I think fat acceptance is bullshit - but it wasn't always

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I'm 22 and most people my age are really with the body positivity movement. Honestly, I think body positivity is great, but when I hear body positivity I think it means shit like...amputees, dwarfism, disabilities that leave you wheelchair-bound, body freckles, girls with hairy nipples - I don't know, pretty much *any bodily abnormality*. So body positivity seemed great, yeah? I'm conventionally attractive but I have a good amount of imperfections - I've learned to accept them by making fun of myself, that kind of humor gives me confidence - but there's one thing that pisses me off.

And that's fat acceptance.

Now, when I say fat, I'm not talking about a plump type. You got some fat rolls, flabby arms, a bit of a belly, round face, sure. That's fine! I actually prefer chubbier body types (on men and women) - dad bods are sexy.

But I hate how people are turning this into an OBESITY acceptance movement, and less of a FAT movement. Like, morbid obesity. Fuck yeah, I'm going to judge the family of four overweight people - 2 adults, 2 children - because they're feeding their kids with the same shit diet they have, since they hate themselves and want to take it out on their piggly kids.

It's a fucking shame. Healthy food is expensive. I know that - you can eat whatever you want, just LESS of it. Portion control. All the fucking excuses they give make no damn sense. It's pure laziness and the fat acceptance - "fatphobia" only enables them.

I'm not saying I mock any fat person I see. Honestly, they're just like us because they are PEOPLE. They have a capacity for good, just as much evil. I smile and wave like I do any normal person, so I apologize if this portrayed me as some anti-fat crusader. I just don't think obesity should be celebrated.

In short, I feel like this body positivity movement has just been flooded by morbidly obese people using it as a blanket fort to protect themselves from ridicule, or giving them a reason not to change. But legit, it's okay to be chubby and a little bit fat - NOT OBESE. It's giving the lazy obese people a reason not to better themselves and it's giving the entire community a bad name. When it should be focusing on other things to actually be positive about...no, they've ruined it, and made it all about accepting 300lb cows.

Obviously if I said this aloud in my friend group they'd all disagree with me but really? I don't think I'm in the wrong here.

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  • CozmoWank
    5 years ago

    For some reason when I see a really obese person I automatically picture what they look like on the toilet.

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  • snails
    5 years ago

    I agree 101%. Fat acceptance should not be encouraged whatsoever. What should be encouraged is proper diet and exercise.

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  • TerriAngel
    5 years ago

    Wordy post.
    Fats not normal.
    Not ok.
    I shame you shamus ever day.

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  • IceRed
    5 years ago

    I agree, it's really ridiculous.

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  • cinderfloof
    5 years ago

    Ehh. I think when people advocate for body positivism considering obese people, they aren't saying being obese is necessarily "healthy" (at least if you're the sane majority). They're rather arguing that we should stop shaming obese people. It's impossible to really become healthy if we're pushing people to hate themselves. Mental health is just as important as physical.

    For example, I was a chubby kid. My mom would call me her "little piggy" and compare me to my thin cousins. After I had an eating disorder and dropped forty pounds in high school - everyone applauded me. I was "healthy" despite the fact that I was anemic, my hair was falling out, and my teeth were rotting from frequent vomiting. Nobody cared about my "health" despite the fact that nobody also ever saw me eat solid food. With therapy and determination, now I'm in college and I eat again! I immediately gained those pounds back. I'm not considered overweight, but I exercise and eat well not because I care about how much I weigh - but because I love myself.

    And that's the answer to obesity. Not calling them "300 pound cows" but rather understanding that unhealthy relationships with food are a result of mental illness and self-hatred, not just laziness (unless you consider things like depression laziness which is a debate for another day). The first step is teaching those people to love themselves which /is/ saying that they're beautiful and worthy of love regardless of weight. Let's separate food from calories. Healthy food helps you feel good, jogging while feeling the wind rush past your face is spiritual freedom, hiking is exploring parts of the world you never would have otherwise - all of these things are treating your body like you truly love it. When you love yourself, you treat your body better, and you tend to lose weight if you're grossly over-weight.

    I do appreciate how you separate "obese" from "chubby". Some people are naturally "chubby" even if they exercise and eat well. Nobody is naturally obese.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    5 years ago

    Yeah as someone who used to be fat, I think it's bullshit. Most of the lazy, fat people I've known who preach fat acceptance are the same people who try to pursue a muscular athlete or a well toned model looking woman. They don't understand the world is shallow and that the perfect looking people want someone who is perfect too. They then get pissy, blame society, and lash out while doing nothing to improve themselves.

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