“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
“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
“Undress in front of a mirror, take a good look at yourself. There you will see the scars of war.”— Marianne Williamson, insider.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
“It's hard to be positive about your body; oftentimes, not because you hate yourself in any way, shape or form but because the world hates you.”— Roxane Gay, the-pool.com
“Fatphobia is a great selling point, but what we need to understand is that it’s only that: a selling point.”— Kaila Prins, everydayfeminism.com
“However unintentional, the message is that thin people’s stories are worth telling, while fat people are relegated to nightmarish flashbacks and cheap jokes.”— Jenna Guillaume, buzzfeed.com
“I'm not asking you to be kind to a politician’s body because the politician deserves it, but rather, because everyone else does.”— Chrissy Stockton, harpersbazaar.com