Tag: fatphobia

Americans Can’t Escape Long-Disproven Body Stereotypes

The formal connection between personality and body type in
academic research goes back to 1940, when the psychologist William
Sheldon established the somatotypes, which are three generalized body
shapes that he theorized could be linked biogenetically to personality:
ectomorphs, mesomorphs, and endomorphs. Ectomorphs are people who are
tall and thin, and Sheldon expected them to be shy and anxious.
Mesomorphs are muscular and broad, and they’re expected to be
domineering and competitive. Endomorphs are soft and round, and they’re
assumed to be lazy and affection-seeking.

Since 1940,
the somatotypes’ links to personality have been broadly debunked on a
scientific level, with everything from Sheldon’s study methods to his
assumptions about personality being called into question. And for good
reason: Somatotypes were a direct result of the academic popularity of
anthropometry and eugenics before World War II.

So fatphobic stereotypes trace back to discredited bad science and eugenics! How (not) surprising.

Americans Can’t Escape Long-Disproven Body Stereotypes

diversehighfantasy:

hikergirl:

Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong

This is a great, intersectional article with clear examples of the fat empathy gap.

Also interesting is how commenters almost immediately call the article “skinny shaming.” The mentality that empowering marginalized people by giving them a voice (and, in the case of this article, control over how they want to appear in the accompanying photographs) is somehow “shaming” the people who don’t live those experiences is a special – and way too common – kind of toxic.

futureconcerns:

themandalorianwolf:

thelastjedicritical:

I’ll just say it now: even if TLJ had been a movie that the fandom adores and if Rose had been an overall popular character Kelly would’ve still been harassed on the internet. My proof? Well has everybody forgotten what happened to John and Daisy during the TFA era? Apparently so… and of course they won’t even admit this KEEPS happening to John on a daily basis …

A lot of these people didn’t harass Kelly bc of the movie or bc her character was badly written … some of these asshats might claim that to justify their shitty behaviour but we all know they would’ve done it regardless because their problem isn’t Rose Tico in particular or a bad movie that Kelly hasn’t freaking written … their problem is that she’s an Asian woman and this is what they let her know.

Admitting that rasicm and sexism is alive and well is something that the media doesn’t want the general public to realize. It’s much easier to pass it off as it’s the fans fault.

Though as we all learned by Solo, misblaiming your fan base is not a wise business move

This youtube channel called <the dishonoured wolf> literally called her “fat asian bitch” and this isnt even about her character but that ass narrator attacked Kelly’s actual physique. I was disgusted.

asianamidala:

Since you lot think Kelly Marie Tran left social media because of shippers and like to deny that racism and sexism is a thing.

Or you’re just racist white fanboys who equate opportunities for poc as an insult to your existence or something weird an wanted to boycott Star Wars when John Boyega was seen playing a Stormtrooper.

Either way, this post is dedicated to you lot who turn yourselves into victims when an Asian woman is being harassed. 

Long post under the cut.

TW: racial and misogynistic slurs and ugly people and my angry Asian ass swearing a lot.

Ps. Sorry for any typos and tagging @diversity-instarwars because they’re being constantly harassed by a certain group.

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It’s ok to be fat and need to use mobility aids, like scooters or a wheelchair or a cane or anything else.

thecrazygeek-rant:

ok2befat:

Fat disabled people are ok.

It’s ok to be fat and disabled.

It’s ok to use mobility aids as much or as little as works for you.

You are the boss of your own body. You have done nothing wrong. 

I support you. You are important. 

Making shitty jokes or being an asshole about fat people who need mobility scooters is wrong. 

Anyone who replies to this with something nasty about fat people who use mobility scooters will be blocked. 

I don’t care if you’ve followed this blog for three years. Immediately blocked. 

You are making people afraid to use the tools they need to be able to use, that exist to make life easier for them. That is NOT ok. You should be ashamed of your behavior. 

Go do better. 

And I won’t get thinner if I ‘‘get up and do something “

No I won’t.

I don’t care what your personal knowledge of biology is. I live in this body and know better than you what it can do.

coffee-at-mxdnight:

chickenonabicycle:

truejew:

darthmelyanna:

drst:

kristineirl:

this one’s for all the fat girls who’ve cried in dressing rooms 💗

You’re fine. The clothes are made to be easy to manufacture on machines, not for bodies. The clothes suck, not you.

They’re also manufactured to look attractive on hangers, and very few of us are shaped like hangers. You’re fine.

😱😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭thank u please more of this type of body positivity I need it

Legit though! I’m a hobbyist seamstress and these are my experiences when shopping mainstream:

For example, most H&M blouses these days don’t even have boobdarts. Which means they will sit awkwardly on literally anyone with boobs, no matter the size. But on hangers or when folded on display? They look fab as fuck. Because hangers don’t have boobs. And the models chosen to show them on the catwalk are usually chosen for their lack of boobage too (unless it’s for lingerie), other requirements including ridiculous size and weight requirements. As for the average (EU available) clothing shops, the worst offender I’ve encountered yet was Zara. Everything’s way too long and way too flat: clearly aimed to look good on the catwalk models but not intended for normal people. At all.

Also sizes are just numbers. Shopping online has taught me that I’m a European M, an American XS-S, and a Japanese L-XL. And then these sizes even vary from shop to shop in the same country: I’m an XL at Apples but an S at Lola&Liza, for example. They’ve also been reducing the sizes of these numbers throughout the years to make people feel bad about themselves and to sell more weight-loss products. Don’t let a number get you down, it does not define you.

So please don’t feel bad about yourself when shops refuse to cater to your size. The clothes they sell are not aimed at real human beings. They are the ones in the wrong here, not you!

body posi posts are the ones 

tacticalvisors:

no one ever talks about how being fat intersects with being gay and/or being trans. fat people are unequivocally given less access to their OWN gayness and/or their OWN transness: we cannot be shamelessly gay, or shamelessly trans in a way even remotely similar to fit lgbt folk. we are denied that experience not only by straight people–because we are viewed as repulsive not only for being lgbt but for also being fat– but we are denied it by our own community, too.

but who cares about the fat lesbians and wlw who are told they are only lesbians because they “can’t attract a man.” or the fat trans women who are denied their own gender, who others consider to not be “feminine enough” because we’re all told that fat is not feminine, it is not womanly. the fat trans man who is too short and too round and too soft to be considered a man, who is also denied his transness because “clearly you’re only uncomfortable because you’re fat.” the fat gay man who struggles feeling comfortable in his own skin going to spaces where he’s supposed to be welcomed, all because he doesn’t fit the Right Aesthetic.

honestly fuck all the people who turn a blind eye to this. 

festive-jester:

thestraggletag:

silkarth:

unskinny:

Remember that reddit post that was going around several months ago about the dude who wanted an open relationship with his girlfriend because he wanted to date “hotter” women than his fat girlfriend but then when she agreed she was dating tons of hot guys and he couldn’t get a single woman to date him so he wanted to close the relationship because he thought it was unfair?

Sometimes I think about that and it gives me life.  

Here it is. Shit’s glorious.

You bet your ass I re-read this whole thing top to bottom.

“> It’s not like I knew it would turn out to be this unbalanced

You knew it would turn out unbalanced, just not in her favor.”

DAMN SON