being fat isn’t a bad thing or a dirty word so don’t take this as me suggesting that it is, but it’s kind of insane how warped pop culture is about women’s bodies that everyone in 2014 was convinced meghan trainor was fat
like.. this is how she looked in all about that bass
and i remember so many people talking about how overweight she was and making fat jokes about her- and none of that would have been remotely okay if she actually was fat- that isn’t okay no matter what. the reason fatphobia is bad isn’t because she isn’t fat; it’s bad because fatphobia is always awful, and especially targets actually fat women. but it’s moreso just insane to me that people’s baseline for what a fat person looks like is just so exceptionally warped. like it sincerely floors me
i’m legitimately surprised that y’all are confused about this as if this hasn’t been a thing for decades, as if kate winslet wasn’t called “kate weighs-a-lot” during the filming and after the release of titanic
fatphobia has been around showbusiness for years. even now, the majority of the parts fat or midsize actors get are “comic relief whose only character trait is being fat”, “ugly main character who loses weight and suddenly is desired by everyone” or “the one who dies first in the horror movie”.
see also: the movie “the duff”, where the “designated ugly fat friend” is played by an actress who IS NOT FAT.
all of these are women who would statistically have below average weight, but showbiz goes hand in hand with diet culture so they call them fat because they know that that way they’ll make more people feel miserable about themselves and then those people will buy those teas that make you shit your pants or start diets or subscribe to exercise plans that don’t work.
and it’s not just the women either. hollywood wants you to think that this is what an ideal healthy man looks like:
when really, this is unsustainable and for a large part unobtainable physique. zac efron exercised for several hours a day every day and basically only ate protein to look like this, and is likely dehydrated as fuck in the shot for extra muscle definition. meanwhile this is zac actually being happy and healthy:
and i think we can all agree that he still looks fucking amazing. this is what a healthy strong guy looks like. you know what every tabloid called this when down to earth with zac efron came out? A DAD BOD.
tl;dr fatphobia is awful and showbusiness thrives on making people have body image issues.
I just saw a tiktok about this, specifically about early 2000s fatphobia: https://bitchnamedbunny.tumblr.com/post/644035825390206976/pt-2
I remember Kelly Clarkson was like, *the* chubby girl and I’m shocked now by how much she wasn’t. It’s astounding how, media really pushed these “average” bodies as fat. Sad how much it’s barely changed.
Hollywood has a problem doing this to people that have a round facial shape, ribs that are not visible, or curved abdomens. Ridiculous 🙄. It’s no wonder that actual fat people who are unapologetic in the media have blown the public’s mind.
