I’m Not a Body Type (Anymore)

Leaving Fat Activism to Find Myself

Self Portrait | Created by Jaye in Midjourney

Disclaimer: I discuss disordered eating, intentional weight loss and body types in this post. I am currently morbidly obese (mid fat), in my fifties, and suffering. I am working on turning this around and adding years (back) to my life. I believe in body autonomy — your body, your choice, 100%. I also believe that all bodies can be beautiful: fat, thin, fully abled, disabled, and everywhere in between. I don’t look at people fatter than me and think “less” of them. I don’t think more of someone because they’re super jacked, ripped, or even straight-sized. People are people; we don’t know anyone until we know their minds, hearts, dreams, and souls. But I have a huge problem with any evangelical movement that influences or shames people into being just like them, spreads pseudoscientific disinformation, absolves themselves of personal responsibility, and plays the perpetual victim. That’s my issue with the majority of the fat activists on the…