The Toxic World of Tess Holliday and Fat Activism | Politics, Lies... and Health?

Tess Holliday has inspired millions of women with her ’Body Positive’ message. Unfortunately, that isn’t the only message she’s spreading. In this video we’ll discuss how Tess Holliday became the gateway to Health At Every Size - and how this toxic culture of lies, politics and cherry-picked data is affecting the health and happiness of those who join. I started off thinking that Health at Every Size (HAES) was a Health Movement - and left thinking it was entirely political. Mostly due to Lindo Bacon, the author of the Health at Every Size book, who is incredibly problematic.