Best Quote by Barbie Ferreira

Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it…

— Beth Ditto

My body image as I grew up was very difficult... I was so conscious of being fat. But one thing I was aware of…

— John Whaite

In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on the playground…

— Caitlin Moran

I'm not a body shamer. The word fat has been used to hurt me my entire life.

— Margaret Cho

I was fat, and that was awful because when you're young and sensitive, you think the world is over because you're fat.

— Maeve Binchy

I look back at pictures of myself and I remember thinking, "I was so fat when I was growing up. I was 165 pounds…

— Viola Davis

I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word

— Camryn Manheim

I was fat because my parents were a little fat themselves at that point in their lives, and I ate what they ate.

— Jami Attenberg

I can't believe I was a fat person for most of my life.

— Ricki Lake

I was fat when I was a kid. I was a little chunkier, but that's boring because everyone was fat when they were a…

— Josh Segarra

As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and…

— Arabella Weir

I was made fun of for being fat from fourth or fifth grade to eighth grade. That was pretty rough.

— Ari Graynor