Fat people Quote by Lindy West

“Because I hated myself so much for my fatness, I always looked for other fat people, and especially for fatter people, to judge as…

— Dan Pearce

“Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.”

— Mary Pipher

“As a woman, my body is scrutinized, policed, and treated as a public commodity. As a fat woman, my body is also lampooned, openly…

— Lindy West

“In the very same books that tell us to locate our self-worth not in how we look but in who we are and how…

— Ruby Tandoh

“Self-esteem isn’t a crime. Self-love isn’t something to be earned. Most importantly, loving your fat body as it is is not delusional and does…

— Jes Baker

“Fat shaming is real, constant, and rather pointed. There are a shocking number of people who believe they can simply torment fat people into…

— Roxane Gay

“To be clear, the fat acceptance movement is important, affirming, and profoundly necessary, but I also believe that part of fat acceptance is accepting…

— Roxane Gay

“I sometimes think of people’s personalities as the negative space around their insecurities. Afraid of intimacy? Cultivate aloofness. Feel invisible? Laugh loud and often.…

— Lindy West

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

— Susie Orbach

When I describe myself as fat to people, whether it's a driver, anywhere around the world, or a friend, and I'm like, 'Oh, it's…

— Tess Holliday

Fat people are so full of themselves.

— Nikhil Saluja

Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those…

— Susie Orbach