“If you want to challenge fatphobia, you have to start with the understanding that fat people are worthy of respect, safety, and dignity. A “but” cannot follow this statement. Fat people are worthy of respect, safety, and dignity. Fat people are worthy of respect, safety, and dignity no matter how fa…”— Marquisele Mercedes, pipewrenchmag.com
“A pediatric emergency physician looked at me, a thirteen-year-old fat Black girl, and was so certain I was sexually active that she performed a pelvic exam while I screamed and cried and repeatedly revoked consent—if you can claim I ever gave it in the first place.”— Marquisele Mercedes, pipewrenchmag.com
“I'm not going to be your fat sidekick anymore.”— Paul Downs Colaizzo, Brittany Forgler, Jillian Bell, imdb.com
“I'm broke. I'm fat. My liver is shutting down or something.”— Paul Downs Colaizzo, Brittany Forgler, Jillian Bell, imdb.com
“My body was just bigger. It shouldn’t have made my life that different.”— Marquisele Mercedes, humanparts.medium.com
“A long time ago, cooking and working in food stopped being about food for me, and it’s been about people, and I feel now like I have to really hold myself to task for what I’m trying to convey with my work—does it really matter? Can food make a difference?”— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, newyorker.com
“[discussion about Day-Day's ex] Craig Jones: Psycho, huh? She must be worst than Left Eye from TLC or somethin'. Day-Day: Yeah, well, this fat bitch ain't burnin'!”— Ice Cube, Craig Jones, Ice Cube, imdb.com
“Tallahassee: Wow, these fellas really let themselves go. Columbus: And they’re so fat.”— Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Tallahassee, Woody Harrelson, imdb.com
“Maybe I would have been nicer to the townspeople had they not been so fat and stupid.”— Seth Meyers, Ra-Sharir, Necar Zadegan, imdb.com
“My mail tells me that a lot of fat, white-haired, wrinkled ladies are tickled pink. I mean, look at me—if I can be a success, so can they.”— Barbara Bush, vanityfair.com
“There’s no doubt: If I wrote down everything that would be better if I lose weight, the list would be as long as the Old Testament. If I wrote down everything that might get worse, it wouldn’t fill up an index card. But this is why people buy insurance—to hedge against unlikely disasters.”— Tommy Tomlinson, theatlantic.com
“Diego Rivera: Thank you. Frida Kahlo: For what? Diego Rivera: For making a fat, old, crazy communist a happy man.”— Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Frida Kahlo, Salma Hayek, imdb.com
“Steve, I would prefer to forego your input since it most recently resulted in my brother becoming fat, unemployed and growing that supremely antisocial beard.”— Matthew Weiner, Terri Baker, Amy Poehler, imdb.com
“You did not fail to keep the weight off because you are lazy, weak, or undisciplined. It's not because you didn't want it badly enough. You regained that weight because the contributors to your body weight, such as what, when, and how much you eat, as well as how you expend energy (including your in…”— Linda Bacon, amazon.com