[hella-vanilla asked : What should skinny girls who “feel fat” say instead? I’m skinny in overall size and bone structure, but all of the fat I do have goes to my tummy and thighs because I don’t have much muscle mass in either area and I eat a lot of desserts. When I overeat and feel bloated is when I want to use that offensive phrase. What are some other turns of phrase I can use instead? Is “I feel bad about my weight” any better since it pertains to me and doesn’t perpetuate the junk food stereotype of fatness?]

You gave yourself the answer you wanted. “When I overeat and feel bloated is when I want to use that offensive phrase.” Since fat isn’t a feeling it is about finding terminology that isn’t oppressive to describe how you are feeling. You feel full, bloated, in pain, like you ate too much. All things that happen regardless of body size. It’s the attachment to fat people that is problematic, especially when it implies that fat people feel that way all of the time.

Edited to add:

cimorenegal said: And really wondering how the questioner was able to get “I feel bad about my weight” from “I feel bloated” because.. yeah.

I agree that the jump from feeling bloated to feeling bad about your body is a big jump. Those are not the same thing, but I that kind of thinking from eating isn’t abnormal since it can be due to a bad relationship with food and eating in general. Most of us have food issues to work though, but doing it by being shitty toward fat people is fucked up and fat phobic.

-FBP

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