Rachhole:
Obviously there's been a rise of feedism culture and influencers in the social media spheres. I myself have gone on TV in the UK to share my story.
I did that with two thoughts initially. One was to in a sense make feedism a less negatively sensational kink and more "normalized". Two was to generate more traffic for my fat empire (I have no shame about that).
But on the flip side of the coin, exfeedees are now using feedism in the opposite way by making it into "grooming cult" with all the more stereotypical negative connotations, for clout and to move into more "normal" vapid influencer spaces.
And also outting safe fat spaces.
I think I'm super incensed about it because there are spaces for feedees who leave the community to take care of themselves for medical or mental health reasons. Blasting feedism on social media doesn't do anything but push it back into the weird and creepy space just to get some clickbait for a podcast or magazine that is having a slow news day
But in a secondary rant. If you follow content creators or models on Instagram, X, or Tik tok, be aware we are a dying breed. I along with around 10 other fat models have lost our platforms just this weekend because of fatphobia. God forbid we have our bellies out, that's sexual solicitation. But straight sized people can have their flaps out and it's not a problem.
I suppose I just needed a rant to people who would get it. But what are yalls thoughts: is putting feedism and fat fetish in mainstream helpful in gaining more understanding or detrimental to our community?
Going mainstream is always a double-edge sword. On the one hand, it encourages acceptance and understanding. However, it also sanitizes, homogenizes, and corporatizes the community too.
If you want to feedism to go mainstream, you have to be very careful how you do it. You need diverse groups of people: women, enbies, POCs, LBGTQIA+, female feeders, male feedees, the works. Right now, the world just sees us a creepy men who prey on emotionally vulnerable women. We have to show them we are more than that.
Once the community goes mainstream, the public will decide on a narrative. We only have so much control over it, so representation and visibility are key. Think of it as being ambassadors.