Quote by Mary Pipher Download Open image ““Being fat means being left out, scorned, and vilified.”” — Mary Pipher ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Fat is a barrier, a bellicose statement to others that, to some, justifies hostility in kind. The world says to the fat person, "Your… — Albert Ellis Copy Share Image
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“Even at that young age, I understood that to be fat was to be undesirable to men, to be beneath their contempt, and I… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Fat" is a small word which belies its size in the girth of its connotations. Fat implies a certain ungainliness, an inefficiency, a sense… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I am fully aware of what the word 'fat' means ... It's a swear word. It's a weapon. It's a sociological subspecies. It's an… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“The fact is that I’m fat because life is a snarl of physical, emotional, and cultural forces both in and out of my control.… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
“Fatness is a byproduct of the leisurely life your hard-working ancestors and the greatest minds of the Western world have been working to create… — Martin Cizmar Copy Share Image
“There are worse things in life to be than fat, and one of them is ignorant. Another is prejudiced. Another is deliberately cruel.” — Laura Wiess Copy Share Image
So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it. — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
“This world and its unwillingness to accept and accommodate me are the problem. But I suspect it is more likely that I can change… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Teenage girls are extremists who see the world in black-and- white terms, missing shades of gray. Life is either marvelous or notworth living. School… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
We live in a world filled with language. Language imparts identity, meaning, and perspective to our human community. Writers are either polluters or part… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“Finally I teach the joys of altruism. Many adolescent girls are self-absorbed. It's not a character flaw, it's a developmental stage. Nonetheless, in makes… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“It's virtually impossible in America to be heavy and feel good about oneself.” — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
I think history is inextricably linked to identity. If you don't know your history, if you don't know your family, who are you? — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
If there's a therapist who wants a writing project, I think there's a need for a book about how the culture affects the mental… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs.… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
“Young men need to be socialized in such a way that rape is as unthinkable to them as cannibalism.” — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Something dramatic happens to girls in early adolescence. Just as planes and ships disappear mysteriously into the Bermuda Triangle, so do the selves of… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts. — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen. — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
