dude i genuinely hate how much fatphobia is projected on children ever since theyre born. well i hate fatphobia in general, but i fucking hate how small children are already made to hate their bodies. i remember being in kindergarten dreaming of swapping my belly for a skinnier smaller one. i remember in first grade my friend getting bullied hard for being chubby. i remember in first grade wanting to be a ballerina, only to have my dream ruined by finding out that i wasnt "skinny enough" to be one. i remember being 8 and examining myself in the mirror, hoping i would be skinnier. i remember at 11 doing all these different chin massages to make my double chin disappear. i remember at 13 deciding to stop eating, thinking that being thin would help me pass as a guy better. i remember thinking that no one would find me desirable if i wasnt skinny. and to this day all of this is still somewhere within me. and i hate that it affects me to this day. and i hate even more that theres people, children, experiencing fatphobia thousand times worse than i ever did. people, children, who have died because of it.
