When Kids Talk About Fat Bodies

The history of hurt around my body wasn’t authored by children, but by adults

Your Fat Friend
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readJun 10, 2019

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My brother called 12 years ago. His wife was, he told me, pregnant. For the first time, I was going to be an aunt.

I was excited, if nervous, about how it would shift my relationship with my brother. He had always been so warm and loving with children that…

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Your Fat Friend
Human Parts

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