jacaranda-hell:

fatphobia exists, but so does skinny shaming. don’t support one and expect sympathy if you deny the existence of the other.

fawnfreckles:

Childhood obesity is an increasingly alarming issue in today’s society and in many developed countries around the world. This is an issue that does not receive the attention that it should, mostly because of its controversial nature. In my own personal opinion, if a parent decides to allow his or her child to become obese, given that the child’s obesity is not the cause of a genetic disease, that can be considered child abuse – or at the very least, neglect – because the parent’s irresponsibility can lead to a plethora of problems during the course of the child’s life. These problems can include physical and medical issues, poor lifestyle habits, economic effects, bullying, and an unhealthy mindset regarding health and consumption.

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coverartistlol626:

I understand why people might not see this statement as fat shaming. In our current culture, thin is associated with being healthy/beautiful while fat is linked to being unhealthy/ugly. So when someone acts proud of losing weight. They’re not actually proud of losing weight. They’re proud of the fact that now they’re one step closer to fitting into society’s standard of beauty/health. A standard that is impossible for a majority of people.

Talking about your weight loss is triggering to most larger people. It perpetuates the idea that something is wrong with their body, and that it needs to be fixed. I’m not saying you can’t feel exultant when losing weight. Just as long as you show that same emotion when gaining weight as well. Other-wises you’re sending out a bad message that can be harmful.  

See? Can’t even lose weight without someone being offended. Grow up.

LMFAO literal body shaming but O-KAY. You know what I hate? Privileged and entitled overweight people who keep trying to “Assert” that they can run marathons and keep up with me on hikes. 

disp0sable–teen:

- looking for things to be offended by
- glorifying certain demographics
- vilifying other demographics
- throwing around words such as ableist, sexist, transphobic, etc like confetti to the point where they are becoming meaningless (much to the harm of victims of actual hatred)
- self victimization
- censorship
- policing people’s language
- throwing tantrums over fictional characters not representing demographics you like
- pretty much reducing people to small aspects of their identity
- doxxing and bullying people who disagree with you
- conflating gender with personality traits or clothing style
- pretending that obesity is not a bad thing
- prioritizing hurt feelings over everything else
- pretending that you strive for equality when really you strive for special treatment

glorifiedguitars:

Michael Kelly Custom Collection Element 4 Bass 

fuckyeahsexanddrugs:

there’s no excuse to perpetuate a cycle of cheating. clearly your relationship isn’t working. maybe it’s time for a divorce. so you can both be with who you want and you won’t be doing it behind each others backs while married

What? ^^^ FUCK THAT. Bang that other woman. I don’t care if it’s before or after the divorce, but DO IT.

findsomethingtofightfor:

beadouble-u:

I’ve realized that the more diverse a cast is, the easier it is to spot the racist fans. They won’t ship a white main character with the black girl who’s his love interest because it’s “heteronormative” (it isn’t) and they want more “gay representation”. But then when his best friend is also a person of color they don’t ship them together because they just “don’t see them that way”. But then they’ll headcanon a Tragic Whiteboy Backstory for the kid that said literally 8 words to the main character. That kid will be their favorite character, their sweet little “cinnamon roll”and there’ll be 40,230 m/m fics of him and the main character. “Representation”. My ass. 

You know I just want to add the trip I just took into the comments/replies on this post.

Because I noticed there were people that said “don’t read so much into it / it’s just shipping / sometimes characters just work better and it has nothing to do with race” and honestly if that was truly the case then yeah I see your point and that would be fine. Because yeah sometimes the couple you like just so happens to be two white people (I mean it is statistically more likely as unfortunately white people still dominate most media).

But here’s the important thing I think those people are missing, and it’s the second thing I noticed in the comments/replies to this post. This is a very, very COMMON occurrence and clearly rampant among fandoms. I cannot tell you how many fandoms were brought up in these comments in a “You’re talking about X right?” or “Just say X it’s okay.” Avengers, Star Wars, Supergirl, The Walking Dead, The 100 just to name a few (there were plenty more). This is far from an isolated incident and I think THAT’S when you really need to examine why you just “don’t see them that way” about certain ships.

They’re fictional relationships, get the fuck over yourselves. It doesn’t fucking matter why X person doesn’t ship Z and Y together. Shipping is for pre-teens to obsess over before they finally grow the fuck up.

I’m waiting.

Calling him anything insults someone of that group. Men. White men. Orange men. Calling anyone anything does the same thing. But I don’t see fat people jumping to stop themselves from insulting anyone smaller than themselves.

whatbigotspost:

The people who came at me about that damn fatphobia post STILL probably don’t get that I was never upset at the people in the pictures for looking different at 2 points in time…like losing weight, changing their bodies or w/e is fine. That’s their business. I’d never get mad just bc someone lost weight.

