I’ve had in months was at a coffee drive-through—and it was prompted by an unintentional fat joke.
They looked up at me, seemingly horrified, as they realized they were handing this coffee to a tall, fat, blonde white woman—in other words, aTheir face drained of color, apparently mortified at their misstep. Tension and despair hung in the air.Before leaving, I spoke to the barista, assuring them that I wasn’t offended or hurt, nor was I making fun of them. To the contrary, I was delighted. Their face softened, shoulders loosened.
. Many are made intentionally, often by thin people, and nearly always at the expense of fat people. What’s challenging isn’t the joke itself, but the ideas that the joke relies on and reifies:, making clear and then playing on the bizarre and unkind assumptions thin people often make about fat people .
yrfatfriend This one is so good ❤️ I’ve experienced this phenomenon too and the explanation for why it feels freeing to acknowledge an unintentional fat joke with a stranger is right on. I wish I had more moments where strangers had to confront their bias!
yrfatfriend Oh thank you, what a perfect description to an experience I know I’ve had and didn’t understand why I had the same reaction! Great read, as usual!
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