Comments | firecat: Splain splain splain

firecat

Splain splain splain

Jan 27, 2013 21:17

Imagine the subject line sung to the tune of "Chain of Fools."

( Contains mockery of fat hatred and sexism. Also contains the marvelous neologism ’thinsplain’. )

fat, healthism, opinionated rants, linkage, things that piss me off

Comments 7

pyrzqxgl January 28 2013, 08:01:37 UTC

*applause*

sabotabby January 28 2013, 14:51:52 UTC

*internet high-fives*

eeyorerin January 28 2013, 19:11:59 UTC

What always gets me is that the people saying these things or advocating saying these things seem to think that fat people have NEVER heard this before from anyone, and we are just waiting for someone to tell us that we are fat and then -- poof! -- everything will magically change. "Oh my God! How did I not realize that I was fat! I will go change immediately because I would never want to displease you!"

firecat January 28 2013, 19:23:09 UTC

Yeah, that's why "thinsplain" is the perfect name for it. There's a complete lack of any attempt to model what life is like for the person you're 'splaining to.

dandelion_diva January 31 2013, 02:44:39 UTC

Well said.

jillzilla February 10 2013, 15:52:57 UTC

I didn't feel shamed by the original questions by the questionable bioethicist, which is nice. And yet your rewriting the questions in terms of gender so incisively got to the centre of the absurdity of the original questions that I could see even more clearly how ridiculous they were. Thank you!

firecat February 10 2013, 19:47:24 UTC

Hooray for both of your comments!