In case you were somehow unaware…

Anorexia is a serious and life threatening disease that, while very often having physical manifestations and impacts, is defined by disordered thought and behavior patterns.

It’s not a body type nor is it a word to be used in describing physical appearance.

No matter how concerned you are, how supportive you’re trying to be of “real” bodies with “curves,” or how hushed your tones- no matter if you are fat or thin or a fucking plus size “body positive” publication attempting to advocate for size diversity on the runway: any time you use anorexia as a description of anything other than a serious and life threatening disease, you are being a complete fucking asshole and WHOLLY in the wrong.

Any potential point you could be making, be it about your concern for a friend or commentary on the state of female body image, is negated because you are a sizeist, shaming fuck.

I am so fucking tired of seeing the word “curvy” and other such adjectives to replace the evil “FAT” word.

fatfashion:

redefiningbodyimage:

Let’s get confrontational.

Bodies are not straight angles.

Everyone has curves.

Let’s stop using “curvy” to replace “fat” - Please.

FAT IS FAT, PEOPLE.

DON’T FEAR THE FAT.

I’m always down to get confrontational. 

It’s just… not that simple. 

Don’t get me wrong!  I absolutely love the word fat.  It is an important word and language is a powerful tool.  Totally critical to politics and academia AND day-to-day living.  I do not find euphemisms useful, personally, so I use the word fat.  I encourage other people to use the word fat if they feel that describes their body in a way that is accurate and empowering.  But it’s super important to remember the word fat doesn’t exist in a vacuum.  The way the word is treated culturally is fucked up.  No question.  The actual meaning of the word has been so conflated with negative imagery that it can cause a lot of pain.

yes. Using fat in a NOT fucked up way is critical to neutralizing that pain… Using fat as your default when discussing bodies if you are comfortable with the word is important and powerful…. But Ignoring the fact that the word “fat” is super triggering for people ignores a very important part of accepting one’s body.  Prescribing identities to others is also a super shitty thing to do.  Thrusting labels upon people doesn’t help anyone go through the process of reclaiming a word.  It’s not really about the word anyway, it’s about breaking down the schema, the associations, the thought processes that make that word hurt.  Let’s get confrontational about the paradigms that create the pain around the word fat, instead of stigmatizing identities.  Support people and their healing instead of being the label police.