Ooooooooooooooweeeee this was sooo amazing. This quote, y’all: “If your journey to freedom begins and ends with how you see yourself, then you are either a) operating from a place of privilege that allows you to feel insulated from the bulk of the actual systemic oppression that fat hate has or b) only as free as you’ve been conditioned to think is possible.” Thank you, Ijeoma, once again!
1000% this. And even before your closing remarks I too peeped the parallels between advancing "representation" in race and in body size.
Like, yes, removing Confederate statues and having the new Captain America be Black is all well and good, but having cops actually face consequences for killing us would be even better.
Loved en vogue, used to try to sing along to whole albums with friends from 7th grade choir back in the day!
(and yeah didn't think that deeply about the lyrics, must admit).
How policing our own and others' bodies has been a norm instead of enjoying them is such a missed opportunity and tragedy. And a solid example of how too easy it is to personalise what is socially constructed. Thanks for this.
Ooooooooooooooweeeee this was sooo amazing. This quote, y’all: “If your journey to freedom begins and ends with how you see yourself, then you are either a) operating from a place of privilege that allows you to feel insulated from the bulk of the actual systemic oppression that fat hate has or b) only as free as you’ve been conditioned to think is possible.” Thank you, Ijeoma, once again!
1000% this. And even before your closing remarks I too peeped the parallels between advancing "representation" in race and in body size.
Like, yes, removing Confederate statues and having the new Captain America be Black is all well and good, but having cops actually face consequences for killing us would be even better.
Thank you for always showing me how it's done.
Loved en vogue, used to try to sing along to whole albums with friends from 7th grade choir back in the day!
(and yeah didn't think that deeply about the lyrics, must admit).
How policing our own and others' bodies has been a norm instead of enjoying them is such a missed opportunity and tragedy. And a solid example of how too easy it is to personalise what is socially constructed. Thanks for this.
Love this. Insight alone is never enough!