I am superhappy 130lb (130 is a massively over-represented number for them for some reason) white cis girls are happy with their bodies, I really am. But that shit is hurting me now, especially when they’re so fucking smug about it.
This sounds fucking harsh. It probably is. But the moderator isn’t harsh enough on sizeist comments and it makes me furious.
Ditto! Especially because I think the “join the revolution/stop hating your body” framing is exclusionary of trans folks and people with disabilities, who have historically been underserved by mainstream feminism. I had an interesting conversation with i-am-the-lighthouse about it yesterday that I meant to continue but got too busy for… it’s on the agenda. It’s a shame “Join the revolution/critically examine media messages of beauty standards!” is so much less catchy. Maybe “interrogate beauty”?
I love “interrogate beauty”.
Reading about this fatphobic new “body image” tumblr has been interesting because I have been reflecting on my own activism and wondering if I have been practicing body image activism that is not inclusive. I totally get how the “just love your body, dammit” can be dismissive.
All I wanna do is smash these hurtful beauty ideals but the more I learn, the less I’m sure it’s only about beauty. It’s about gender and class and race and ability and sexuality too, absolutely everything is connected.