so, there is
this forum that has at least one member subscribed to our community. and they have taken ...an interest in mocking us, stealing our photos, and just generally being assholes towards this community.
i'm not one to put things behind friends-only posts in communities, but this has really gotten me to think twice about it. and that makes me
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We're about visibility. We're about refusing to feel sorry for taking up space, for having flesh, for consuming or not consuming as we choose. We're about NOT hiding, NOT capitulating to people who think women's bodies are theirs to control. We're about being unabashedly curvy in bad taste, or a stumbling block.
I do find this thread sickening, and I wouldn't think less of anyone who wanted to start locking her posts to avoid being targeted by these turds. Believe me, I wouldn't. And it's not that I think it would be counter to the community's goals. But the way that I personally choose to interact with fat has to involve making myself a potential target. It's not like hiding saves you from ridicule, anyway.
Plus, I feel like for every 10 or 20 guys who are laughing, there's one of them who just got a boner and went "oh."
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so thanks for being a stellar role model about this. really. :-)
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Well said.
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The web is weird.
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It sucks, and it's a shitty reminder of how cold people can be, but eh, it's part of life on the internet. I am sure people think far worse things of me on a daily basis, but it sure as fuck doesn't stop me from living my life.
Possibly I just expect the worst from people, but I can't say I'm tremendously surprised.
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i'm so sorry that messtagoat's masculinized photo is being used as an avatar for words from a hateful shithead; and that i allowed that to colour my response.
it was stupid of me.
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It's a good reminder that we shouldn't fight back by sinking to their level.
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