I’m really not liking the fatmisic/antifat comments in latest season of Vox Machina. It’s only come up a couple times but it very much was not necessary. People are already being inundated with ozempic/wegovy glp1, diet culture, white supremacist and fascist centric beauty norms. This is such a cool and comforting show, and I REALLY didn’t appreciate that at all.
If they cut out those fatmisic/antifat lines and scenes it would have been for the better and the absence of them would not be noticed or missed. This makes me worry about the new season of Delicious in Dungeon. There is a trend of shows I love that now slide in antifat/fatmisic jokes and it really taints them for me.
It forces me to either make a whole headcanon where those things were never said, or sometimes I even will drop the show. Like I did with Cells at work. This is part of the plight of being fat, even with something that’s supposed to be fun and you enjoy, even there you often enough can’t seem to escape hatred and bigotry.
I have other identities that are oppressed so I know this all too well from multiple angles. And when the bigotry and hate isn’t in the show, you can still get it from some or more of the fan base. It’s fucking awful. Antifatness should be no more acceptable than any other form of discrimination, prejudice and hatred. Sadly Vox Machina will be added to my list of media that contains antifatness.
I’m still trying to watch literally as I type this and honestly I need a break because it’s making me feel really shitty.