#there are so many skinny people in the media that midsize people are misclassified as fat

[dwarrowdams]

A few months ago, I saw something on TikTok that was like “small/mid fat people experience thin privilege” and like...no????

We don’t experience the further marginalization that larger fat people do (for example, I’m a midfat and I generally don’t have trouble fitting into seats on public transit or booths at restaurants), but we sure as shit don’t benefit from thin privilege.

Please tell me if this is overstepping/an inappropriate comparison, but it reminds me of people who say that light-skinned POC have white privilege.  True, they don’t experience colorism, but they still experience racism (and DEFINITELY do not have white privilege), and it’s shitty to act like they don’t.

You can acknowledge degrees of marginalization within a group without kicking people out of it, I promise.  

this was also coming from someone who said that the term “midsize” was fatphobic, so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised

#hush Bree #everything about that line of thought annoys me #like if I'm supposed to be experiencing thin privilege where has that been for the past 15 years??? #like yeah I'm less marginalized than larger fat people #but I'm still fat??? #most clothing stores don't carry my size and I have to pay the fat tax and doctors blame everything on my weight #I would absolutely be treated worse if I were larger but like #jesus christ on a cactus #also I personally am a fan of the term 'midsize'! #I used to see midsize people being described as fat and was like 'mmmmmm NOPE' #there are so many skinny people in the media that midsize people are misclassified as fat #I'm glad there's a term that specifically means 'not skinny but also not really fat' #like obviously these terms aren't perfect #but I like the idea of midsize! #it makes sense! #and also it doesn't have the pitfall of calling that body type 'normal' #bc what the fuck even is normal #anyways I think I'm done here #Brynne for ts