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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2019-07-14 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #4573 ]


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(Anonymous) 2019-07-14 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I think it's less glorifying and more like unnecessarily coddling. People act like a fat person's feelings are so delicate that it's rude to discuss them being fat, or feeling like people have to reassure them that being fat is ~totally okay~ even when the fat person in question is literally talking about themselves being fat.

I get it, fatness is a sometimes a sensitive subject, but too many people fall all over themselves trying to be sensitive without idk, taking the actual fat person they're talking to into account, and it ends up dehumanizing in a different way. Like they're talking to a child.

The response to "I'm gonna grow my hair out" isn't automatically "oh, but you don't need to! You're fine the way you are!" because that'd be kinda stupid, obviously that's a personal choice made by the person with the hair. But when a fat person, especially a fat woman, goes "I'm gonna lose some weight," there's suddenly a dozen people reassuring them that their decision is unnecessary

(Anonymous) 2019-07-14 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's how I feel about it. Like, obviously don't go around bullying people for being fat. That's shitty. Also, stop telling fat people they're fat. We know. We have mirrors. But doing a full 180 and starting to gush at any given moment how flawless, beautfiful and amazing any obese person is? That can be pretty damn condescending as well.