Human Parts
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Human Parts

This Is Us

The Quiet Prejudice of ‘You Are Not Fat, You Have Fat’

This popular phrase might be comforting, but it also perpetuates weight stigma

“I’ll give you my old dress! You’ll love it.”

A family friend is offering a kind gift: a dress she thinks I’ll like. She is a size 10. I am a size 26.

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Your Fat Friend

Your Fat Friend writes about the social realities of living as a very fat person. www.yourfatfriend.com