when i lost over 100 lbs, everyone suddenly loved me. everyone thought i was gorgeous. everyone thought i was powerful. i can assure you being congratulated for weight loss just feels like your greatest fear confirmed. you have to be thin to be valuable to the world. it sucks.

fat women have to find peace with who they are out of survival. fat women have to be brave enough to be the stars in our own lives even though y’all want us to be the sidekick.

so many women genuinely believe that the worst thing they can be is fat. to be a beautiful, powerful, and accomplished fat woman who isn’t afraid to claim all of that physical and spiritual space is an act of revolution.

i have lost more moments of joy, love, success than i can count because i felt too big. i felt like all the good things were reserved for thinness. y’all need to stop making these lil girls think their childhoods should be a diet because you’re afraid of women claiming space