This week is #FatShamingWeek on twitter. This is one of the bigger instances of thin privilege I’ve seen- imagine if there was a #BlackShamingWeek or a #WomanShamingWeek how offended people would get, and it’s almost impossible to imagine a #ThinShamingWeek or a #MaleShamingWeek. Why is okay to shame fat people then?

Mod note: Let’s please remember that there are woman shaming weeks and black shaming weeks. They’re called every week. Please remember to take intersectionality into account. There are a lot of people who are fat and black and women, for instance, and have to deal with the combination (and usually magnification) of discrimination. -ATL