Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.
I thought of the analyst Winnicott's observation: 'It is a joy to be hidden but disaster not to be found'.
Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.
Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable.
In general, the Western body has become a global brand.
There is no such thing as a neutral therapist.