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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · 20d

remembering how much of the fitness and wellness space is saturated with anti-fat rhetoric to prey on your insecurities sure makes it hard to engage with them thoughtfully

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Dante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 28d

Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.

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ABCT Eating Disorders and Eating Behaviors SIG @abct-edeb-sig.bsky.social · Aug 26

Upcoming webinar for EDEB sig members on Single Session Interventions for body image and disordered eating! Speakers are @bburnettephd.bsky.social, @hoff-phd.bsky.social, and @ariellesmith.bsky.social. Register here: abctedebsig.wixsite.com/abct-edeb-si...

ONE SESSION, LASTING IMPACT: BRIEF INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVING BODY IMAGE AND REDUCING DISORDERED EATING
September 30 1:30pm ET / 12:30pm CT/ 11:30am PT
This webinar will explore exciting current studies on brief, single-
session interventions designed to improve body image and
reduce disordered eating, highlighting practical strategies you
can apply in your work.
Aubrey Hoffer, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Louisville
Arielle Smith, BA
PhD Student
Northwestern University
Blair Burnette, PhD
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 14

every time a child tells me that they’re insecure about their body because other kids call them “big back” i die a little inside 🫠

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 13

it’s okay to be fat!!! fat people are fucking cool!!! i wouldn’t choose to be thin even if i could!!

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 12

most people don’t have a problem with their weight, they have a problem with the horrible ways they get treated by others because of their weight.

instead of trying to “fix” an individual’s weight, what if we tried to fix some of the rampant anti-fat bias out in the world?

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informed attraction @informedattraction.bsky.social · Aug 10

this week’s episode on the movie adaptation of the whale, a movie no one has ever discussed in the context of fat politics on the internet ever

17. Fat Suits III - The Whale Is A Movie

Informed Attraction · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 10

“food is just fuel” is a popular saying in the fitness world. and sure, food can be fuel, but it can also be so much more.

food can be a way to connect with other people, cultures, and our memories.

you don’t have to moralize foods or punish yourself for enjoying them.

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 9

one of the best things i’ve ever done to improve my body image was stop using a scale.

it was the easiest way to stop the habit of compulsively weighing myself and it took power away from the number.

i hope you can ditch the scale, or resist the urge to weigh yourself today.

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Aug 8

just remember that if diets worked, there wouldn’t be a multi-billion dollar weight loss/diet/wellness industry that continues to grow and exceed profits each year.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 8

Science story about the Executive Order

www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump order aims to politicize decisions on federal science grants

Researchers worried by plan giving political appointees more control over where funding goes

www.science.org

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 31

the problem that keeps fat people out of gyms and fitness spaces isn’t their fatness, it’s the fatphobia within those spaces.

toxic fitness/diet culture is rooted in problematic ideals around health, ability, size, and so much more.

fitness spaces need to be more accessible.

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 30

we act like most diets are invented in labs, but they’re mostly invented in marketing meetings.

it’s important to remember that every mass marketed diet was invented by a normal human being (who wanted to sell you a diet).

the diet industry capitalizes on your insecurities

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 23

and if someone loses weight because they have an eating disorder you shouldnt compliment it. what’s confusing here

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 23

sounds like it offends you

Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 23

you should explain in great detail

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Jul 23

Russ Vought: “We wish to destroy government as you all know it, including medical research and universities, and we will crush Democrats to do it“

Schumer: “Please be our bipartisan partners so we can be maximally bipartisan and pretend things are normal”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 22

Democrats are holding a news conference right now to highlight they want to have a bipartisan appropriations process, but Schumer says "Republicans are making it extremely difficult to do that" by "talking about rescissions, pocket rescissions, and impoundment"

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Aubrey Hoffer, PhD @hoff-phd.bsky.social · Jul 23

anti-fat bias are so engrained into everything around us that it can feel impossible to get away from stigma.

in that context, it makes sense why so many people strive for weight loss - they think it will be the mechanism that allows them to be treated as someone with value.