What do you think of skinny shaming? Obviously it's bad but, quite honestly, I say skinny girls can get over it. They get called whatever but go home and see girls with similar bodies on tv, in movies, on the Internet. They live in a society that accepts them, aside from an asshole or two. And I'm sorry, but I cannot feel bad for them.
I think it’s awful, and I think it’s also important to remember that there are a few of those super skinny women that have gotten there through the pain of an eating disorder. And I think that women should support each other.
However, society does cater to thin and smaller women and that is something smaller females should keep in mind when they are complaining about fatter women saying harsh things.
Personally I also think that smaller women should remember the constant pressure that larger women are under.
Nobody should be harassed for who they are, but those with privilege should try and step back and understand when others say hurtful things about them.
I agree it’s very easy to feel nothing but hate for smaller women, but that’s not something they really deserve at the same time.
That is my personal opinion, and just mine. Don’t conflate my opinion with that of the other Admins.
edit: I think that people should try and understand that when rude remarks or bad things are said about them, it’s not a personal attack; it’s a catharsis. Fat girls ripping on skinny girls is not out of… personal hatred, but out of frustration and hatred of society which shuns and discriminates against them.
Its similar, but not the same, as when LGBT folk hate on cishet folk or PoC’s against whites. It’s hatred and frustration against a system and it’s ideals, not always against individuals that are a part of that system. When fat women hate on skinny women, it’s important for the skinny ones to recognise those words are for fat women to hear and vent and the fact that skinny women are hearing or reading them is not the point.
Does that make sense or am I rambling?
However, I still don’t approve of necessarily going out and bashing people. Hate the system and talk to the people a part of it, and hate those that actively support and perpetuate. But take the time to talk to individuals.
