Fat Bodies, Fantastic Body Image, and the Kindergarten Crisis
Every time I hear someone say “I had a fantastic body image until I started kindergarten,” I laugh so hard I almost pull a muscle. I couldn't name you a single, solitary 5-year-old with a grasp on the concept of “body image.” Aren't they too busy trying to figure out how to score another lollipop without asking twice.
But in the land of online fat activism, this kind of melodramatic rewriting of childhood is treated like gospel. Suddenly, everyone was a body-positive baby philosopher until society ruined them.
YOU were not born a fat person. You were born a normal-weight human being, like the rest of us. You became fat through the choices you made and the habits you adopted. And that’s okay. But please stop pretending that being fat is unchangeable or worse an identity.
And while we're here, can we talk about the terminology?
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“Living in a higher-weight body”
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“Navigating the world in a fat body”
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“Bodied experiences of marginalization”
These phrases are like trying to describe a flood with a scented candle. All fluff, no substance. You are not living in a fat body like you and IT are two separate things. That is your body. You're not in a temporary fat suit waiting for liberation. There’s not a “thin person inside you just dying to get out.” There’s just you — right now — and you’re either dealing with it honestly or spinning this into another tall tale for your online followers. Get a real life, cuz this is cringe!
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