#fatphobia tw

[compassionatereminders]

Hey did y'all ever think about that if doctors blame all fat people's medical issues on them being too fat without proper investigation and then feel justified in neglecting their medical concerns, then statistically more fat people WILL develop and potentially die from serious health issues and it might not actually be because of the fat when everything comes down to it

[pbjpuppy]

It drives me fucking insane how even when people say “hey don’t be fatphobic and don’t hide behind ‘health concerns’ to do so. Fat isn’t inherently unhealthy” people line up out the goddamn door to go “yeah!! There’s a difference between being fat and being obese!” Fuck off !!!! First of all I’ve been considered “morbidly obese” (god what a dehumanizing term) for nearly my whole life despite living a healthy lifestyle, but even if I hadn’t, even if I were completely immobilized and disabled due to my fatness, even if it were “my fault” according to those arguments — I’d still be deserving of respect

[linafication]

fatphobia is fuckin wild man people will come up to you like “hey. I think you are Ugly and Not attractive. just wanted to make sure you knew so you could get to fixing that maybe?” & when you’re like no wtf leave me alone they’re like “ok CLEARLY you don’t care about your HEALTH and will die of FAT DISEASE by 25 🙄”

[uncanny-tranny]

I guess what gets me about fatphobia is seeing someone literally recovering from addiction and gaining weight being framed as a bad thing because a substance use problem that is eating you from the inside out is preferable so long as you are twenty pounds lighter.

It has never been about people's health.

[klapollo]

truly i think part of why fatphobia is so tempting to a lot of not fat people no matter how 'progressive' they are is simply because it gives one a way to feel better. when society tells you you're inherently more virtuous because you're slim, you perceive any social gains (with or without regards to body image/beauty/etc) made by the "ugly" people as a slight on you, an attack on your heightened position. it's (part of) why some skinny women get so completely bent out of shape seeing someone like lizzo be widely loved and praised. that's not allowed! she's fat! I'M supposed to be better! a lot of these people are utterly miserable and self hating and they hate having their one little trophy taken away so they hold it over their head and hit people with it

[verdantmeadows]

So, apparently, there is a new Carrie movie in the works, and they plan to cast a skinny person as Carrie White, who is a fat protagonist in the book, that they made skinny in its popular adaptation. I can understand that it's a dated movie, but standards should be higher, and fat characters need to stop being made into skinny characters. The story is not the same with Carrie White being skinny. She is a fat character, and her being fat is important. I am extremely disappointed. Let fat characters exist and let them be played by fat people. Stop taking their fatness out of their stories and out of their appearance. I sincerely hope that this turns out not to be true and that an actual fat person is cast as the character and that Carrie's fatness is reintroduced to the story.

[patchw0rk-quilt]

inspired by an honest to god annoying orange video

[anti-ao3]

it rlly saddens me to see that fatphobic jokes are so prevalent in children's media. i can't imagine how fat kids must feel being the target of movies and cartoons they're supposed to enjoy.

[maskt]

every time someone around me makes a joke about "big back behavior" i genuinely get so mad i see red. it does nothing but shame people and their bodies. just stfu be a decent person PLEASE!!!!! get on tumblr and look at how furries lovingly draw and paint and render fat bodies. how can people fall into the mindset that fatness is something to fear.

[xensilverquill]

Does anyone else get a little sad looking at before/after photos of people losing weight on social media?

Like, not sad in the sense of "oh I wish I could lose weight like them." More like... They look content and warm and sweet in the before photo, and then just look so pinched and tired in the after photo. (For an example, I can't tell you how many subreddits I've muted in my feed after seeing a plus-weight brown-haired woman showing the world how she turned herself into yet another thin bleach-blonde model in a black dress who is Conventionally Attractive Now, I guess.)

I know everyone's journey with their own body image and health is a personal one and there is only so much before/after photos will tell you at a glance. But I have to wonder was that descision to change their bodies something they wanted for themselves -- or something that society bullied them into?

Is their relationship with eating complicated and disordered now? Who in their lives/social media feeds made them feel like they had to do this? Did they exercise and bleach and starve themselves to death just to get a body type and appearance people deem worthy of basic human decency? Did they not realize they were just as worthy of being treated with love and kindness before doing all this?

I see these photos and know society expects us to be happy for them, but all I can feel is worry.

[compassionatereminders]

According to BMI I'm overweight and this is me, so like, question BMI! (Not that being fat is a bad thing)

[pbjpuppy]

Like I’m getting so tired of feeling like I need an excuse to exist in the world like I am. My heart hurts so much when I see So many people mentioning their own fatness starting off with “I have a thyroid condition—“ “I’m on antidepressants—“ “I’m disabled—“; trying to have an “excuse” for their fatness to shield themselves from the inevitable moralization of their body. But even then it becomes pity instead of hatred; poor you, you’re stuck being fat :( I guess that’s okay :(

You don’t need an “excuse” to be fat because being fat isn’t something that needs to be excused. You don’t need the approval of thin people to be allowed to exist. You are allowed to be fat, to be fat and love your body, for any reason. You can be fat and love food — you can be fat because you love food. You can be fat and not want to be thin. You can be fat and not want to exercise. You can be fat and want to get fatter! None of these things are wrong!

I’m so sick of being fat in a world that refuses to hear this. I am fat, I like being fat, and I will continue to be fat, Fuck You!!!

[solojihyo]

anyways that minghao interview with him saying fatphobic shit is just. very upsetting. and while i'm aware that we don't know everything about our favs, and i'm not entirely surprised he has that type of mindset, i really did think that minghao knew better than to say shit like that in an interview of all places. it's so sad to see how rampant fatphobia is in the kpop industry to the point where you see idols being blatantly fatphobic so often you're practically desensitized to it. and minghao has been an idol for years - you really can't defend him by saying his comments are a "cultural" thing when he has an international audience. i just really hope i don't see carats defending his comments. that would be a shitty thing to do.

[uncanny-tranny]

Fat people deserve mobility aids, too. No matter if it's connected to their fatness or not, because having a mobility issue that is connected to one's fatness won't change that they're still fat and still have the issue at hand. Fat people don't deserve to "tough it out" because fatness should be this divine punishment doled out to those who "deserve" it. Fat disabled people deserve to have the peace of mind that they can exist in whatever way is most comfortable and accessible to them

[anendtopursuit]

it's still so funny to me that some saw fans r absolutely fine w sexualising the reverse bear trap or the shotgun collar or whatever the fuck else but lose their shit if you dare be a little horny over hoffman's stomach. like babygirl do you know where you are do you need help

[aardvaark]

"mixed weight romance" can we let women have bodies