Unbelievable. What would you do?

I’m in an art theory/studio class and more than once the subject of weight, self harm, and mental illness has come up in very upsetting ways. the pro ana/mia mentality was referred to as as though it was some fun “fetishistic” thing that people like to do, cutting was referred to as “a weird obsession,” (and actually the term “cutter” was used which i really fucking hate-self harm does not define a person. it’s an action. you wouldn’t refer to someone as a hair-comber or a shoe-wearer), the fat acceptance movement was responded to with “accept it? how terrible! it’s a health issue!”—outrageous!—and yet there were also comments implying that it’s “stupid” to fall victim to the must-be-thin mentality. judging others’ bodies was condoned. ignorant comments were thrown about, proclaiming that anyone who’s anorexic “wouldn’t touch anything but vegetables/must need a feeding tube/thinks their skeleton-body is beautiful”…blatant generalizations and stereotypes that are perpetuated by the media. and what’s worse, nearly all of this was either from the mouth of the professor, or if it was from a student(s), the professor either actively agreed or went along with it. i don’t think she has bad intentions, i really don’t. ignorant is more accurate. 

as someone in recovery from an eating disorder most closely resembling anorexia, this was incredibly hurtful, upsetting, infuriating, and overall just difficult to hear. i NEVER judge ANYONE else by their body, never have, never will. it’s not something i’ve ever even felt compelled to do. but i still struggle daily with restricting vs following my meal plan, accepting my own body (bad body image can come at any size, of course), and working to look past the comments i’ve received in the last 8ish months that have made me feel like this unhealthy version of me is the one people prefer. additionally, i’ve been in group therapy all year with incredible, beautiful, caring people who happen to be struggling with other EDs including bulimia and binge eating disorder. some would probably be classified as “overweight.” the point is, you can’t judge someone’s health by their size, no matter WHAT that size is. i wanted to tell them all that they have absolutely no idea what the fuck they’re talking about, or to get up and leave the room, but i didn’t trust myself to speak or even move without crying.

this is a weekly class and I have yet to make it through that class even once this semester without wanting to leave/fighting back tears/feeling like i would completely break down if i even tried to speak out against these comments (or others related to mental hospitals etc).

i don’t feel comfortable talking to the professor, and quite honestly, i don’t know that it would change her mind. however, someone suggested that i write a note and print out some information about the body-acceptance/fat-acceptance movement and leave it anonymously in her mailbox. this strikes me as a wonderful idea. so. my question to you is, what article(s) should i leave for her? what do you feel is important for me to include in the note? i want to make sure it’s effective. i don’t want anyone in her future classes to have this experience. and the sad truth is, chances are i’m not the only one who’s either struggling or cares about someone who’s struggling with these issues, or has in the past.

please respond here, in my ask, or via submitting if you are willing to help. please send ideas, links to articles/information, or anything else you find relevant. 

i’m going for something like this http://imjustsarahcate.tumblr.com/post/17889109660/messed-up-stuff-thin-people-say-dont-you-know-youre

or this http://adiposeactivist.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/what-is-fat-acceptance/

as well as something more statistically based from a more well-known source. but obviously i can’t print out a million pages, and if i did, she’d never read it.

so i’m asking for your help. what should i be sure to include? what do you think would be most effective?

thank you for reading!

wishing you all a beautiful day.

<3 & :)