Fat Shaming is Not an Individual Problem, It's a Cultural One

Fat Shaming is Not an Individual Problem, It's a Cultural One

Recently I read an essay by an extremely lovely average-sized woman in response to being weight-shamed by a stranger on the internet. I'm not calling out this essay or author in particular, as this isn't about her (I think she is pretty great) or even the essay itself.

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Excellent article, and well worth reading.

So if you’re cheering when an average-sized woman rebuffs invasive comments about her body, I ask you to consider whether your response would differ if the author of said response weighed 250 pounds. Or 300 pounds. Or 400 pounds. If there is a size at which you would stop cheering, ask yourself why. Find the line you’d draw where you would no longer vocally support a woman fighting fat shaming, and then erase it.