Last week, my parents had a dinner party with some of their friends, who also brought their children over (we were all adults, even the children). One of their friends brought over two big pizzas and two buckets of fried chicken as a “treat” for all the “children”. I stopped eating after about 2 pieces of chicken, and when my mother saw that, she told me “Eat some more!”, and I replied, “No thanks Mum, I don’t really like it. I don’t eat a lot of junk food”. She then does this derisive laugh, in front of everyone, and says “Pffft, yeah RIGHT you don’t eat a lot of junk food!”



Thin privilege is not having your eating habits immediately deduced from your body shape, and your healthy eating regime immediately doubted because of it.