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FAT! 10 Things I Hate About My Size. Part 2
I’d be delighted if none of these ever happened again
Welcome back to 10 Things I hate about my size part 2. If you haven’t read the first part not to worry, you can find it here :) All done? Great! More things I hate about how fat people are treated…Let’s go!
6. Being told it’s fine for me to be fat “as long as I’m healthy”
At first glance I know this might not seem too bad but once you unpack it, it really is! It’s also a pet peeve of one of my favourite fat activists The Fatphobia Slayer. What you’re saying here is that my body is acceptable only if my health is ok. NO!
All bodies deserve respect regardless of whether they’re healthy or not. That’s the very essence of the fat acceptance movement. Bodies come in different sizes and no one should be ostracised. All bodies should be celebrated. The as long as you’re healthy statement is also ableist because….newsflash!…..not everyone has the option of being healthy!
A lot of invisible illnesses cause weight gain but short of handing everyone you meet a health questionnaire (which would be weird!) you’re not going to know a damn thing about their circumstances. So how about we just accept and respect all bodies period?
