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….that our condition is a product of us being intrinsically; dishonest, corrupt(ing) and just plain old bad, has damaged trust between fat and slim.
The readiness to believe the worst of us, the seemingly permanent assumption of bad faith is off-putting.
The same as many women have a damaged trust of men, or people of colour of white people, and so on.
I would say it’s not just about being labelled as “bad” but more about the privileged being labelled as “superior”.
Supremacy of one group of people over another breeds distrust from those marked as inferior. It’s natural and a coping mechanism.Particularly when those privileged people perpetuate those myths of supremacy and directly contribute to the othering of fat/women/POC etc.
I’ve been staring at this page for far too long thinking about how to put feelings into words and who I’m talking to and why I’m talking at all.
Tumblr, sometimes I don’t give you nearly enough credit and sometimes I let you shake me far more than I’m comfortable admitting. You’ve given me heros…
This sums up a lot of really important things and reflects the way I feel and thank you.
“I feel scared to speak out sometimes because I don’t have the answers or the language but I do have the desire to create intentional movements that include more bodies and voices and I guess this is me trying to be accountable.”
Yes.