TW for discussion of eating disorders and body shaming
Since I had this exchange with @krispykrememothnuts I thought I'd look more into this:
And yeah, the fashion industry has an issue with making clothes that fit short men and fat men.
This is something that affects transmascs and cis men.
The fashion industry isn't friendly to any fat person but I think it tends to be more lenient towards short women because it's more acceptable for them to be short.
Meanwhile, men should be tall according to the beauty standard.
We know that eating disorders are extremely common among cis men and transmascs (Cis men: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3. Trans men: Source 1, Source 2. Gay men: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3.)
And it doesn't help that all the representation in fashion that we get are tall dudes with abs that can (usually) only be achieved through dehydration, restricting diets and intensive work-outs. And that it's considered acceptable to make fun of people for their height, weight, hairline, face, as long as it's men.
And as I mentioned in the comment, not being able to find men's clothes that fit me I have to buy women's clothes that make me dysphoric and usually show my bra or binder straps, which immediately clocks me as not-a-man.
It's also important to note that a TERF talking point is that transmascs transition because of eating disorders. While it's possible that gender dysphoria and eating disorders have a link, it's not a cause-effect situation, i's more of a comorbid condition.
Looking into transmasc eating disorders could disprove this TERF theory but alas no one cares enough about transmascs to do a research only about our experience with eating disorders and trans people are usually treated as a homogenous group.
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my calorie intake today 🎀🎀🎀
1/2 cheese quesadilla and salad 250
1 cappuccino 65
tofu, rice and veggies 220
535 calories total
(I’m so proud of myself my max was 600 today)
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Just read a Facebook post from the parent of an autistic child who would only eat a few specific foods in which the gist of it was:
"We couldn't get him to try anything new 😞 We tried sneaking things into his safe foods, force-feeding him, and starving him but nothing worked! Then, we had this amazing idea to try actual parenting and he miraculously started trying new foods!"
And my instant reaction was to go "Wtf is wrong with this person" but the entire comment section was full of "Omg so inspirational 🥹" as if this parent's first option being to starve their child over treating them like a human being was not horrifying and a great example of the dehumanizing of disabled and neurodivergent children
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she'd gotten separated again, turning left when she should have gone right and soon sophie found themself wandering the maze all alone again, mind starting to grow foggy and stomach beginning to hurt. gods, she needed to eat soon.. how long had she even been in this maze by now? a day? but as she moves, debating grabbing the corn right from the stalks, she stumbles into another, about to apologize for the distracted mistake until they see who they had ran into. "you--"
@tragcdysewn for qi rong ( prompt 17 - characters are hit with a sudden strong sense of hunger. though there is corn all around them it would take time to cook. on the other hand there is fresh meat right in front of them in the form of their company in the maze. )
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am i the only one that refuses to go over my absolute daily cal amount, even if my net is much lower than my limit?? like if i ate 900 calories that day, but my net is like 500, i will not go over 1,000 overall, no matter what. even if my net is below 1,000.
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GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS!
I COOKED A THING
I do this kinda frequently and am usually quite good at it, but you need to understand please you must know...
I did not have a recipe for this.
I pulled shit out of my brain (tablespoon butter, quarter cup freshly cut onion, 1 stalk thinly sliced celery, tablespoon flour, half cup parmesan, cup milk, torn up hamburger patty that I didn't want in sandwich form so I bullshat this instead, rice) and I made something that tasted good! It was technically modeled after another recipe, but given that I did not reference it and estimated the measurements, I'm still so proud guys!
This gives me hope for my adulting capacity!
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