Today I went to Whole Foods. I was browsing the aisles when a man stopped in front of me, looked me up and down, and then said to me, “Since you shop here, I assume you’re health-conscious?” I was confused, but smiled, shrugged, and said, “Sure."

This stranger then launched into a long lecture about how I shouldn’t eat this or that in order to lose weight. I was shocked, and frankly embarrassed, so I excused myself and tried to continue on with my shopping. He followed me around for the next ten minutes, talking about how he knew a woman who was my size at my age and how he always used to make fun of her for being fat, and how she was so much fatter now, and how he still made fun of her.

At this point I just wanted to run away from this man, so I rushed to the check out line. As I was standing in line he critiqued each of my purchases, telling me what I shouldn’t get. He even went so far as to FOLLOW ME TO MY CAR to finish telling his story about this poor fat woman who was unfortunate enough to know him.

Thin privilege is not having strangers harass you in supermarkets for buying foods they think fat people shouldn’t eat.