Roxane Gay Quote

Sometimes, people who, I think, mean well like to tell me I am not fat. They will say things like, Don’t say that about yourself, because they understand fat as something shameful, something insulting, while I understand fat as a reality of my body. When I use the word, I am not insulting myself. I am describing myself.

Roxane Gay

Sometimes, people who, I think, mean well like to tell me I am not fat. They will say things like, Don’t say that about yourself, because they understand fat as something shameful, something insulting, while I understand fat as a reality of my body. When I use the word, I am not insulting myself. I am describing myself.

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