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Extremely over hearing thin people's takes on fat people's bodies.
This tweet brought to you by combing through hundreds of mainstream media hits about the bodies of Adele, Lizzo, Chika and Jill Scott, *none* of which were written by fat people, and only a small handful of which were written by Black people.
The problem here isn't representation for the sake of representation (though that's good, too!). The problem here is that the reporting is overwhelmingly one-dimensional, doesn't include *any* quotes from fat people, and often unquestioningly perpetuates anti-fat bias.
Thin people writing about fat people is the only thing we've had since forever, and it's a significant part of the reason why we get the same 3-5 headlines about fat people "showing off weight loss," "getting healthy," "being good" or "packing on pounds."
That's not to say that fat people can't also perpetuate anti-fat bias. We can & we do. But it is to say that MANY of us have a lifetime of experiences that cause us to at the very least *question* that bias, which also (often) gives our conversations about bodies more dimension.
I've heard a *lot* from thin white women in prominent publications talk about what it means to be fat--an experience that many of them simply haven't had. Now I want to hear from people who've lived it. And it is truly wild how difficult that is to find in mainstream media.
