End Weight Stigma | Thin Privilege

Weight stigma is so entrenched that fat jokes are considered acceptable fodder

ByLindley Ashline June 13, 2023June 13, 2023

The second image has the same background, plus a photo of an Allstate insurance sign with a casually bigoted fat joke.

Weight stigma is so entrenched that fat jokes are considered acceptable fodder for insurance company signage.

It’s exhausting to be surrounded by negative comments about bodies like yours every single day. If you’re not fat, imagine what it must be like to see things like this multiple times per day.

I talk more in my free weekly Body Liberation Guide about these topics — subscribe below.

View on Instagram: https://zpr.io/BnKxUgKvTrrp

Every Monday, I send out my Body Liberation Guide, a thoughtful email jam-packed with resources on body liberation, weight stigma, body image and more. And it’s free. Let’s change the world together.

Changing the World

Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand for a long list of negative qualities, characteristics and traits.
ByLindley Ashline October 5, 2021October 12, 2021

Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand for a long list of negative qualities, characteristics and traits. Dolores Umbridge. Ursula. Kingpin. Jabba the Hut. The Dursleys. Fat lawyers and politicians in 150 years of political cartoons. It’s no coincidence that so many villains in books and movies are fat. Their weight…

Read More Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand for a long list of negative qualities, characteristics and traits.
Changing the World | End Weight Stigma | Thin Privilege

{Thin privilege} is eating out without fear of public ridicule
ByLindley Ashline November 18, 2024November 18, 2024

Thin privilege is eating out without fear of public ridicule or shaming due to your body size or food choices. I don’t always do thin privilege posts because, honestly, they’re exhausting. Thin fragility leads people to argue endlessly with me rather than listen. One of the ways I use my own privilege as a white…

Read More {Thin privilege} is eating out without fear of public ridicule
Body Image | Body Liberation Guide | End Weight Stigma | Living in a Fat Body | Resource Guides | Thin Privilege | Travel

{The Body Liberation Guide} Likeability, fatness, autism and dancing by yourself
ByLindley Ashline May 14, 2024April 30, 2024

Hi friend, When I was more active in the Health at Every Size® community, and constantly speaking up for fat people and fat patients in healthcare provider groups, people would often message me privately and tell me how grateful they were that I was fighting for them. The private support was nice, but years of…

Read More {The Body Liberation Guide} Likeability, fatness, autism and dancing by yourself
Thin Privilege

Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store. This is one of the ar…
ByLindley Ashline May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store.

This is one of the ar…

Read More Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store. This is one of the ar…
Body Liberation Guide | End Weight Stigma | Resource Guides

{The Body Liberation Guide} But why DO people hate fat people?
ByLindley Ashline August 23, 2023August 23, 2023

From a recent session with Kyra Sutherland of Joyful Divergence. I’m currently booking small business photo sessions » This week I have a Body Liberation Blanket Fort update for you before we swing into the regular letter. The Blanket Fort is my fat-friendly and body-safe community that centers fat folks and welcomes everyone. And it’s going strong, with…

Read More {The Body Liberation Guide} But why DO people hate fat people?
Changing the World | End Weight Stigma | Thin Privilege

Health at Every Size®, Stories and Silence
ByLindley Ashline March 18, 2022March 21, 2022

It’s been an interesting week or so since Mikey Mercedes and I went public. In the time since, there’s been a lot of excellent discussion in marginalized communities. In the Health at Every Size®-aligned healthcare provider groups to which I have access or connections, there’s been a silence that echoes almost as loudly as the…

Read More Health at Every Size®, Stories and Silence