“Some observers see an even darker underbelly to our reliance on the BMI, though: there’s a lot of money to be made off of it, and it sure isn’t going towards helping caregivers find better solutions.”— Danielle Cohen, gq.com
“It should not feel revolutionary to say, especially coming from the author of a cookbook that’s about healthy cooking, that fat does not equal bad or unlovable. But it’s worth saying.”— Julia Turshen, bonappetit.com
“Eilish’s goal isn’t celebration of her body, but rather to ignore it entirely and make her audience focus on her voice.”— Scaachi Koul, buzzfeednews.com
“Even in 2020, fat people—who, by the way, make up nearly half of Americans—are still more likely to be invoked in dehumanizing language on shows chronicling thin people’s quirky exploits than they are to be given narratives of their own.”— Emma Specter, vogue.com
“Before top surgery, their poses looked tight, uncomfortable, burdened. After — even in pain, even wearing bandages and drains — they loosened up.”— Sasha Geffen, reallifemag.com
“I'm fat. It's just true, you know?”— Hye Yun Park, Alexandra Rushfield, Lindy West, Aidy Bryant, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com
“Instead of becoming a symbol of girls’ unlimited potential in sports, Cain became yet another standout young athlete who got beaten down by a win-at-all-costs culture.”— Mary Cain, The New York Times, nytimes.com
“I won’t exactly look like the Hulk — maybe more like Superman after having a few Chipotle burritos — but it’s possible that I’ll require alterations nonetheless. And as per my contract, if I do, I’ll bear full financial responsibility for them.”— E.J. Dickson, nytimes.com
“I know, everything is either, like a big Indiana Walmart sack, or it's, like, some cutesy shit covered in, like, Eiffel Tower postage stamps or whatever.”— Samantha Irby, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com
“Because of what I looked like or because there's a certain way that your body is supposed to be, and I'm not that. And that maybe if I was just sweet enough and nice enough and easy-going enough with any guy, that would be enough for someone.”— Craig DiGregorio, Annie, Aidy Bryant, imdb.com
“What stops us from looking at ourselves and seeing ourselves is that we’re kind of ugly if we look really hard. We’re not who we think we are. We’re not as wonderful.”— Bill Murray, amazon.com
“The more work I do on myself, the more work I notice there is still left to do. There are no before and after stories in life because this isn’t the afterlife, while we are on earth we will always have more and more challenges to overcome.”— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being a human can be hard, especially when it comes to the body. Our bodies are just sacks of flesh and bone with some complex organs thrown in, but we still put a lot of pressure on our flesh sacks to be 'attractive' — a standard set pretty much at random by society.”— Brittney McNamara, teenvogue.com
“A couple of weeks ago, I was hanging out with a group of friends, and we were exchanging horror stories about exes. In response to a particularly terrible story, one of the women said that she hoped the ex in question was fat now. Is fat the worst thing we can wish upon a person?”— Mandy Cowley, huffpost.com
“Food is a part of my life — a fun part — but it no longer tastes irresistible, the way it did when I told myself I couldn’t have it.”— Jessica Knoll, nytimes.com
“I don’t want to drown in motherhood. I don’t want my daughter to gasp under this weight.”— Laura Sievers, humanparts.medium.com
“I soon learned about eating disorders in Hollywood was that they can be highly competitive. Highly. Competitive.”— Jennette McCurdy, huffpost.com
“I still don't know what fashion really is, and maybe that's the point. Maybe what fashion is right now — and what it was before — matter less than what it can be, and we need to be paying attention to the people who are defining that.”— Amanda Richards, instyle.com