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Our Bodies, Body Shame Join Lora as she dives deep to uncover thoughts, ideas and feelings surrounding our bodies and ourselves and the body shame we all carry in one form or another, no matter what we look like. We live in a society where it's considered bad to be fat; where saying someone is fat is an insult. But is? Is it an insult only if we mean it as an insult, or is it only an insult if the person takes it as an insult? Is there ever a way to speak about our own body, or the body of others, in a healthful, objective and honest manner? Are "fat" and "unhealthy" synonymous terms, and is there such a thing as Is there such a thing about being "OK fat" vs. "too fat?" What about other body conditions? Hair loss, age, deformities, scarring, height, foot size or the color of our skin? Are we only sensitive to that which ails us, or is one particular condition worse than all the rest? When I say Buddha is fat, bald and old, is that a fact, or an insult? Does it make a difference if you too are are fat, bald