I follow your blog religiously. I read the new stuff every day, and it sickens me with what some people have to endure on a daily basis. I’m a fat person too (a US size 28!), but because of your blog I can now hold my head higher when I’m in public and not feel ashamed of what I am. I am no longer quiet when I see the bigotry and fat discrimination and thin privilege going on. I speak up and I defend and I hold my ground. I grew up being ashamed of being fat, ridiculed by family and friends and peers. Because of that it made me very shy and non-confrontational. But what you people do, and what your followers go through, has turned me around and made me strong… and angry.

I am angry that people have to fight for basic necessities like health care, or have to take anti-anxiety medicine just to go to the grocery store. I am beyond pissed off that fat people have to endure ridicule on television and in magazines and by the clothing industry. I seethe when someone is denied the love of another human being simply because of their fat!

But you know what? I’m also proud.

I’m proud of myself and others who don’t give in to the pressures of society to change something that doesn’t need changing. I’m proud of my fat-loving friends and family, who made the change and no longer ridicule me, but encourage me to just be me. I’m proud of the countless people out there who fight for our cause and get no mention. And I’m proud of this amazing blog, run by incredible people who give strength and courage enough to change a person and turn her from a meek individual into a fierce warrior. You guys are heroes, and you deserve so much more credit than you receive. You’re world changers, eye-openers! You help bring hope and strength to those who thought there was none to be had. And I am honored to have met this blog, these mods, and their fans.

So from me to you and your fans and fat-friendly followers, I say thank you.