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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