#superfat

[feedists4fat-lib]

💛Happy Fat Liberation Month from FFL!💛

All this month we will be sharing fun facts and information specifically about Fat Liberation, its history, as well as information on how to combat Anti-Fat Bias and its origins. We'll touch on the Medical Industrial Complex, the intersection of LGBTQIA2S+ identities and fatness, and the Anti-Black Origins of fatphobia. And of course, it wouldn't be FFL without some food recommendations -- this time from Black Owned Businesses!

Now we dive into the topic of the intersection of fatness and the LGBTQIA2S+ community. Today, we learn about the origin of the term "superfat" and its queer activism origins. Is this a term that you identify with? You can thank NOLOSE!

[neuroticboyfriend]

according to the medical industry, i'm morbidly obese, also known as class III obesity - the second highest stage of obesity, apparently. meanwhile, in terms of the Fat Spectrum (which is based on literal body size relative to accessibility/ableism), i'm only in the cusp between small and mid fat. above me, there are those firmly in mid fat, and then there's large fat and infinifat/super fat; there's also death fat, which is for anyone who wants to reclaim the categorization of morbidity.

i point this out because the medical industry, and society at large, has such a skewed and dehumanizing view of fat bodies. even the smallest of us are too much, and that sense of existing in wrongness and excess only gets worse the more fat you are. and i feel like straight size people have this idea that body fat is an accessory - that it can be taken on and off at will, and that fat people are simply choosing to have too much - that we're greedy and gluttonous because of it.

but in reality, body fat is a part of the human body. it comes in varying amounts in everyone, and that amount changes throughout our lives, throughout health and ability. and being part of the human body, our fat is us. by asking us to lose weight, become smaller, more palatable, you are asking us to change who we are. to literally take on a new face, because our face - the very thing most attach to our identity as a unique sign of us - is too much. can you imagine how heartbreaking that might be?

this idea of excess is similar for those who use mobility aids, and all of this a reminder that fatphobia is ableism - neither of which are ever okay or good or helpful or righteous. health and size are not indicators of morality and worth, and they certainly don't decide whether we deserve autonomy, healthcare, or access to life.

[peterb-rundekunst]

The sixth picture in the series. She now weighs twice as much as when she began her deliberate growth. She is no longer very mobile, but enjoys her incredible fullness and fatness all the more. Her partner finds her fat arms very erotic.

[bigbigbellydyke]

Having an “oh crap I’ve gone and gotten huge” moment

[imakefatgifs]

[chubote]

Honestly, it annoys me when I see blogs styled along the lines of “My icky horrible disgusting shame hole” or etc…and it’s literally just them liking fat people or wanting to be fat.

Let’s maybe unpack that a bit, yeah?

[fatncheesey]

So it was funny until it wasn't.

Don't suppose anyone can help me get a new bed? 🥲

[hatchedbirb]

“Fits comfortably, whatever your size.”

Sure, unless you’re over size 40.

[lilcowzia]

need to make a documentary when im 600+lbs abt how rad life is and how happy i am tbh

[fatmasc]

I have a similar body type to you and I’ve recently been told I shouldn’t call myself fat because my body type is “socially acceptable” and since I don’t face systematic fat phobia (airline seats not being big enough, lack of available clothing in mainstream stores) it’s a misuse of the term. I haven’t responded yet because I’m still gathering my thoughts …. If you don’t mind me asking, how would you respond to something like that?

I know this is incredibly late and i apologize for that, but my thoughts on that are....disorganized.

There are fat ppl who have it easier than others. You can be fat and still navigate the world w more access than someone fatter than u. Ppl have told me here imnot even fat when its been smth ppl have noti ed first ab me my whole life. So like....if i were to guess i would say that person was taking something out on you or possibly misinformed. Im not sure

Basically we are one fat community and we have to acknowledge our privileges if we are less fat than others (as well as intersecting factors) and to play the game of "youre not fat enough" gets us nowhere

[froggierboy]

i love brendan frasier as an actor but it really fucking sucks that he got back into acting to wear a fatsuit and portray a parody of fat people, and just extra shit on top that he's being awarded for it

[bigbigbellydyke]

I have been just eating and eating..: ooof this belly is so full… but I stilll could eat one more thing before sleep…

[starlit-mansion]

the philosophers talking/caretaker with a toddler meme about talking about being fat with other fat people versus talking about being fat in front of thin people

[weather-phenomenon]

asldkffj tw ed and body weight mention but during the real peak of my ed ofc i envied irl super skinny ppl i saw and then i read this thing abt how some skinny ppl are terminally ill and hate how they look etc and it changed my mind and any time i had envious thoughts i berated myself lolz

[chubote]

Fun Fact: I can’t reach under my belly to button/zip my pants. So I either have to:

1. Button them first and then pull them up, but then I struggle to get them over my huge ass

2. Pull them up high and then struggle to button them over my belly, then push them down under my overhang

[dear-indies]

anyways since the trailer for the whale is out if i see gif packs / gif sets i'm blocking fuck that fatphobic piece of shite idk how to explain to you that you should care about larger fat/superfat people i don't care if it's your favourite actors it's larger fat/superfat people that will be affected by this shut up