So apparently there are now people in witchy online spaces, declaring that if you are fat you cannot work magic properly.
And I hope I do not have to explain to you how very fatphobic that is.

Following this harmful logic, chronically ill or neurodivergent witches would also be not able to work magic properly, which is of course nonsense.

#witch #witchcraft #fatphobia

Me: Hello, I'd like a reasonable accommodation related to my weight.

U.S. Legal System: Sure, you just first need to prove that it's not your fault you're fat.

Me: Sigh.

#Fatphobia

My notes for Fatphobia in SFF

Hi friends! You're probably reading this after attending the Fatphobia in SFF panel at Balticon 60. Or maybe you stumbled onto this post while doing research about the subject. I wanted to provide my notes from the event in a simple post for those who want more context, thinking material, or further reading. I'm just simply dropping this in for now and wi

https://www.christianeknight.com/my-notes-for-fatphobia-in-sff/

#PanelNotes #fatphobia #PanelNotes

You can tell folk that you smoke ten packs a day, eat nothing but hamburgers, sit at your desk for ten hours a day with no breaks, and haven't exercised in ten years and they'll go, "cool. Cool." But the moment you tell them you're the slightest bit overweight suddenly they're very worried about your health.

#fatphobia

Medical contradiction. In the same conversation about a transplant the surgeon stated that the heavier you are the less healthy you are and wont survive sugery, then said that heavier people make better donors than thin people due to the quality of their organs.

All this says to me is that surgeons are not competent to work on fat patients and want them to die to give their organs to the chosen thin people, who are not healthy

#MakeItMakeSense #MedicalMalpractice #FatPhobia #WeightBias

Notice how when 'people' are trying to weight shame someone online they always use "300lbs" as the supposed insult? I can only assume that these idiots all use the same number because they are braindead drones who can't think for themselves.

#BodyShaming #weight #FatPhobia #300lbs