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I stumbled across this while researching old feminist publications. I can't really explain why I liked it so much.

I don't agree with the author's perspective, but it's a point of view I'd never heard before, and she writes beautifully, with wit and humor and pain.

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[–] Wren@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

She does make a pretty good case for weight loss surgery.

Not to say it's a bad thing, but the one person I know who did it and lost a whole lot of weight, she had to get it undone when she couldn't follow the specific diet. She had a year of miserable thinness before gaining it back.

She seems happier now.

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago

yeah, I don't think I will pursue surgery - but I'm much more open to it now than I was before I read that essay, lol

the main reason I wouldn't consider surgery right now is that I have preferable alternatives - counting calories works for me, and I am losing weight just by paying more attention