When you can give me recommended reading on health, thin-shaming, and "thin privilege" that DOESN'T come from this blog (or, better yet, a medical professional or nutritionist), I will take you seriously and think about your oh-so hypocritical words more deeply. In the meantime, bashing everyone who isn't fat makes you look ignorant, unintelligent, and - I hate to say it - jealous of thin people.

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Your message really shows that this blog isn’t for you, especially taking into consideration the amount of outside sources we have provided from scholars, nutritionists, and researchers who understand how using the framework of privilege to better understand marginalized experiences can be incredibly helpful / empowering for marginalized people. We even provide medical research, but in reality no amount of research can break through prejudice and privilege denying. That is work you have to do on your own.



I do have to say that the idea fat people are jealous of thin people is just basic ignorance on your part. Talking about how fat people deal with discrimination by framing it in thin privilege isn’t bashing. What you actually feel is fat people speaking out about their experiences and making you be aware of the privilege you have.

Other than that, we are not here for you. We are not here to prove to you fat people face discrimination and have the right to exist. We are not here for you to take us seriously because we don’t really care if you do. The amount of fat hatred we see on a daily basis in our askbox, some of which you have personally sent in, just makes us want to work harder at what we are already doing. So thanks for that.

-FatBodyPolitics

PS. I just wanted to add, thank you to everyone who is commenting and posting links to places to find articles. I’ve had face to face confrontations with people who say things like this offline. I’ve even had someone who asked me if I have read ALL of the research around fatness as I was standing next to a table with 20 books on the subject. They really don’t want facts, because what we are doing is eroding away at the very foundation of fat hatred they have relied on for most of their life. They think sending in vile asks will make us be quiet. Nope. Not happening.