“I feel so fat,” she delfates, and my desire to be seen in public shatters.
But shes neither of those things.
I dont want to know the answer.
Illustration by Niege Borges
In my humble opinion, she lookedfucking hot.
That part of her message, I think, is entirely fair.
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Insecurity bubbled deep in my gut, more so than I’ve felt in a long time.
(Yes, Iamlooking for a therapist!
Why do you ask?)
(And when I say “we,” I do include myself in that.
There’s a reason I rarely show my stomach or legs on Instagram.
Even someone who writes about body acceptance for a living can have hang-ups, y’all.)
It’s not an easy thing to do, not in the slightest.
So we get mean and hyper-analyze their bodies to make sense of what were feeling.
And itll continue to do so as the fat-acceptance and body-neutrality communities continue to grow.
That especially goes for tabloids and glossy magazines.
There are plenty of publications out there that continually monitor celebrity weight gain and loss, too.
Instead, lets turn to people we trust and say “I’m feeling insecure about something.”
