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    2 days ago

    Very. Different people have different bodies.

    Even if the premise were undebatably true that being fat is an avoidable consequence by eating all of the “right” things in exactly the “right” quantities, which greatly oversimplifies the immense complexity of how bodies function, the target of intolerance should be:

    • The companies that pump out garbage masquerading as food
    • The regulatory environment that allows those companies to do so
    • The systems which deprive people of the time, finances and ability to access adequate nutrition or medical support

    By buying into anti-fat-acceptance, you:

    • Place the entire burden of systemic issues on individuals who don’t have the power to fix them, and who have their own unique circumstances
    • Hold the bag for exploitative companies
    • Enable damaging ableist tropes about superficial aesthetic ideals

    I hope that helps!

    • Exactly, perfect take! Bodyshaming and ableism are also one more line along which the ruling class devides people to keep them from doing anything about the systemic issues you mentioned. Solidarity wins.