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Fat Liberation Quotes

“My life wouldn't be easier if I were thin. My life would be easier if this culture wasn't obsessed with oppressing me because I'm fat. The solution to a problem like bigotry is not to do everything in our power to accommodate the bigotry. It is to get rid of the bigotry.”

Feminism Discrimination Fat Fat Studies Fat Liberation Fat Activism

Book:You Have the Right to Remain Fat

Source: You Have the Right to Remain Fat

“It was funny, she thought, that people treated her flesh like a public resource, a reservoir for all their insecurities and emotional dysfunction, when it was she who had their insides at her fingertips.”

Weight Size Irony Fatness Fatphobia Fat Liberation

Book:Manhunt

Source: Manhunt

“Capitalism is not and will not be a source of justice for any of us.”

Body Positivity Fat Liberation

Book:“You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Source: “You Just Need to Lose Weight”: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

“How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to vote you out if you go over a line? Where is the line? Does a group of people on a social media platform count as a community?”

Community Social Justice Body Positivity Body Acceptance Fat Liberation

Book:Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass

Source: Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass