Azealia Banks' Attack On Lizzo Is Fatphobia At Its Worst

Banks revealed her biases in a long Instagram comment

I love Black women. I trust Black women. I want to see Black women win. This does not seem to be the case for Azealia Banks, who has a proven track record of waiting until another Black woman is doing well to drag her down. The latest target of Banks' pathetic vitriol is Lizzo, whose single"Truth Hurts" just hit number 1 on Billboard's Hot 100.

It started when Banks commented on Instagram that Lizzo's success was the result of"the public and the media" keeping a"fat girl joke going for so long." Banks called this so-called phenomenon"peak boredom," and went on to say that"Truth Hurts" isn't that good of a song anyway.

Fatphobia exists when people are threatened by the success and happiness of fat people, particularly those who love their bodies. In Banks' mind, Lizzo should only exist as a fat woman if she is also quiet, soft, demure, and completely asexual. Banks seems to think that fat people who dare to be okay with their bodies, and move them freely, are detrimental to the communities they represent.

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