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Over the past century, the world has made great strides towards equality.
Gay marriage is nowlegalin at least 36 countries, and dozens of nations have hadfemale leaders.
Take that with a grain of salt.
Im not saying I cant do these things.
Im just saying when I do, I always get some interesting responses.
Like, when did I say I was ugly?
Seriously, fats not like, a bad word.
Its just factual, Im just fat, its its gonna be okay.
Im never allowed to think that a boy is flirting with me.
Im definitely not allowed to say that Im hungry first or suggest that we go get food.
I feel like, when youre fat, youre not allowed to say that youre lazy.
You cant be lazy.
This really upsets me, because I am lazy.
Its cute and fun when a skinny girl does it and shes just like self care.
But when I do, people are like, go to the gym or stop eating.'
In public Im honestly not allowed to eat anything.
But then if I eat a piece of cake, its also like Classic, thats what we expected.
I just feel like I cant win here.
I feel like Im not allowed to take the elevator.
If a skinny person was out of breath from walking up the stairs, its fine.
I feel like people are judging me for taking the elevator.
Theyre like, Of course shes in the elevator.
But theyre literally in the elevator too.
Youre definitely not allowed to say that you have been compared to a skinny celebrity before.
Ive been told I look like a variety of celebrities.
Everyone on the internet was like, She looks like she ate Megan Fox.
If she was skinny, and she said that, it would have been fine.
Im never allowed to call out fatphobia, because when I do, people get very defensive over it.
It is really irritating, and honestly, its worse than the fatphobia itself.
Im never allowed to say that I want dessert first.
It also seems to have only gotten worse with recent health initiatives geared towards battling obesity.
In fact,one studyfound that discrimination based on weight increased by two thirds between 2011 and 2021.
Just like any other form of prejudice, judging others for theirweightcan have long-lasting effects.
In fact, in certain parts of the world, its even more common than being thin.
At the same time, about 390 million kids and teens between the ages of 5-19 were overweight.
have a go at stop worrying so much about how your body looks.
Accept it for how it is and be grateful for all that it can do.
And of course, call out friends and family members who perpetuate diet culture or spread fatphobia.
