In the article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” written by Mary Ray Worley‚ she points out that obesity is considered negative‚ because society has determined that it is. She supports this idea‚ by reflecting back to her personal experiences of attending the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) convention in San Diego‚ which is a convention to support and love yourself. Worley claimed it was like “another planet‚” because of the “diversity” of sizes. According to Worley
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are obese‚ approximately 78.6 million people (“Adult Obesity Facts”). Mary Ray Worley‚ a writer and member of the NAAFA‚ is one of these 78.6 million; however‚ she has successfully overcome many obstacles society has put in front of her. Through personal experiences in her essay entitled “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance”‚ Worley suggests that it is indeed possible to live a joyful life in spite of obesity. Worley first emphasizes many misconceptions about obesity as well as their effects
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to stay fit have become overwhelming from media and doctors. Mary Ray Worley‚ a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ believes that modern day society is completely intolerant of obesity so much as to say that they "would rather die or cut off a limb than be fat" (492). She has made it a priority to convince Americans to accept obesity which she fights for in her essay‚ Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance. She believes that people should not be ashamed of
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increasingly overwhelming from media‚ society‚ and doctors as obesity climbs toward becoming an epidemic‚ claims Mary Ray Worley. Worley‚ a member of National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ believes that today’s society is now obsessed with being fit/thin to the point of people “would rather die or cut off a limb than be fat” (163). In her article‚ “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” she is on a mission to dispel the belief that society should stigmatize overweight people to coerce
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Mary Ray Worley‚ a member of National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) and the author of “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” advocates that fat people should embrace their curves and learn to love themselves. She expands on her personal experience to express how overweight individuals are stigmatized. The author begins her article by pointing out that our society believes that we should all be thin because we consider body fat offensive and as a sign of lack of self-respect
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Accepting Fat In the article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” author Mary Ray Worley advocates that happiness can be found regardless of weight. Worley claims that it is possible to be happy with one’s body even if it they are overweight. In her article‚ Worley discusses how she attended the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance annual convention. She describes how overweight people at the convention began to feel comfortable with their size. According to Worley‚ the convention
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Savannah Masters Mrs. Williamson W131 23 September‚ 2014 Fat and Happy? Critique In the article “Fat and Happy?”‚ Hillel Schwartz questions why society views fat people as pathetic and unacceptable. He argues that if it were not for “fellow citizens” (179) mocking and scorning them for being fat‚ they would be perfectly content with themselves. As well as stating that many people discriminate toward fat people‚ Schwartz also points out that physicians are giving facts about obesity that are
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A Critique of “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance” By Mary Ray Worley Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚ written by Mary Ray Worley‚ is an article about the way she feels about body fat (492). Mary Worley’s take on fat changed when she went to the convention of the National Association to Advanced Fat Acceptance (492). The author goes on to talk about how fat people should not be ashamed of their bodies and that there are no real medical reasons why they need to lose the weight
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In the article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat;
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Fat and Happy: From Two PerspectivesThe increasing amount of obese individuals leaves society with a number of different viewpoints towards obesity. Obese people attempt to gain acceptance in society but they must first accept themselves. Hillel Schwartz conveys that dieting and trying to lose excess weight is a negative approach towards acceptance in his article Fat and Happy?. Schwartzs uses this to argue that a fat utopia is the perfect society (Schwartz 384). In Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat
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