'Being told by a thin person that we can squeeze into their limited size range is precisely the reason so many in the plus community dislike shopping.'
all contribute to why the series has quickly become a must-watch. Yet it’s often the simple details that set the series apart from others. One scene in the new season that at first seems to be surface-level truly unpacks an issue faced by all fat women and men.’s second season, the main character Annie attends a female empowerment conference that soon proves to be a cash grab at false feminism. Before listening to the conference’s keynote speaker, she’s given a T-shirt by one of the employees.
Two weeks later, the same thing happened with another brand. This time, after telling me they had my size and then retracting that a week later, they offered me two sizes down because the brand was — you guessed it — very generous in their sizing. Similar situations have happened to me my entire life: when ordering cast T-shirts during high school theater, when participating in school events, when trying to find a jersey to wear during extracurricular activities in junior high. For the past 22 years, I have tried time and time again to squeeze my fatness by forcing pants to button when they clearly didn’t, leaving marks on my waist from the fabric rubbing against my skin.
This situation has a dehumanizing impact on plus folks and serves as a clear reminder that their body is not viewed as the norm in this thin-first world — but
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