Perhaps it should have been “don’t JUST wear black” Bill. I do still wear black as I think it looks good on me. In fact I wore a black top and skirt just today - jazzed up with purple tights and earrings. The point I was really making was that I was encouraged to wear black and dark clothes to the point where I did it so much I just have permanently looked like I was in mourning!

It’s all part of shitty diet culture. A way to minimise fat people, try to fade them into the background. That makes me very sad and bit angry. The people who suggested it to me were people like my Mum who was trying to be kind. In fact she was just parroting back society’s indoctrinated views. I’m much happier now I feel free to wear whatever the hell I want without caring about other peoples’ views