It’s intriguing how individuals with fatphobic attitudes seem to fixate on simplistic solutions like “people shouldn’t be fat” or “fat people should lose weight.” They overlook the complexities of issues like fitting into airplane seats, finding clothes, or receiving serious medical attention, reducing everything to weight loss as the ultimate remedy, as if anything and everything can wait until you’ve become skinny. Even if we entertain the notion that long-term weight loss is attainable f...
You are not obligated to shoulder the burden of breaking stereotypes about the groups you belong to. You don’t have to strive to be the perfect representative of your demographic—or even a “good” one. Your worth is not tied to how well you challenge or conform to societal expectations. You are allowed to exist authentically, as you are, even if certain aspects of your identity or experiences happen to align with stereotypes. Your hobbies, expressions, personality traits, struggles, and joys ...
The most common disability aid is so deeply woven into everyday life that most people don’t even think of it as such. In fact, I’m wearing mine in this photo—can you spot it? An astonishing 75% of the world has poor vision and depends on eyeglasses or contact lenses to see clearly. Despite occasional moments of self-consciousness, glasses have become so normalized in society that they’re rarely questioned. No one would fault you for needing them, and in most cases, they’re seen as entirely un...
I’m so exhausted by the constant feeling that I need to justify my existence in a world that deems fatness something to apologize for. It breaks my heart to see so many people preface conversations about their own bodies with explanations like, “I have a thyroid condition,” “I’m on antidepressants,” or “I’m disabled,” as if they need a socially acceptable reason for their fatness. These justifications are often attempts to deflect the relentless moral scrutiny society places on fat bodies. Ye...
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