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RagenChastain
@ragenchastain.bsky.social
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Speaker, writer, researcher at the intersections of weight science, weight stigma, and healthcare. MEd, BCPA
Writing: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/
Speaking: https://www.sizedforsuccess.com/
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Workshop tomorrow with Dr. Lisa Erlanger. It feels like the right time to talk about weight neutral options for managing blood pressure. All registrants get a recording and there is a pay-what-you-can option so money isn't a barrier.
Register: danceswithfat.org/monthly-onli...
Image Description Blue Background Weight-Neutral Blood Pressure Management Lisa Erlanger, MD Picture of a higher-weight white woman with long curly and salt and pepper hair smiling with red glasses and a purple shirt Ragen Chastain , MEd Picture of a fat white woman with short curly brown hair smiling in pink glasses in a salmon tank top with a black overshirt video of talk and Q&A provided to all registrants pay-what-you-can-afford option available Blame-free, shame-free, non-diet options bit.ly/dwfMonthlyWorkshop
February 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Activism works. One DOGGIE down.
Katherine Long @klong.bsky.social I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a "eugenic immigration policy," and wrote, "You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity." He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st... DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts A staffer for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S....
February 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Part 3 of the series Dr. Zed Zha and I are writing about myths and truths around weight and inflammation is out!

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Blue background Cartoon of a fat brunette woman in a lab coat Text Weigh and inflammation Part 3 Read more about it at WeightandHealthcare.com @RagenChastain
January 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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We shouldn't need strategies to deal with weight stigma - we should have access to healthcare without it. Still, In a healthcare system rife with weight stigma, here are three things you can do.

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January 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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This year's outdoor display. Bonus points if you know why there's a lobster.
Picture taken in front of a green house with shrubbery in the backgroun. From left to right, a red lobster inflatable with a green santa hat holding a candy cane, a brown Scottish cow with a red santa hat holding a present. an 8 foot blue and yellow dinosaur with a red santa had with a holiday tree in his mouth, a penguin with a blue and white santa hat and scarf and a candy cane, a pig with a red and green santa hat.
December 1, 2024 at 3:56 AM
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When I got my Masters, instead of traveling to graduation I did a Best Friend trip that included a photo session with @lindley.bsky.social (bodyliberationphotos.com) for grad/head/BFF shots. It was my second shoot with her and she is truly spectacular to work with! Here are a few of my favorites!
A fat, white woman with chin length curly hair and pink and grey glasses and a thin white bald man with grey glasses wearing matching grey t-shirts are laughing at a kitchen counter with a refrigerator, stove, and shelves behind them. A fat, white woman with chin length curly hair and pink and grey glasses smiles in an open black button down with a pink lace trim cami underneath. She is seated at a glass table with one arm resting on the table. There is a black geometric shelf behind her with a gold figurine, her reflection can be seen on the table. A fat, white woman with chin length curly hair and pink and grey glasses in a graduation robe with a gold honor cord and blue and gold master's hood and black shoes throws her cap into the rays of the sunh A fat, white woman with chin length curly hair and pink and grey glasses wearing a graduation robe and a thin white bald man with grey glasses and an a black t-shirt holding an instruction sheet confusedly try to figure out how to put on a master's hood.
November 21, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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I believe that we should do away with routine clinical weigh-ins. But for now there are ways to reduce harm, especially making it clear to patients that this weigh-in is optional.
If you want to dig deeper, I have a full piece about this today at weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
If a weigh-in is not medically necessary, it should be made clear to the patient that it is optional. Even if the provider/practice/facility’s compensation is negatively impacted if they do not acquire patient weights for routine clinical visits, that still does not negate the patients’ right of informed refusal and should never be communicated to the patient as “your insurance requires you to weigh-in.” Read more about it at: WeightAndHealthcare.com @RagenChastain
November 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
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Memes like this can reduce people's safety & civil rights into an abstraction of "opinions" (or "politics") to dismiss/ignore the very real harm that is being & can be caused. It allows those doing harm to avoid consequences, while still enjoying the comfort & support of all of their friendships
A picture of two people toasting with beer and the text Here's to all the people with different opinions and we're still friends cause we're all adults Peace. Love. Happiness. The word "NOPE" in large, red font is across the meme
November 13, 2024 at 1:57 AM