Thin privilege is not having to learn both sewing and pattern making to have clothing that’s fun, stylish, creative, fits well…or just fits, period. One…
Thin privilege doesn’t make you a bad person or one with super special benefits. The super special benefit is not facing the obstacles placed in…
Fat people suffer worse health outcomes due to weight stigma? Blame fat people and call them inherently diseased. Fat people are more at risk from…
Reader M. asks, “Does it get any easier? Or does it just get harder the more vocal you get? I had a situation in which…
Children begin absorbing and reflecting weight stigma as young as 3-5 years old. That’s how pervasive anti-fat bias is in our society, and it’s wrong…
The desk top stops at a sharp slant, unable to lie flat because of my belly and thighs in the way, and the angle is such that I will not be able to set anything on it, use my laptop, or even take handwritten notes.
Thin privilege is never having your body shape used as a shorthand in books, comic books and movies for gluttony, greed or villainy. If a…
Thin privilege is getting in and out of your car in a crowded parking lot. It’s never having to try to crawl through your passenger…
Thin privilege is a higher likelihood of being taken seriously in business and entrepreneurial contexts. Participating in business-related spaces as a fat person is exhausting.…
Thin privilege is having options. Thin privilege is having options for cargo pants, for kayaks, for bras, for in-store shopping, for hiking pants, for boots,…
Thin privilege is never being denied the ability to immigrate due to your body size.
Why do people hate and fear fat bodies? Weight stigma — also known as fatphobia, fatmisia, anti-fatness and fat hatred — ties into threads of…
Thin privilege is not having your “health” status be constantly the focus of, and scrutinized by, an entire culture. A comment from @conceivingitall in a…
Ultimately, you can’t change hearts and minds that don’t want to change. Here’s how to convince people to stop dieting or being fatphobic.
I went on a trip! It was lovely! At least, most of it was. People in small bodies go out in public and come home…
The fifth time, I was puzzled. My arm was lying along the armrest, but not extending out into the aisle at all thanks to my careful arrangements. So how was I being struck hard on the arm every few minutes, particularly since almost everyone on this flight over the ocean at midnight was asleep?
I do still believe that there’s value in teaching people how to enter the walled city of acceptability, even if just for a day. But it’s the value of teaching self-defense to women who walk dark streets. It’s the value of teaching a left hook to a bullied child.
