Thread by @Tess_Holliday, I am exhausted & emotionally drained. 10 years of constantly having to [...]

Tess H🍒lliday

Tess_Holliday

I am exhausted & emotionally drained. 10 years of constantly having to defend my right to happiness as a plus size woman on the internet is something else. It would be cool to have just one day where hundreds of people don’t tell me how much they hate me or how disgusting I am

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It’s strange to me that fat people get vilified for being “monsters“ but not the people who verbally abuse us daily.

Hating fat people is celebrated, especially in America. Diet culture is so deeply ingrained in our society, & thinness equates happiness, success, & beauty.

It’s only been the past couple years that we have seen fat bodies in sex scenes where we aren’t being mocked, made fun of, or fetishized.

The erasure of fat bodies runs so deep, & everything we are have, is seen as shocking to most.

“Wow how are you so confident?”

“How did you learn to love your body?”

“You’re so pretty for a big girl. It’s not fair!”

The amount of “friends” in my life that told me “how do you get all these guys and your fat? It doesn’t make sense” & I would be like

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I’ve never had a moment of peace (except for my own inner peace) in 20 years where someone wasn’t commenting on my size. My successes have been diminished because of my size. My happiness has been stolen from me so many times by others because of my size.

I could keep going but basically we should treat everyone with respect & compassion, regardless of their size.

& if you can’t be nice to a fat person, you’re the pig, not us.

There’s so many typos but whatever I’m tired

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