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I think the reason why we continue to see people use "obese" as an insult to Trump is that being fat is supposed to be politically disqualifying
Fat people are supposed to be systematically shut out of all forms of structural power
Fat people are supposed to be systematically shut out of all forms of structural power
The only way to overcome the extreme barriers of fatphobia is to be as violently privileged as Donald Trump has been his entire life
And people literally respond to the level of violence inherent in being that privileged
By freaking out over the fatness and not the privilege
And people literally respond to the level of violence inherent in being that privileged
By freaking out over the fatness and not the privilege
Where are the fat women politicans with national platforms and structural power?
Nowhere
Because they don't exist.
Nowhere
Because they don't exist.
Fat people are systematically shut out of power by people who are happy to use fatness as a stand in for the discrimination that has already generationally benefited THEM PERSONALLY
Discrimination by race, gender and class.
Discrimination by race, gender and class.
If Anderson Cooper wanted to go after Trump, he could have called him a racist on TV years and years ago
But he didn't
Because he is a coward.
But he didn't
Because he is a coward.
Important context to add-
An additional reminder than when Justice Sotomayor was nominated by Obama, fatphobia and diabetes stigma was weaponized against her.
These structural barriers are real and they must be dismantled https://twitter.com/fattyMPH/status/1324760840059441155?s=19
An additional reminder than when Justice Sotomayor was nominated by Obama, fatphobia and diabetes stigma was weaponized against her.
These structural barriers are real and they must be dismantled https://twitter.com/fattyMPH/status/1324760840059441155?s=19
