Okay, internet. Seriously, for a minute here. Here’s my soapbox to a general audience;
I am so so tired of the bullshit that people state as fact.
I am also tired of hearing people’s opinions on others bodies. It’s summer, it’s hot. People wear less clothes in the summer. If you can’t deal with it, don’t leave the house. EVERYONE deserves to wear a tank top (or a dress, or a bathing suit), no matter what their weight. Being all ‘eww, fat people. they should wear burqas because they are so disgusting’ makes one a judgmental twat, no matter how you slice it. I’m not a fan of seeing tiny, twig-like people struggling to walk due to lack of muscle mass, but I don’t comment on it constantly.
Why do we allow people to say the things they do, and not speak up? Prejudice is prejudice – whether you’re slagging a fat person or an asian person. Making judgments about how someone looks as opposed to their actions is unfair. Automatically assuming a fat person is a lazy binge eater with no motivation is the same as assuming a skinny person is a anorexic, self absorbed bulimic. Neither is a fair judgment call, yet this shit flies all the time.
I will allow Joy Nash to educate you (again, dear internet, since apparently you didn’t listen the first time).
Here endeth the lesson.
