thisisthinprivilege:

Relative thin privilege is falling firmly into the “fat” category, but on the smaller (US size 16) end and never even thinking (never NEEDING to think) of how hard it is for women who are above a size 24, the max size at many “plus size” stores. Thin privilege is being fat, but being able to buy your clothes in a brick and mortar store with ease.

I have this privilege and I do think about it ALOT! finding my size isn’t the easiest but I can shop on the high street with some ease. But I have experienced it first hand when i was bigger. It sucks huge hairy balls and doubley so if you’re on a budget as, of the rare as rocking horse shit plus stores there are, they are mostly heinously over priced.

Sometime this kinda stuff makes me feel bad to even be identifying as fat these days but that is how I have always felt, I Iived a fat childhood and a fat adult life (albeit smaller now) and that will always be with me.

The subjective nature of fatness means I would probably call myself an inbetweenie these days - too large in a lot of circles (anything mainstream) but considered relatively small in other things. According the the Bullshit Measure Index I’m 4 stone (60lbs) heavier than is ‘healthy’.

My body bears the marks of my larger life and I am proud of them now.

But yes when I go into a department store (as I did last week) and find that the Evans section (plus size chain) has been completely removed - I am annoyed and I think of my fellow fats and how fucked up that is.