RE: Body shaming, and "My Big Fat Fabulous Life"
September 10, 2015 at 7:11 pm
(This post was last modified: September 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm by Athene.)
I was skinny. I was fat after having 2 children and for several years after, when they were young. Eventually, I became skinny again. I can honestly say when I fat, I knew I was fat. I was extremely aware of that fact and did not need anyone to point that out to me.
Since I lived both sides of the coin, I will say that it is annoying when people feel free to tell me that I'm too skinny or underweight. It's rude. I'm not and that is a medical fact, they can look at the goddamn chart. I think rudeness takes on another element altogether when one is overweight. People view it as personal failure, deep character flaw or lack of self-control and that's just not the case, in most situations.
People do judge others for being skinny and it's unfair, but people are judged with outright cruelty for being overweight.
Since I lived both sides of the coin, I will say that it is annoying when people feel free to tell me that I'm too skinny or underweight. It's rude. I'm not and that is a medical fact, they can look at the goddamn chart. I think rudeness takes on another element altogether when one is overweight. People view it as personal failure, deep character flaw or lack of self-control and that's just not the case, in most situations.
People do judge others for being skinny and it's unfair, but people are judged with outright cruelty for being overweight.
