Well written. I often wonder about the stigma of hanging with a fatty being played out in my own life and if others ever feel bad about eating (a salad) in public.. or eating in public at all. When you’re obese, you are your body. Every decision you make is viewed through the prism of your weight. Do you order the salad at lunch? Good for you! You’re taking control of your health. Do your order the pasta primavera? You don’t love yourself enough. Are you sitting alone on a park bench? You’re alone and lonely: Nobody can really love you until you love yourself. You couldn’t possibly just prefer solitude. Recently, I was outside walking sans dog and a woman in a hatchback rolled down her window to flash me a thumbs up and call out (quite sincerely): “Good for you, honey!” She assumed that, as a fat woman walking, I was trying to lose weight. I was, in fact, trying to puzzle out a particularly tricky section of the novel I’m writing. Written by Laura Bogart - salon/2013/07/25/i_choose_to_be_fat/
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:03:07 +0000
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