In the subsequent analysis, perceived legitimacy of weight stigma was the most important predictor of internalized stigma Meadows explains, let me read that again. In the subsequent analysis, analysis, perceived legitimacy of weight stigma was the most important predictor of internalized stigma for your green with people, you're going to have that internalized stigma, as we know that internalized stigma is harmful A F. Quote, I think it's easy to understand conceptually, this is from Angela, if you think of it as a kind of continuum, even though it's not fully linear with internalizes at one end and resistors at the other. The point here is that legitimacy beliefs were the best predictor of whether people to attend to tend to be internalizes are resistors, internalizes had higher perceived legitimacy, beliefs, although still not high, whereas resistors were way down at the bottom of the measurement scale. Investment in the fat group also predicted resistance, but people were able to reach resist a status even if they didn't invest in the fat group. Meadow says to me, this is the most exciting and empowering ultimate peace. group identity is usually considered the major determinant of activism slash resistance, that resistors existed who weren't identified within the group was super interesting. You could call it you could use an ally ship angle. Everyone needs to fight stigma, whatever their own body looks like, or their relationship with it. It's a place we can start, even if we haven't quite quite got a full acceptance yet. Yes, as is the case with many of us who have discovered fat exceptions acceptance slash liberation movements, we get it in principle, but it's hard to overcome all that brainwashing. But we can still fight stigma because stigma is back that group investment brings benefits on its own in group identity is associated with improved well being across marginalized groups. So that's really cool. So like, like, this is like saying, like, there's a scale, there was like a scale like a continuum of the resistors. And the internalizes and to be a resistor to get those benefits of, of not internalizing anti fatness, you didn't necessarily have to be, you know, like a fat activist or have a load of fat friends or, you know, be in Facebook groups with fat people. You could just be like, I think that stuff is bullshit, and I don't believe it, which is really, really exciting and encouraging. Because if you're listening to this podcast, you're probably there or close to being there, or have been there and paths there for a long time, which can help us breathe a sigh of relief that we are doing such incredible work to resist anti fatness, how cool is that? How cool is that? And it's interesting, right? Like, I see this of, you know, the people who are really struggling, struggling is like, they just they don't want to identify as fat. Because what they're identifying as in their mind is, you know, ugly and lazy and unhealthy and horrible and all those negative things. Right. And so that, that that group permeability, that like Angela Meadows was saying that people traditionally want to get out of the group, the stigmatized group if they can, and it's been seen that fatness is a stigmatized group that you can get out of. And so if you have that belief, and you're trying to get out of that belief, or out of that group, the fat group, then that's not helpful to that's not helpful in regards to seeing the negative effects of weight stigma. And so the first step being, okay, I've realized that I can't get out of the group. And so it's kind of like, acceptance. And then the next step being, these are my people. This is who I am. And it's fine. And maybe the next step is kind of like it here. Fat people rock. If you want help to get with, you know, why would you like it here type of thing. I have an Instagram post that came out this week. 28 benefits of being fat. It was also a podcast episode. Maybe 50 episodes ago? Oh, my goodness. My goodness. Let's see how long ago it was. Episode 128. What are we on? 70? Something? Yeah, so not a bad guess. Yeah. So 28 benefits of being fat, right? Like, so things like better cancel sub cancer survival rates, reduced mortality. So fat people tend to live longer than straight size people bouyancy being able to recover quicker from COVID, visually interesting, bigot filter, etc. And also, you know, what, I think the you know, the accepted acceptance of the group fat is not saying it's not hard to be in this group, sometimes. A lot of the times daily, maybe, but it's not the group's the fact that the group exists. That's the problem. It's what's happening around us to tell us that this group is bad. I think that's a big difference. Okay, so, so if you're struggling with this, ask yourself what beliefs do you have about fatness with you? So You, those those things to think about is, if I had a crystal ball in the future, I could see that you have a bigger body than you have now. Or maybe even if that's too much that your current body if you desire to be smaller, and then ask yourself, how desirable would I be? Ask yourself, What is my health status? It's interesting, because you know, some people will be like, Oh, no, no, my health is my health would be fine. My health would be the same as it is. Now. Some people would be like, I have type two diabetes. And I'm like, Oh, do you see? Okay, so it tells me that you need to unlearn the bullshit, you've learned about type two diabetes, you need to learn that, that it's a genetic condition that you can't eat your way to it, let alone a lot of times, it's conditions that run in the family. So desirability, some people like I have, I actually have a really cool husband or I know my husband wouldn't like it. Dump him. Or, you know, I just know I would be an attractive and it's like, Uh huh. Who says so? Do you need to be attractive? Eating? Like, what would your eating look like? Sometimes people are like, Oh, I'd be I'd have an eating disorder. If I if I had a bigger body. It's because I have an eating disorder. Okay, so we need to need to unlearn stuff about that. I people would say I'd be lazy, I would never work out. Okay, so we need to learn about how fat people can choose to work out if they want to learn about mobility and ableism and health ism and that type of stuff, not mobility, mobility isn't next point, it's just in my brain. So when you think about laziness, also colonization, white supremacy, because laziness is is attached to that have mean health and desirability, and all of that is all attached to white supremacy, right? But laziness, particularly I think about colonization and white supremacy with that mobility. So will you say, you know, I will, I will be I will become disabled. Okay. So again, we should have her ableism. And we'll have a look at you know, can? What is the reality of living in a bigger body? Happiness? Would you be happy? Would you be sad? Would you be isolated? Would you have family? Would you not have family like your choice? Like, would you be able to achieve the goals that you want in life? So asking those questions, is going to be helpful in helping you guide you to where you need to go next. And get curious because sometimes it's hard to know, you know, like, I don't quite feel there, but I don't know why I can't just shake the idea that I am unattractive, because I'm fat. Or I'm also what Well, who do you have on your life that supports anti fatness and supports fat joy? Okay. Because that's the, you know, people having these stigmatizing experiences. Often I talked to people and I say, I ask them this question. My mum, she almost Oh, so often. It's so often people say, my mum, she makes comments. She doesn't say him about me. She says him about herself. You know, she says that she's lost way or she says she needs to go on a diet or she says she's too fat. And you know, it's only a little comment. So I don't say anything. And I think how many 1000s of only little comments have you heard during your life? Is that supporting you? In your difficult journey? This