Become Quote by Lionel Shriver

“people with weight issues often feel judged and attacked, partly because they spend so much time judging and attacking themselves.”

— Martha N. Beck

Having to look a certain way, or be a certain weight, comes from magazines, movies, the media.

— Lizzie Velasquez

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

— Mary Pipher

I know what it feels like to carry a lot of weight in a society that's very image-conscious. It's a thin person's world, and…

— Kevin Smith

For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain,…

— Julia Gillard

I truly believe a woman's weight is a political issue, and if one young woman out there can see me and not feel crummy…

— Janeane Garofalo

When I go to my constituency - in fact, when I walk around - you can almost now tell somebody's background by their weight.

— Anna Soubry

It is silly to call fat people ''gravitationally challenged'' - a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political…

— Terry Eagleton

Heavy, heavy-hearted people grow lighter and rise occasionally to their surface through precisely that which makes others heavier,through hatred and love.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“My fat is political because when I show it off it really seems to piss people off. My fat is political because I’m keeping…

— Virgie Tovar

I think that's just part of what people do and part of being a female in the media. One day it's, 'Doesn't she look…

— Caroline Flack

What no woman or man needs is anyone telling them they are 'too fat' or 'too skinny.' That just adds to the many stereotypes…

— LeAnn Rimes