What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat Quotes

“The Obesity Myth, Paul Campos argues that as overt racism, sexism, and classism fell out of favor among white and wealthy Americans, anti-fat bias offered a stand-in: a dog whistle that allowed disdain and bigotry aimed at poor people and people of color to persist, uninterrupted and simply renamed.”
― Aubrey Gordon, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

“My arms were already crossed tight over my chest, thighs squeezed together, ankles overlapped beneath my seat. My body was knotted, doing everything it could not to touch him, not to impose its soft skin.”
― Aubrey Gordon, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat

“Some fat activists strive for body neutrality, a viewpoint that holds that bodies should be prized for their function, not their appearance, and that simply feeling impartial about our bodies would represent a significant step forward for those of us whose bodies are most marginalized”
― Aubrey Gordon, What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat