Fuck yeah, feminists!: Thin Privilege Checklist

overdosebabyblue:

kendalawesome:

sugaredvenom:

• I can be sure that people aren’t embarrassed to be seen with me because of the size of my body.
• If I pick up a magazine or watch T.V. I will see bodies that look like mine that aren’t being lampooned, desexualized, or used to signify laziness, ignorance, or lack of…

Excuse me for expressing my thin privilege but this shit really pisses me off. It ignores the main problems which are that we are ALL people, and that society’s obsession with women’s bodies affects all women negatively, even if your appearance falls into the narrow slice which society names as attractive&appropriate.

Picking on people who are thin is a petty, childish way of working out one’s own body issues by making unwarranted observations and deductions about someone based on their weight. Sounds like the same sizist bullshit.

I’m all for body positivity, but this made me roll my eyes. Exactly what was said above. Body policing happens to everyone, not just bigger girls. Yeah, thin is the undisputed social norm but picking out a list of thin privilege check points is only really constructive when you’re trying to dismantle and analyse ingrained social power dynamics. That’s why the white male privilege checklist works. White males aren’t made to feel bad about being white males by society, hence the effectiveness of seeing the afore subversive power dynamics unearthed in the checklist. Thin people *are* made to feel bad about being thin. Obviously not so much as larger people, but body policing is indiscriminate. There shouldn’t be any discrimination like this in body positivity. It should be inclusive, not marginalising.

Not gonna lie, I’m saddened you feel this way. I feel the need to point out that body positivity is different to fat activism, and if you’re involved in fat activism you can not deny thin privilege. It’s the reason why you are a fat activist. It’s the reason why I mod deathfatties. It’s the reason why I post half the stuff I post on here.

Yeh. Sad and perpetually misunderstood by people who are half my size and erase my lived experiences in a fat body. Story of my life.

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