10 Ways To Love Yourself As A Fat Person Part 1
Do Not Believe ANYONE Who Makes You Feel Like You’re Not Enough
The new year is the time the diet and fitness industries come out swinging. Their propaganda is everywhere, and the message is always the same; you need to change. I hate this because I don’t believe anyone has the right to tell you that. I want you to learn to love yourself as a fat person.
Every person is unique, and they are wonderful. Some are thin and some fat, some tall and some short, blonde, redhead, brunette, grey, or funky multi-coloured like me. Athleticism varies, eye colour and skin tone. The infuriating thing is that everyone accepts all the other elements that make up a person’s appearance as just the way they are. They reserve their hatred, vitriol and intolerance only for fat people. I suspect some people secretly believe a howling bigot is a more worthwhile person than a fat one. It’s shocking and sad.
So as someone who has ditched diet culture and learned to love herself, here are my tips to love yourself. As Mama Rupaul Charles says, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” Amen, Mama Ru!
