--- title: "1 Like Iron Quotes By Lindy West" description: "1 Like Iron quotes by Lindy West. Plus more from Lindy West and more Like Iron sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/lindy-west-7781_men-women_i-hate-being-fat-i-hate-the-way-people-l_260626.png" --- > [“I hate being fat. I hate the way people look at me, or don't. I hate being a joke; I hate the disorienting limbo between too visible and invisible; I hate the way that complete strangers waste my life out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-hate-being-fat-i-hate-the-way-people-look-at-me-or-don-t-i-hate/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/lindy-west-7781_men-women_i-hate-being-fat-i-hate-the-way-people-l_260626.png) ## More by Lindy West > [“Thanks for nothing, regular human mom. Footnote: nothing except for the unconditional love and support and meticulous care to make sure I faced the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/thanks-for-nothing-regular-human-mom-footnote-nothing-except-for-the/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [The messaging campaign that stigmatized the term feminist definitely worked on me when I was a teenager. I always believed in equality, but there's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/the-messaging-campaign-that-stigmatized-the-term-feminist-definitely/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“Honestly, this 'Where do you get your confidence?' chapter could be sixteen words long. Because there was really only one step to my body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/honestly-this-where-do-you-get-your-confidence-chapter-could-be/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“I never did manage to lose weight, though - not significantly - and my minor "successes" weren't through any eating patterns that could be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-never-did-manage-to-lose-weight-though-not-significantly-and-my/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [I don't want any woman to think that I don't have empathy and deep care for all women's body issues. I just want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-don-t-want-any-woman-to-think-that-i-don-t-have-empathy-and-deep/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“So, what do you do when you're too big, in a world where bigness is cast not only as aesthetically objectionable, but also as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/so-what-do-you-do-when-you-re-too-big-in-a-world-where-bigness-is/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“Privilege means that it’s easy for white women to do each other favors. Privilege means that those of us who need it the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/privilege-means-that-it-s-easy-for-white-women-to-do-each-other/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [I've always been an escapist, I guess, and I spend so much time on the internet absorbing ideas and processing the horrors of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-ve-always-been-an-escapist-i-guess-and-i-spend-so-much-time-on-the/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“We do not stigmatize people with stomach flu. The active ingredient in period stigma is misogyny.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/we-do-not-stigmatize-people-with-stomach-flu-the-active-ingredient-in/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“Don’t tell thin women to eat a cheeseburger. Don’t tell fat women to put down the fork. Don’t tell underweight men to bulk up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/don-t-tell-thin-women-to-eat-a-cheeseburger-don-t-tell-fat-women-to/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [Indignation and determination are much more constructive emotions than shame and embarrassment. And feminism was this engine that turned one into the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/indignation-and-determination-are-much-more-constructive-emotions/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“I hate being fat. I hate the way people look at me, or don't. I hate being a joke; I hate the disorienting limbo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/i-hate-being-fat-i-hate-the-way-people-look-at-me-or-don-t-i-hate/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“To be shrill is to reach above your station; to abandon your duty to soothe and please; in short, to be heard. I”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/to-be-shrill-is-to-reach-above-your-station-to-abandon-your-duty-to/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“There are no “good” abortions and “bad” abortions, there are only pregnant people who want them and pregnant people who don’t, pregnant people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/there-are-no-good-abortions-and-bad-abortions-there-are-only-pregnant/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) > [“No, no one thought that a spontaneous gang rape was going to take place just then on the stage of the Laugh Factory. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindy-west/no-no-one-thought-that-a-spontaneous-gang-rape-was-going-to-take/) [Lindy West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindy-west/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-iron/lindy-west/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Iron Quotes By Lindy West", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I hate being fat. I hate the way people look at me, or don't. I hate being a joke; I hate the disorienting limbo between too visible and invisible; I hate the way that complete strangers waste my life out of supposed concern for my death. I hate knowing that if I did die of a condition that correlates with weight, a certain subset of people would feel their prejudices validated, and some would outright celebrate. I also love being fat. The breadth of my shoulders makes me feel safe. 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