Kacchan:
Would you please elaborate on this last paragraph? I'm genuinely interested by what you mean - what type of fatphobia did you encounter in your self?
Greentrees8733:
Sure! Here's an example: one time, I was walking in town and noticed I was uncomfortable because I was sucking in my gut... but why was I doing that in that situation? I reflected, and realized that I was trying to avoid being perceived as fat. Why was I trying to avoid it? Apparently, to some degree, I'd internalized socially dominant narratives about being fat = bad.
So I instead decided to be propaganda and walk around being my actually fat self.
Does that kinda get at what you meant?
Yes - thanks! I completely understand - it's hard to shake social norms, even when we make a decision to move away from them.
