Thin privilege is not being made to feel disgusting and like a worthless piece of shit because you’re fat. I honestly didn’t think that anyone could make me feel the way that I was made to feel during my school years.

Thin privilege is not having an prospective employer look at you and tell you that he would love to hire you, you’d be a great addition to the team, but he won’t hire you because you’re fat. He’s worried I can’t stand on my feet all day, or that I can’t work in 100+ heat. Never mind the fact that I volunteered for a job that had me on my feet 8 hours a day, walking in sand in 90+ degree weather, leading a horse, and making sure the kid didn’t fall off it (which meant having my arms above my head for an hour at a time with a five minute break in between.

Thin privilege is not feeling like you’re worthless for being fat. It’s not having your employer look at you and tell you that someone “who’s big, not even as big as you are, because you’re really overweight, nearly passed out because she couldn’t handle the heat”.

Thin privilege is not feeling like you have to starve yourself to lose weight because you can’t lose it any other way. It’s not having to question your life’s goals all because one person said you were fat and he couldn’t hire you for it. It’s not having to then question, am I going to be able to fit on the plane when I go to Paris. Will a Parisian school even hire me to teach English if some guy wouldn’t hire me to work at his store because I’m fat?