FAT not UGLY!!!

A few days back while talking to a friend, I told her I have gained weight to which she immediately responded, “But you still look pretty” while being sympathetic. It made me take a step back and contemplate that did I even mention that I look ugly?

Another day, I noticed a remark made by a character of The Big Bang Theory, 'Fatties & Uggos'.  It made me realize how being Ugly & being Fat are always used interchangeably. Fat hatred has become so pervasive that it is part of the fabric of our language and interactions. While what is ugly & what is beautiful is very subjective, it has rather become a universal message that Fat is Ugly. It all begins when you are a kid. Fat is the new ugly on the school playground. Children as young as 4-5 worry about being fat. Children in elementary school call each other fat as a put-down. We have always been told by our family and friends to look up to our friends/siblings who are thinner as they look smarter and prettier. Fat and thin are no longer simply assessments of size or weight, but rather of character.  If you are fat, you are lazy, lousy, and a loser.

Well Played! But it will be naive of me to point fingers at families alone. This will forever be a chicken and an egg story unless we begin to break the chain. If all of us start telling ourselves we are beautiful, it would be a great start. The world will still come at you, and that's a pretty good start.

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