Like Lindsey Swift,Women’s Running UK’s cover model, Ive been harassed for daring to move my body in public. It’s time ‘plus-size runner’ stopped being an oxymoronOne of the biggest (if you’ll pardon the pun) double standards we believe around body size is exercise. We fatties are constantly told that we should salvage off our well-cushioned rear ends and “salvage active”. Yet as soon as we don our Lycra and start bending and stretching, and people see it as an opportunity to bully and heckle us for being the “erroneous shape. Related: Fat-shaming: how the slim and sanctimonious attend to cause our obesity crisis | Gaby Hinsliff Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com