(Content Warning: fat-shaming, anti-fat bullying)

“Being fat could harm your health!”

We come across these fat-shaming comments all the time – and we’re seeing right through them. This sarcastic comic lets a fat-shamer speak for himself – revealing that his comments aren’t at all helpful or insightful, in spite of what he thinks.

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The Editors at Everyday Feminism

Click for the Transcript Panel 1 (A friendly-looking, thin, conventionally attractive white man – “The Fat Whisperer” – speaks directly to the viewer.) FW: Hi! I’m the Fat Whisperer! Panel 2 (FW points his finger in the air. He has a smug look on his face.) FW: I help fat people by telling them things they’ve never heard! Like “You’d look so much nicer if you lost all that weight.” Panel 3 (FW has a confused expression. His hands are positioned like he is seeking answers.) FW: “Have you considered putting down the donuts and going for a jog?” (Probably they haven’t!) Panel 4 (FW holds his hands to his chest, as if he is making a heartfelt statement.) FW: Or I tell them, “Being fat could harm your health!” (I bet most fatties have never heard that!) Panel 5 (FW makes a disgusted expression, holds hands, palms forward, in front of his body to demonstrate rejection.) FW: But you know what I hate? “Fat Acceptance.” Gross! Fat people can’t “accept” themselves! Panel 6 (FW has a frustrated facial expression, and points at his hand.) FW: Fat people need shame and self-loathing! Otherwise they’ll get fatter and worse. Why doesn’t anyone ever teach fat people that? Panel 7 (FW has his arms crossed in front of his body and wears an angry expression.) FW: We can’t accept fat people. Because fat people are sinful and weak! Panel 8 (FW gestures towards himself and looks proud.) FW: (And if fat people are sinful and weak, that makes thin people like me virtuous and strong!) Panel 9 (FW is beginning to look even angrier than before. His eyes and mouth are wide open and he is shaking his fist in the air.) FW: Without me, who’d ever tell these people: “Take a run, Lardo! Put down the Twinkies! Where’s your self-respect?” Panel 10 (FW has totally lost it. He is sweating and screaming with rage.) FW: Your body disgusts me, and you should be sad! Panel 11 (FW regains his calm and looks a bit sheepish. His clothes are now disheveled from his tantrum.) FW: Er… I only say these things because I care! Panel 12 (FW looks devastated, confused, deeply concerned, and as if he believes he is the victim.) FW: But sadly, most fat people never hear any of this stuff!

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Barry Deutsch is a Contributing Comic Artist for Everyday Feminism living in Portland. You can read more of his political cartoons on his Patreon. He also creates Hereville, a comic about an 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish girl who wants to fight monsters, and (with Becky Hawkins) SuperButch, a comic about a lesbian superhero in the 1940s. Check out his blog and follow him on Twitter and on Tumblr.