We need to let go of constantly trying to meet the bar set by fat haters. If they say it’s because poor health, we spend our time proving that fat does not equal poor health. If they say it is because we’re lazy, we spend all our time proving that we are not. If they say it is because we are gluttonous, we spend our time policing and justifying our own choices for eating. The list goes on and on. No matter what myth or stereotype we respond to, there will always be another. It is time we stopped looking to ourselves to be the ones to change to fight fat hatred. It is time we started demanding that those who hate fat people are named and shamed for what they are – ignorant bigots who sincerely believe that some people are sub-human and do not deserve to live their lives in peace and dignity. We, as fat people who are the victims of fat hatred have absolutely no obligation at all to modify our lives or our behaviours to suit those who hate us and to justify our existence. “No More Hoops,” by Kath Read (Heffalump) Kath Read’s latest post reinforces what I’ve been saying for a long time: that to win the War on Obesity, we have to stop agreeing to play by the healthists’ rules. That the modern notion of ‘health’ is largely arbitrary, and is in many cases no more than a convenient and popular vehicle for discrimination against fat, poor, and otherwise underprivileged folks. -ArteToLife (via thisisthinprivilege) This is so important. I think that when bigots say, “We hate people who are (x) because (x) implies (some possibly negative y),” people play into their hands by saying, “No, (x) does not imply (some possibly negative y), so you should not hate people who are (x).” It’s a really understandable response to the attack, which is why bigots attack that way, but it unintentionally affirms that it would be all right to hate (x) if (some possibly negative y) were the result. (via attackofopportunity) (via thisisthinprivilege) thisisthinprivilege.tumblr/post/39885254589/we-need-to-let-go-of-constantly-trying-to-meet-the we are all the speck in the giants eye, we dont want to make her cry
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