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Are eating disorders the Lavender Menace of the fat acceptance movement?

Article by Lily Rygh Glen, Illustrated by Mia Nolting, appeared in issue Lost & Found; published in 2008; filed under Social commentary; tagged body image, eating disorders, fat acceptance, fat phobia.

BeckyAll names have been changed. has been active in the fat acceptance movement for a good half-dozen years. She attends and organizes awareness-raising events, takes part in her local fat social scene, and fights to end discrimination against fat people with a powerful combination of weary sadness and righteous anger. She wears her weight like well-adorned armor, betraying no sense of regret or shame in her 480-pound body.

Becky also has an eating disorder.

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