Huffington Magazine Issue 84 | Page 31

JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP Voices ity only for people who consider themselves chubby, and it comes at the expense of women who are thin. Maybe they’re thin because they’re sick. Maybe they’re naturally slender. But when someone says they would rather “look like a person” than look thin, the message between the lines is that thin people don’t look like people. I want to know, Internet: At what percentage of body fat does a woman earn the right to be a person? I’m certain that some of my fellow fatties looked at that quote and rolled their eyes. We know that weighing more doesn’t grant one personhood, because our alleged lack of self-control and dignity are directly linked to that body fat percentage. Fat people are not people in our culture. They’re “fat people.” So, what does that quote do? It’s not empowering to anyone but women who look like Jennifer Lawrence. And it’s not a coincidence that she just happens to be the Coke-bottle standard we’re told men should prefer. I can’t help but think of the .gifs floating around Tumblr, the ones where Lawrence talks about ho p