Fat people MUST be treated as the experts on our own lives, bodies and oppression. Must. Here are 5 reasons to learn about weight stigma from fat people.
1. Learning about weight stigma from people with thin privilege deprives the people most affected by fat hatred of the opportunity to speak authentically about our lived experiences.
2. Learning about weight stigma from people with thin privilege deprives the people most affected by fat hatred of opportunities to build platforms and careers.
3. Learning about weight stigma from people with thin privilege continues to dehumanize fat people by deeming them unworthy of expertise on their own lives and bodies.
4. Learning about weight stigma from people with thin privilege risks positioning fat people as a monolithic population of theoretical spherical fatties with the same universal life experiences, opinions, preferences and health status.
5. When fat people aren’t allowed to be the experts on our bodies, we’re condescended to, unheard and deprived of equal care and resources. We’re considered objects of scorn, or — sometimes worse — pity.
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