The words “Thin privilege is never having bodies like yours described by your favorite authors like this.” on a blue background. There’s also an ebook screenshot that reads, “Abd el Atti himself. He was almost as short as I and almost as wide as he was tall. Before affluence got the better of his figure he must have been a handsome fellow, with soft brown eyes and regular features. He was still something of a dandy. His outer robe was of salmon-pink cashmere and he wore a huge green turban, perhaps in order to increase his stature. From behind, which was how I saw him, the effect was that of a large orange balloon surmounted by a cabbage.”
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Thin privilege is never having bodies like yours described by your favorite authors like this.

ByLindley Ashline

Through a 20-book mystery series, this author — one of my favorites, whose books I re-read regularly — never describes a thin character as a series of inanimate objects. There’s also never a fat character who’s just a normal person: each one is venal, foolish, unintelligent, sluttish, tacky and/or evil in some way.

Poor Abd el Atti appears for exactly one scene before he’s murdered.

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Lindley Ashline

Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.

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