{The Body Liberation Guide} Gender euphoria and fatness
Hi friend,
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And now, to this week’s letter:
I’ll be honest — the response to last week’s letter startled me.
People responded to the email and commented on social media about how miserable my trip sounded. And yeah, it wasn’t a fun time. But it was so much less unpleasant than flying before I had the ability to get two airplane seats that it hadn’t occurred to me that it was actively terrible, just less so.
It’s fascinating because generally, when very fat people talk about our experiences, we’re not carefully making the point every sentence or two that those experiences are due to oppression, not faults in our bodies.
And when very fat people talk about our experiences, we don’t generally get the same reaction I just did. It makes me wonder whether it activates our sympathy more when it’s made clear to us that a bad experience isn’t the fault of someone’s body — whether we intend that reaction or not.
I’ve also been thinking this week about gender euphoria and how it’s similar (or not) to these experiences.
This is a half-formed thought I’ve been mulling over, and gender studies are way outside my lane, so feel free to tell me I’m off the mark here.
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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.
