[tw: abuse, mentalism]

Thin privilege is not being told you’re “just paranoid” when you call a helpline (the kind where volunteers listen to people in distress) to talk about how much everyday incivility and getting dirty looks for your body size hurt you.

Abuse is being told your experience not only doesn’t matter, but doesn’t exist in the first place –because of course, privileged people who don’t have that kind of experience “know better.”