If telling young women that they shouldn’t hate their bodies makes me trash, I will gladly be trash.
The reasons you gave for why being is not ok are a) Fat is unhealthy b) Fat is unclean and c) Fat is generally disgusting.
Sit down and hold on because i’m about to tell you a little something, aight?
Unhealthy? I’m not sure why everyone thinks that thin equals healthy. It doesn’t. I am a fat girl. Always have been, always will be. Not that my medical history is any of your business, but my BP is excellent. So are my glucose and cholesterol levels. The only medical problems I’ve ever had are common colds, allergies, and cancer, which is not a “fat” disease. But let’s take my dad (who doesn’t mind me discussing this because he’s my dad and he’s hella cool and thinks your fatphobic rhetoric is a bunch of fucking bullshit) for the thin example. He’s 46 years old. He works out, has very low body fat, lots of muscle. He’s a “normal” sized guy. He also has diabetes and high blood pressure. But you might say, “Oh, that’s normal for people when they get older” so we’ll use another example. My lovely BFF, Trevor, who is 25 years old. He’s thin, not an ounce of fat on him, but he’s on blood pressure medication. But, no, you’re totally right. Only fat people are unhealthy. Just like only fat people have heartattacks and strokes… right? I mean… they do, right? Thin people never die from heartattacks or strokes… right?
Unclean? I will tell you this. As a fat girl in high school, I was terrified that someone was going to see me as “unclean” because I was fat so I used to take 2-3 showers a day. A lot of the young girls that were in my group said that they do the same. They are meticulous in making sure they’ve cleaned not only themselves but the space around them. Not just body wise. They are organized, rooms spotless, purses and bags and lockers clean because they are afraid of being seen as the “fat slob”. But it doesn’t matter does it? A fat girl could be the cleanest person you’ve ever met and you’d still call her a fat slob, right? Because I know people like you. When I was in college, there was this girl who came in late every single day for class. Ratty hair in a messy bun, either in stained sweatpants or pajama bottoms, face greasy, teeth not brushed… but this THIN girl came in one day and the only seat open was next to me. She looked at me with those weird crusty sleep things in the corner of her eyes, toast crumbs on her shirt and said “I’m not sitting next to that fat slob.” Me. She was calling me (freshly washed, clean button down and skirt) a slob. And all I could say was “Did you look in a fucking mirror this morning?” But no. You’re right. Because I carry around extra weight, because you can’t see my hip bones, I am unclean. Because LOL FAT PEOPLE ARE TOO FAT TO WASH.
Generally disgusting? Now, we’re getting to the meat of the problem here. It’s not so much that you care that fat people are unhealth. You probably don’t even care if they’re unclean (because you wouldn’t be caught dead that close to a fat person, ew). When people say something is “generally disgusting”, especially about other people, what they mean is “It’s not physically appealing to me.” And all I have to say is this: My body is not here for your fucking enjoyment. It’s not here to be dressed up, slimmed down, hacked up, purged, shifted, lifted, pulled taut, or glamorized to make you fucking happy. If you don’t like my body, don’t look at it. If the sight of a fat person repulses you, look away or better yet, have your eyeballs removed from your head and then shoved up your ass, see if you like that view a little better.
Do everyone a favor- stop sending people messages behind grey face because you are too cowardly to say what you feel because you’re afraid of someone seeing you for who you are, get off your fucking couch, and get a motherfucking life!
In the immortal words of Barnabas Collins: You may strategically place your lips upon my posterior and kiss it repeatedly!
