{"id":7626,"date":"2009-05-06T09:51:42","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2009-05-06T09:51:42","modified_gmt":"2009-05-06T17:11:30","slug":"today-is-international-no-diet-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=7626","title":{"rendered":"Today Is International No Diet Day. Also, buy Kate and Marianne's book."},"content":{"rendered":"

I think INDD has the best origin story of any holiday. From Wikipedia<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The concept of INDD originated at 1992, when British Feminist Mary Evans Young decided to fight the diet industry and to raise awareness of the dangers in anorexia and other eating disorders. In order to do that, Evans Young addressed the local media saying “Fat Woman Bites Back”. When she was interviewed on television, she “reminded” the audience to celebrate the International No Diet Day on May 6. This specific date had no specific reason other than its proximity to the television interview.<\/p>\n

Followed that interview, feminist groups around UK celebrated the INDD, and as the years went by, groups in other countries around the globe started to celebrate this day, especially in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and Israel.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So whatever you do today, don’t diet<\/a>. And maybe go enjoy a Chinese buffet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or celebrate the day by purchasing a copy of Kate Harding<\/a> and Marianne Kirby<\/a>‘s new book, Lessons From The Fat-O-Sphere: Quit Dieting And Declare A Truce With Your Body<\/em><\/a> (currently the #1 bestseller at Powell’s<\/a>). Kate’s been asking people to plug it for INDD, and I don’t have any hesitation about plugging it unread, because both those writers’ blogs kick ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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