Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders

“If you start insulting religious people I’m gonna start insulting fat people.”

This was from a image board. Thin privilege is not having your body used against you in an argument, and having others feel it’s alright since fat people are unhealthy anyways. It’s being able to hold discussion with others, without feeling fear that at any moment someone will say something that will make you feel like not eating again.

Thin privilege is being able to live a life without fear, that at any time someone will hurt you and attack your body with hate. It’s people believing you when you say you’ve been emotionally abused. When fat people are insulted, it’s seen as joking or the fat person upset by it is told they’re oversensitive. Words like “I will make fun of people fat like you.” is a threat. It is saying I will hurt you and others like you. It is saying if you were thin I wouldn’t have to hurt you, to teach you a lesson for loving your body while fat.