Fatphobia is discussing birth control with your doctor and asking for the depo shot and in reply they tell you “it makes some girls gain weight”.

(Mod note/edit: The submission meant that “it makes some girls gain weight” was the first thing to come out of the doctor’s mouth, like that’s the most pressing concern/consideration someone has when they’re asking for the depo shot. It’s different from discussing side effects, in which you give all the side effects after figuring out why someone wants to go on the shot. The depo shot has a lot of fucking possible side effects. Focusing on weight gain above all and as the first thing out of the doctor’s mouth is obviously fatphobia. You might say the doctor’s responding to the fatphobia in the culture by recognizing that’s the side effect ‘some girls’ care about most, but it’s fatphobia no matter how you slice it. -ATL)