I have been reading for a long time, and while I shake my head in disgust with the behaviour of the oppressors depicted in the stories told by submitters, the equal amounts of time I spend it enraged of the injustice being done.

I too have felt marginalized about my weight. And because I have found out since I was 18 and started dating that men have certain preferences towards the female body and you cannot change their brainwashed mind, I spend double or triple the amount of time trying to meet someone that will accept me and my body type.

Never have I thought this hate will translate into being refused a job because of your weight. My story is not new: tried to work in the beauty industry - massage therapist - and I was denied soley on the number of pounds. I was even asked my weight by the interviewer…being “soft” as a marshmallow, I didn’t have the courage to call her out and I got in an aggressive defensive mode right away, thus making me weak and unable to formulate a correct come-back. I left in shame and felt horrible.

The question is: how is it possible to make people see that overweight people ARE qualified just as much (if not better) as thin people? Would a fragile skinny thin body make me a better MT? The first minute of interaction with the person and her/him seeing I am “society approved” a.k.a thin, is worth the weakness I KNOW I have if I am 20-30 pounds lighter?

Also…how can we possibly get a message through when blogs/site like this exist: (WARNING: extremely harsh fat-shaming): http://mattforney.com/2013/05/28/why-fat-girls-dont-deserve-to-be-loved/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-fat-girls-dont-deserve-to-be-loved

In this blog I have seen all the behaviour displayed by the oppressors : the shaming, the intentional ignorance, the false padding on the back once you lose weight.

Feeling deeply discouraged right now and I promised myself I won’t feel bad about this, yet…I am jobless and deeply sadden.

Thank you guys for all your work!