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Fat Liberation Quotes

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“My life wouldn't be easier if I were thin. My life would be easier if this culture wasn't obsessed with oppressing me because I'm fat. The solution to a problem like bigotry is not to do everything in our power to accommodate the bigotry. It is to get rid of the bigotry.”
Virgie Tovar, You Have the Right to Remain Fat

Gretchen Felker-Martin
“It was funny, she thought, that people treated her flesh like a public resource, a reservoir for all their insecurities and emotional dysfunction, when it was she who had their insides at her fingertips.”
Gretchen Felker-Martin, Manhunt

“Capitalism is not and will not be a source of justice for any of us.”
Aubrey Gordon, “You Just Need to Lose Weight�: And 19 Other Myths About Fat People

Jes Baker
“How much are we allowed to change our bodies while still being body positive? Does that amount of change decrease if we call ourselves part of the fat acceptance movement? Does the community get to vote you out if you go over a line? Where is the line? Does a group of people on a social media platform count as a community?”
Jes Baker, Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass