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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.
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.




God I am so over people and their body-shaming as if bullying others instead of, you know, minding your fucking business is a wonderful and noble thing to do. Get your nose out of someone's diet and exercise, that's between them and their doctor and/or family or friends not a stranger in public or online. Why do people think "I shall take it upon myself to remind this person who lives in their fat body that they, indeed, are fat" rather than finding a fucking hobby or something? Jesus Christ I live in my body every day, I'm aware that I'm a fatass and I don't need teenagers snickering at me at the mall for wearing a size 10-12 as if it's a bad thing to not fit into single-digit sizes!
You're my hero today!