I’ve been fat my whole life. I’m one of the few fat people in my town, so I never really had any role models my size to look up to. As you might guess, my self esteem was pretty poor.

In 2007, this movie Hairspray came out. If you aren’t familiar, the title character of that is a plus sized girl, Tracy Turnblatt, played by Nikki Blonsky. When it comes to fat, Hairspray isn’t very problematic. It was very exciting to see the title character be a girl who looks me, and gets to be with a pretty attractive dude at the end of the film. Beyond that, in a lot of interviews Blonsky didn’t seem very keen on changing and seemed to like her body. In a sense, she was my first taste of fat positivity, and thus, is very important to me.

Unfortunately, based on recent twitter activity, it seems Blonsky is signing on for Nutrisystem. I understand there are a lot of factors to consider, and it’s her body - she can do what she wants, but I’m very disappointed and upset. This is all very unforseen from someone who until November, has been saying positive things about their body.

Thin Privilege is knowing that you will find someone who looks like you (and that you like) in Hollywood.

Thin Privilege is knowing that they will stay that way.