We are told, all of us, no matter what our size, that fat bodies are lesser, that they are somehow abhorrent and definitely repulsive. You can see this in how rarely we see fat heroes or leads in stories, in how models on runways and the pages of magazines are always thin. Our culture reveres thinness—think about how we talk about the goal of thigh gaps and “fitspiration.” Fat bodies are the butt of jokes, the punchline.
