“The dopey, smiling, joyful jock taking innocent pleasure in moving — this trait I was so afraid to reveal — is quietly revolutionary and an asset in the grand fight against bigotry? I’m thrilled to hear it,” writes maggielange
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Incredible how a short interaction with a stranger can teem with so much loaded baggage! “I look at the structures of conversations a lot,” explains Dr. Kaitlin Cannava, a social scientist who studies interpersonal and health communication at San Jose State University. She sees a few pitfalls in talking about exercise.
And for every person who projects your superiority, there’s someone who suggests your inferiority. “It’s something about the topic of exercise that people get really sloppy with their boundaries,” says Anna Toonk, co-founder of online wellness emporium the SoulUnity. “My weight fluctuates a lot. I’ve spent time in smaller bodies and in larger bodies, and it’s amazing that when you bring up exercise, it turns people into real assholes,” she says.
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