Correctness Quote by Terry Eagleton

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

There is nothing offensive about the word 'obese.' It is a descriptor of a person's weight.

— Gad Saad

Weight having become politicised, anyone with a profile in the media who either subscribes to or departs from the template of tininess implicitly represents…

— Lionel Shriver

When I started tentatively dipping a toe into fat-positive internet spaces, I learned that reclaiming the term was the quickest and most powerful way…

— Lindy West

Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

— Susie Orbach

“These reactions hurt, for so many reasons. They illustrate how little people think of fat people, how they assume we are neither smart nor…

— Roxane Gay

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

— Susie Orbach

“When people come to me about fears of public speaking while fat, about heckling, about online harassment, I feel it necessary to remind people…

— Kameron Hurley

Mind you, I've always been a very off-message type of fat broad; one who gladly admits she reached the size she is now solely…

— Julie Burchill

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

— Mary Pipher

We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a…

— Richard Simmons

Ultimately, of course, there is no excuse for being fat in this culture. It's the one last prejudice we allow ourselves, the final frontier…

— Joni Rodgers