I’m just mad at the message of the caption and the purpose of the meme to say that he changed her into a better person. There’s nothing inherently good about losing weight or better about being thin.

Thin is only “better” to you if you’re invested in the fatphobic messages of our culture. (Which most people are and have to actively unlearn.)

HENCE I talk about this stuff and point it out. *shrug*

Thinner (not thin) is better when you can actually move your body. When you can exercise and keep your health at a level that makes life way better. It’s better when you don’t lose your breath at every step you take. It’s better when your chances of getting diseases, diabetes, etc DIMINISHES. It’s better when you can actually go out and take a hike, enjoying our nation’s national parks, which desperately need support. “Fatphobia” is only a thing when you’re heavily invested in trying to create a CERTAIN group of people who marginalize you, rather than realizing it’s bullies, and that bullies are EVERYWHERE AND HAVE NEVER BEEN EXCLUSIVE TO ONE PARTICULAR GROUP.

airagorncharda:

Please normalize depicting fat and heavy people, whether it be by supporting existing fat characters (and drawing/writing them as the weight they actually are), creating your own characters, appreciating/sharing selfies, or any other form (outside of fetishizing us).

Please normalize stretch marks and rolls and double chins, and just generally make us visible without villainizing us or honestly even commenting on our weight. This includes the entire spectrum of body weights that are considered “overweight” starting with people who are thin but have stretch marks, cellulite, flabby arms, big thighs, muffin tops, or anything else that a magazine would photoshop away– up to and including people who are very obese. 

Please normalize bodies that have fat. Any amount of visible fat. 

I’ve been realizing recently that when I try to think about the way I look I cannot get an accurate image to come to mind, because my mind either provides what a “normal human” (read: thin) would look like with my hair/face/clothes, or I remember that I’m overweight and a totally distorted caricature of a fat person comes to mind. 

There are so few gentle, kind, honest depictions of fat/heavy people (especially/specifically heavy women and heavy dfab people) in any form that my brain honestly doesn’t even know how to accurately represent my own body to myself in my own mind. 

The issue of weight affects pretty much everyone. Every adult woman I know, regardless of her weight, has struggled with trying to be thin. Every adult man where I know whether or not they have struggled with it, the answer has been yes. I knew so many dfab people with eating disorders and disordered eating as a teenager, regardless of their weight. Fat and thin people alike. As a fat person, the desperation with which thin people try not to look like me is genuinely harmful (and it’s hard not to resent them for perpetuating the overwhelming social hatred aimed at people like me), but thin people who’s entire lives and health are being controlled and destroyed by fatphobia are also clearly victims of fatphobia. When the only depictions of fat people anyone ever sees are villains, caricatures, and jokes, that harms everyone.

On the other hand, no one is harmed by normalizing depictions of fat people.

No one is harmed by normalizing weights that people already are. Studies have shown that fatshaming doesn’t actually help anybody lose weight; it just makes them stressed, self conscious, and hate how they look. You’re not going to make people more fat by just acknowledging that we exist and don’t have to hate ourselves on that fact alone. 

If depictions of fat people make you uncomfortable, join the club. I’m fat, and I’m happy, and I like myself, but I still feel uncomfortable looking at photos of myself. I never used to be able to draw myself as my actual weight without hating it to the point of feeling nauseous, but the more I draw overweight characters– the more exposed I am to gentle, kind, honest depictions of what people like me look like– the more I’ve been able to come to terms with my appearance and draw myself honestly and hate photos of myself less. 

We’re taught to feel averse to how fat people look. It isn’t natural, it’s taught. It’s social. Which means we can change it, and the way to do that is to normalize the depiction of fat people, even when it makes us squirmy inside at first. Unlearning thought patterns takes work, and one of the key elements of it is exposure. 

Please, please, please normalize depictions of weight. 

Representation matters. 

Fuck you, I’m not normalizing strokes, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, certain cancers, coronary vascular disease, the fucking list GOES ON. Stop trying to tell people that encouraging health is bad! Take some personal responsibility! Being healthy is good for you!

fatphobiabusters:

You know, I wouldn’t have to be an angry fat person if you people just treated fat people with the same respect you give thin people in the first place. -V 

You’re an idiot if you assume thin people just magically get respect. Have you ever left your room? Or do you get mom to bring you everything you need

mothbug:

there are few things that piss me off on a more personal level than people who do that whole performative body positivity thing

like if you see no problem with sharing all kinds of trendy body-positive media on facebook for brownie points and then laugh at a fat girl with your friends in the bathroom of a bar for “not dressing to her shape” then I literally want you to burn. no I mean literally please step into an incinerator

>please step into a incinerator

>omg can we PLEASE stop hurting fat people? 

the-more-you-knooww:

Encouraging people to work out and be healthy is not fatphobia

Wanting to date people who can actually work out and move around is also not fatphobia. I’m not obligated to date anyone who can’t keep up on my hikes.