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So, I, like, really want to talk about this. because, FUCK YEAH! i mean, THANK YOU. i think this particular image is kinda kitchy and hilarious, but the overall thought is something i dig.
I’m really sick of living in a world, in a gender, where it is better to be politically void, unmotivated, and unsensible than it is to be fat. like being overweight is THE WORST thing that could happen to some girls i know. THE WORST. and when you go for that second portion, “oh, i’m such a fatass” is always exclaimed, like it’s bad. “oh, i’m such an unscrupulous money-grubber.” “oh, there’s starving kids somewhere in the world, i’m wasting resources” no, it’s “my body is not what society has told me is beautiful, and it makes me want to be mean.”
LISTEN: BEING FAT IS NOT SOMETHING TO FEEL BADLY ABOUT OR MAKE FUN OF. put your health first, but your body is the way your body is, and do not let anyone make you feel badly about that.
this bothers me so deeply. it makes me belligerently angry. it’s selfish, and cheap, and shallow. as far as feminism has come, i hope the elimination of ‘fat talk’ and the broadening of the concept of beautiful is next.
end fat manifesto, part 1.
