Ragen Chastain (she/her)

My workshop on the new GLP-1 weight loss drugs is this Wednesday. Pay-what-you-can option and video provided to all registrants! Details and registration: danceswithfat.org/monthly-online…

@EDCareDenver @EDCIOWA It was so great to meet you!!!!!

Honored to support the @EDCIOWA and their #EDAW conference featuring the incredible Ragen Chastain (@danceswithfat). This event advanced the dialogue on eliminating weight stigma in healthcare and promoting inclusive, weight-neutral approaches to eating disorder treatment.

@joules54228823 Had to Google it but I'm on it. I'm going through their again on the way home!

@danceswithfat Say hi to Blucifer for me!

Hanging at the Denver airport where people are perpetually sitting on the floor and blocking the narrow main aisles because why have seating and room for passengers to get to their gates when you can put a row of overpriced shops and restaurants through the middle of the airport?

@NJJSaunders Thanks so much for sharing this!

This is another great piece, Ragen @danceswithfat - thank you. Bonus: lots of the examples are relevant not just to patient settings - could work in lots of places inc gyms etc open.substack.com/pub/weightandh…

Idea: a "no sew" season of Drag Race with a cast of queens who went home because they can't sew.

@NJJSaunders Thank you for catching the reference (and for the kind words about the newsletter!)

Thanks @danceswithfat for the Dodgeball reference in your brilliant newsletter today about issues with terminology and statistics in weight science!

Tomorrow: Tips, tricks, and strategies to help you deal with diet culture and fatphobia (family, friends, work parties, all those f*cking diet ads etc.) this holiday season. Pay what you can option and video of the talk and Q&A provided to all registrants. danceswithfat.org/monthly-online…

A very merry Absolutely Bonkers Perfume Ad season to all!

Call to Action! Improve Protections for Fat Disabled People! For more info visit FLARE’s info page at bit.ly/FLAREDetails504 for more details and for tips on writing your comment. @flareforjustice - FLARE is a project of Solovay Law #naafa #fatactivism #fatvisibility

The argument Pfizer is trying (that many people won't pay the full price) is beyond disingenuous - as if it won't be reflected in increases in insurance premiums, deductibles, co-insurance, & any other ways that the for-profit health insurance industry can think of to gouge us.

They are doubling the price of a life-saving medication. It's a reminder that a for-profit healthcare system will reliably deliver money and health to the rich by sacrificing the health of everyone else (with the most marginalized suffering the most). yahoo.com/lifestyle/pfiz…

Me: Talks about fat oppression Someone: There has to be a happy medium though Me: Nope. There is no happy medium between oppressing someone & not oppressing them. The only people that makes "happy" are those who want to oppress fat people & those who benefit from fat oppression.

I got to be a guest on the Pharmanipulation podcast to talk about Novo Nordisk's nonsense! @Pharmed_Out and Dr. Joel Lexchin do such important work and it was an honor to be part of this!

So...if/when donald loses, can he now claim ineffective assistance of counsel because because his attorney failed to ask for a jury trial?

As the new round of COVID-19 vaccines rolls out, here are printable cards and scripting to help higher-weight people request the correct length needle (though, of course, it shouldn't be necessary since the vaccine providers should be on top of this.) weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/how-to-get-t…

This month I get to teach one of my favorite workshops with the absolutely brilliant @FitFlexFluid Navigating Weight Stigma at the Doctor's Office Video of the talk and Q&A will be provided to every registrant pay-what-you-can-afford option available danceswithfat.org/monthly-online…

The idea of "relapsing remitting ob*sity" is simply the weight loss industry's (harmful!) marketing solution to the actual problem of their utterly failed interventions/paradigm. We're talking about it today on Weight and Healthcare: weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/reader-quest…

@fattyMPH I don't know if it's helpful, but I have some resources for fighting these denials here (though, obviously, it shouldn't be necessary) It includes some weight-neutral research weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/resources-to…

"Meetings did not include experts in aerosol transmission, ventilation, occupational health and worker protections, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or representatives of healthcare workers." forbes.com/sites/judyston…