
A young artist exhibits his work for the first time…
…and a well known art critic is in attendance.
The critic says to the young artist, “would you like my opinion of your work?”
“Yes,” says the artist.
“It’s worthless,” says the critic.
The artist replies, “I know, but tell me anyway.”
things to be wary of in veganville
- freelee & durian rider
- the sith lords of veganism
- don’t watch their videos, go on their instas etc. ignore them.
- peta
- sexists/racist/misogynistic ads
- they euthanize so many animals
- they’re fatphobic
- fat-phobic and body shaming vegans (they exist)
- racist or sexist vegans/vegans who are phobic of anyone in the LGBTQIA
- “cruelty free” makeup that is not really vegan
- lactose free does not mean it’s vegan
- go veggies has it on their cheeses do not be fooled
- sneaky ingredients like carmine, keratin, whey, gelatin, bone char, etc
- grab the is it vegan? app for your phone
- barnivore for checking if your alcohol is vegan
- animal-free has a list of vegan and non vegan ingredients (an app)
- vegans who shame you for not immediately replacing non vegan items
- there’s no shame in still using things you cannot afford to replace
- there aren’t always access to vegan versions of clothes or accessories
- vegans who tell you not to take your medications
- meds are important you need them to function
- free range, cage free, backyard eggs, humane slaughter
- all lies avoid avoid avoid no such thing
- do not eat your hens eggs if you have any chickens they need the nutrients not you
- “animal welfarists”
- the welfare of animals is incredibly important avoid those who support animal welfare for reasons like “humane slaughter” “nice farms” or “zoos care about animal welfare”
- breeders
- adopt don’t shop!
- i know you want that ‘perfect’ animal companion but you can find one in a shelter instead of buying from a breeder
- be wary in restaurants, servers aren’t always nice and will put non-vegan things in your food even if you say you’re vegan and ask for it not to be included (it has happened to me)
- say you are allergic to whatever it is that is in the food restaurants fear lawsuits so they won’t give you something if you say you’re allergic
- ask for vegan options or gluten free menus if you’re gluten free
- circuses, zoo’s, aquariums or anything that uses animals for entertainment
- animals do not belong in cages or tanks and they do not exist to play tricks for you do not support these things
that’s about all I can think of right now
please add to this!
THE SITH LORDS OF VEGANISM IM DYING
they’re broken up now though i have high hopes for freelee uninfluenced - maybe not super high and inclusive but definitely much much better