I received an e-mail from the Humane Society saying, “Living life as a pig in a gestation crate, is like living a life in an airplane seat.” Then showing next to a cartoon of pigs in a gestation crate, a group of people in airline seats including a human “pig” eating soda and chips who is fat. I immedately declined from their e-mail list. Thin privilege is being able to have concern for animal welfare, without concern that your body be represented negatively to make a point.

To the people who think depicting fat people as being unkind to animals based on having a fat body, did it ever occur to you while you’re having your schoolyard bully’s chuckle, that you are pushing thousands of people away from animal rights? That you are firmly planting the notion that those involved with animal welfare, are fat hating bullies? Who’s going to want to be associated with bullies, not people empathetic enough to care for animals.

Once again, fine job shooting yourself in the foot animal rights advocates. Is it so hard to advocate for animal rights, without teaching children (as in the cartoon Back at the Barnyard from Nick) and adults fat people are sociopathic animal abusing bullies. YOU are the bullies, and YOU advocates are doing a disservice to all animals by making your club exclusive to thin people. Abuse of humans to end the abuse of animals will never be okay. So keep pushing and pushing people away from your efforts, because you do an exceptional job of that. Animals will continue to suffer, because you can’t stop playing schoolyard bully, because you say only perfect people can be concerned for animals. No one takes you seriously anymore, and now the Humane Society engaging in PETA like fat shaming bully behavior. Well, hope you’re proud of yourselves, if animals were sentient I’m sure they’d be embarrassed to be associated with their advocates.