Thin privilege is reading a super hero comic or graphic novel and seeing people who look like you. When there is a fat character, they get smack-talk from their opponents referencing their body shape or eating habits. Thin characters get varied taunts. The go-tos are usually regarding their battle strategy, personality, actions, age, experience, or powers.

Super hero stories are often problematic in regards to race, sexuality, gender identity, disability, and socio-economic status, as well. Sometimes comments (toward thin and fat characters) along these lines are addressed in-text, but not always - racist, transphobic, sexist, ableist, classist, and homophobic comments are often left hanging, even when the comic is telling stories with one or more of these issues as a theme.

I’ve been a fan of super hero comics since I was a kid, but recently I’ve been reading lots of G-rated series to find comics that are suitable to use as curriculum resources and for my class library. Even some really great series that tackle a lot of the issues above are shockingly fatphobic.