that is what i was called today, by my crush, nonetheless. i was working on a project in school and there were three of us. the other two girls were called “skinny minnies”. i felt embarrassed and set apart from the group immediately. She came up to us and said “hey skinny minnies!” and smiled at the other two girls. then she turned to me and said “hello fatty.” she might have been trying to be funny, but it hurt and i am not attracted to her anymore.

i only weigh 230. and even if i weighed more, this shouldnt be a problem. i love who i am everyday, thanks to this blog, and its just upsetting to have people do this to me, when I see nothing wrong with myself anymore. I told the girl that she was rude and that I am already oppressed and that she does not have to allow fatphobia to cloud her mind. She laughed at me and stalked off.

A good thing did happen though. After that happened, one of the thin girls in my group said that what my ex-crush said wasn’t nice and that she thought I was beautiful. She said she was jealous of how pretty I was.(she said that she was too thin.) I told her that i also thought she was pretty, and that we should love ourselves no matter what our bodies look like.

we have a date tomorrow. thanks, TiTP. You’ve really helped me feel better about myself. My name is Andrea, and I like who I am.