[tw: abuse, fat phobia, eating disorder]
Thin privilege is being worried about if you have an eating disorder.
I never ate right, I eat maybe one meal a day and for two weeks, I didn’t eat. I lost twenty pounds. People congratulated me.
I had been malnourished, and I was weakened to the point of exhaustion when I walked to class.
Of course, it was assumed I was lazy. I’m was actually stronger than most of the student body.
Not to mention my doctor telling me that I /had/ to lose weight. She didn’t care about my state of health, she was “worried” about my “obesity.” I’m 180 and 5'3".
The only person who mentioned that I should eat /more/ was my therapist.
Even the church I went to had people passively saying I should work out or do this or that.
I did.
That’s thin privilege.
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