Get ready…this dietitian is a (proud) feminist. We need to explode the idea of “health” having cultural capital. Let me elaborate.
In my work I know acutely that challenging feelings about one’s body are not the exclusive experience of any gender identity. And yet, impossible societal standards for women’s bodies are especially suffocating.
Explicitly and implicitly, our culture teaches women that beauty is our commodity. In the 21st century “health” has become a code word for beauty and both are defined by thinness. Beauty sounds superficial; “health” does not.
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