Fat Shaming Double Team

[hopita]

So I got into a fight on the train. That was fun. I sat down next to a woman who was in the mood to do some fat shaming. It happens from time to time. Being a woman of a certain size, I take up a certain amount of space. Occasionally, people don't like to share, and feel compelled to yell at me and my "fat ass" for sitting too close to them. Whatev

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[furious_mold]

A while ago, when I was still on Facebook, I made a post about how I noticed women doing the "Oh no, I shouldn't..." when faced with tempting food choices during Italian Days in Bloomfield. Someone I know commented and it turned into a debate (about unhealthy food) where I basically said, "All I'm saying is, every once in a while, people should indulge their cravings. There is nothing wrong with eating a pastry or a meatball sandwich during a food festival. I see a lot of people, especially women, deny themselves things like this and it's getting old. Eat what you want!" I didn't want it to turn into the "obesity in America" debate, but the person made it that way - he said something like, "The problem is people are eating what they want, and too much of it. Fat people are sick people. Period.". I remember trying not to get into the debate because I didn't want to, but I pointed out that skinny people could be sick people too and they can also make poor food choices. He said something like, "This isn't about teen girls who starve themselves to look like models. I could care less about them. Fat people need serious food and nutrition education." That statement angered me because, I do kind of care about all of those young girls. I also agree that nutrition education is an issue, but not because of fat people.

The other thing that used to get to me on Facebook was this one guy who would post things like, "It's your fault you have diabetes, so don't whine to me!" Then he would post about how we all need to do yoga, be less negative, and eat vegan cuisine for social change and weight loss. Um...