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A thin co worker of mine struggling with an eating disorder scoffed at me, a plus sized person, when I told him I have trouble eating enough as well. I admitted this to him in an attempt to reach out, relate, be kind and offer a safe space for him. Yet that's the reaction I received because I'm fat.
I'm so done with fatphobic stereotypes.
Hey everyone! I have a big favor to ask.
I need you to report someone.
One of my posts about the toxicity of fatphobia stereotypes was recently reblogged by a user called @/lagoonadelrey. In the post I was expressing the difficulty of others not taking disordered eating habits seriously unless you're skinny. Her response was "cuz u eat plenty and it shows w ur fat."
Upon a closer inspection, her ENTIRE PAGE is DEDICATED to the demeaning of fat people. Even admitted that in one of her reblogs. Her response to my post was tame in comparison to others. People sharing their insecurities online and her replying things like "yes because you're a fat bitch and no one will love you."
As both punks and Christians in this community (sometimes bothđ)... I'm sure I don't have to tell any of you that it's our responsibility to put an end to hate speech.
If we can get enough people to report her, we can stop the possibility of an already insecure person's mental health being further crushed by the hateful, unintelligent, cruel babble of an uneducated and indoctrinated individual. Here's a link to her page:
Reblog the hell out of this!
Let's end fatphobia!
@fatphobiabusters @thisisthinprivilige @oncealoseralwaysaloser @safety-pin-punk @when-you-cant-think-of-anything @purplebehittindifferent @prunpplee @funnyartthingz
Can we take a moment to address the fact that fat people aren't allowed to have a type or taste unless it's other fat people?
If a person with an "acceptable" body type (thin, midsized or muscular) is typically most attracted to another one of these "acceptable" varieties of body that isn't their own... for example a thin person having a type for muscular people... it's normal.
It's just a preference, right?
If anyone with one of those "acceptable" body types listed above is attracted to fat people, it can either be seen as odd or cute. Toxic attitudes towards it range from:
"Aw, I love that you look for personality!" to "Seriously? Look at you! You could do so much better, don't settle for less!" to "Good for you, giving them a chance anyway!"
Even if some of that sounds positive, it's all horribly fatphobic. Not healthy. Not equal. Yet, for the most part, being attracted to fat people when you aren't fat yourself isn't seen as a huge issue or really discussed at all. People might just tell you that you're selling yourself short or have bad taste.
BUT.
If you're fat, all those rules change.
Into muscular builds? Skinny bodies? Midsized frames?
"That's not fair, how do you expect him to stay in shape and be sexy for you when you don't even try to take care of yourself? You would swallow him. He deserves someone who keeps themselves as trim as he is. You should be with someone more your size."
Just because I'm fat, that doesn't mean I suddenly lose all capacity for taste as to what I'd prefer my partner to look like. I'm not less worthy of having a partner I'm attracted to. I don't deserve less say or lose rights to my opinions because of my body type.
I'm attracted to skinny men. That's my type.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't go out with a fat guy or a muscular guy or a midsized guy. Doesn't mean I think fat guys are ugly or muscular men are gross. I'm generally not particularly inclined to other builds rather than thin ones, but if he was sweet to me and checked all my boxes, I would totally go out with him! Without hesitation! Despite his body type.
No one is ugly for their appearance. "Ugly" is something inside you. I don't think that shallow. Fatphobes? They're who's truly ugly.
And racists, sexists, punkphobes, etc.
But still... generally... I have a preference.
It was okay for you.
Why not for me?
draw more fat people
all kinds of fat people
just do it ok
All I want from a modern Sherlock Holmes adaptation (and it can be a period setting) is a Mycroft as brilliant - as smarter than his brother secretly runs England bloody genius as he is in the books, AND as fat! Those are Mycroftâs defining characteristics. He is the smartest man alive, and also one of the fattest. He defies the expectation which was rampant even in the 1890s that fat people are stupid or immoral or should be ignored, and that is his greatest strength!
And ever since skinny old Christopher Lee played him back in the 80s or whenever, other filmmakers and tv shows have used that as precedent and backed off on a fat Mycroft. I even watched an interview with the people who made the BBC Sherlock, and they had the fucking audacity to say they loved the Lee Mycroft because he was âso brilliant and interesting and smartâ you dickweeds EVERY Mycroft bearing even the merest resemblance to the novel character is brilliant and interesting and smart, you fuckers just couldnât see it when a fat man played the role!
So while I do love Elementary (Iâve only watched like two seasons because I moved and didnât have access to cable, and then rediscovered it on Hulu) I really wish they had cast a fat Mycroft, because then it would be perfect. But no, they have a Mycroft who used to be very fat, then got cancer and lost a ton of weight while undergoing chemo. Yet, magically, looks like a man who was never fat because oh hey, the actor has never been fat.