Thin privilege is the ability to forget that fat people exist.
Despite there being more fat people in the United States than thin people, thin folks like to act like — and occasionally seem to believe…
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100+ Examples of Thin Privilege
“Privilege is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group. Thin privilege is backed and promoted by a…
Thin privilege is uncritically living in a culture that credits your body size to your (presumed) virtues
Thin privilege is uncritically living in a culture that credits your body size to your (presumed)…
Thin privilege is the ability to see the isolation, rejection and humiliation of fat people as “first-world problems.”
Thin privilege is the ability to see the isolation, rejection and humiliation of fat people as “f…
Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store. This is one of the ar…
Thin privilege is buying clothes off the rack at a brick-and-mortar store.
This is one of the ar…
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
Thin privilege is the ability to talk about thin privilege.
One time, @thecrankytherapist and I …
Thin privilege is the ability to buy lingerie.
Thin privilege is the ability to buy lingerie.
Though there are lots of lingerie brands out ther…
Privilege is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group.
“Privilege is a set of unearned benefits given to people who fit into a specific social group. Th…
Thin privilege is the ability to buy underwear at a name-brand retailer
Thin privilege is the ability to buy underwear at a name-brand retailer and have a reasonable exp…
Thin privilege is never having bodies like yours described by your favorite authors like this.
Through a 20-book mystery series, this author — one of my favorites, whose books I re-read regul…
Thin privilege is a seat at a concert.
Thin privilege is a seat at a concert. I really enjoy live music and shows — both the energy of it and the ability to…
The experiences of larger fat people are very, very different from those of smaller fat people and average-sized people.
The experiences of larger fat people are very, very different from those of smaller fat people and average-sized people. If you’ve never experienced, seen or…
Thin privilege is getting in and out of your car in a crowded parking lot.
This is a series of posts on thin privilege and how it affects all of us in daily life. I talk in depth about topics…
Thin privilege and sterilization surgery
Thin privilege is not being turned away from sterilization surgery like a hysterectomy based on your body size. Yes, this is a thing that happens…
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit.
Thin privilege is not having to think about whether you’ll fit. What if you had to plan every time you left home? What if you…
{activism} Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous.
Being fat is having your very existence considered to be dangerous. Any sort of visibility whatsoever — from walking down the street to posting a…
{body liberation} Should you be the judge?
Something I often see happen when fat folks talk about something or someone fatphobic is thin folks treating this as optional knowledge. Something they can…
{changing the world} Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable.”
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Thin privilege is not being told you’ll never find love or romance until you change your body size.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
We live in a society that pressures fat people to self harm in order to survive.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Thin privilege is never having to choose between wearing a seat belt or a coat.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Thin privilege is not having your body automatically medicalized or pathologized by healthcare professionals.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
Thin privilege is being held to lower dress and grooming standards to look “acceptable” socially, professionally or in public.
An ongoing series about the privileges of thinness in a world filled with diet culture.
“But being fat is unhealthy”
Every repetition of “But being fat is unhealthy” is a reinforcement of a false, oppressive, racist, unjust set of lies that are perpetuated in the…
Thin privilege is not having your body used as a shorthand for a long list of negative qualities, characteristics and traits.
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.…
“Sure, it might be unfair in some ways”
In which I discuss the audacity of thin privilege, what “everybody knows” about fat bodies, how even “bad” bodies deserve dignity, and the desperation behind enforcing oppressive systems.
Thin privilege is never being denied the ability to immigrate due to your body size.
Thin privilege is never being denied the ability to immigrate due to your body size.
Fat people MUST be treated as the experts on our own lives, bodies and oppression.
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…
