The Cheese Grates It: Fat, Old, and Ugly

For those who like to use size shaming to attack people (and are, sadly, backed up by our fatphobic society)

For those who like to use ageism to attack people

For those who like to use someone’s physical appearance to attack them

Here I am, Assholes. I’m fat, I’m old, and I could never be considered pretty. I chose the worst selfie I have of myself, taken last year when I had the flu, was running a 101 degree temp, and felt like death warmed over. 

“You’re fat. You’re old. You’re ugly.”

Yeah, I am. So what? You want a medal for stating the obvious?

Fat is not an insult, it’s simply a body type.

Old is not an insult, it’s simply an age range.

Physical beauty is subjective.

Ugly is actually an attitude. 

If you are trying to attack someone by ridiculing their physical appearance, you are most certainly ugly.

Furthermore, being fat is not the “problem” that the multi billion dollar diet industry likes to make it out to be. If diets worked long term, they wouldn’t be in business for very long.

Having a larger body type also does not equate to gluttony. I often eat only one meal a day because I can’t afford to eat more than that. Still fat. There are many big people out there who can say the same. 

I have a history of eating disorders, and my fucked up brain tends to praise me when I starve myself, which makes me continue to starve myself even when food becomes available. 

I have diabetes. This aforementioned starvation isn’t good for anyone’s health, let alone the health of someone who should be keeping their blood sugar levels steady. I can’t take my glucophage if I don’t eat, because it will make me extremely nauseous. But there you have it, all thanks to a society that has been hateful towards larger people for no reason at all.

I don’t care what another person looks like. There are a lot of “ugly” people who are the best of people, and there are certainly conventionally attractive people who have extremely ugly insides.

This is me, Bitches. I’m fat, I’m old, and I’m quite probably perceived as ugly by the majority of people who set eyes on me. So if you’re looking to insult me and you use any of the above in your lame ass attempt, I say to you:

“Is that all you got?”

~The Cheese Hath Grated It~

P.S. Comments of the "but you can lose weight if..." variety will not be published or responded to. After 33 years of yo-yo dieting and eating disorders, I fortunately discovered Size Acceptance and Health at Every Size. Diets don't work, and I will not discuss that shit. End of story.