Betraying “my people”
I realize that part of me will identity as a fat person for maybe the rest of my life. I was morbidly obese my entire adult life. My identity is not that of a thin person. I know the world sees me differently now though and it’s both good and it feels like I am walking out on “my people” in a way that feels like betrayal.
I was in a completely other Reddit the other day and people were just ripping this one reality star to pieces for being fat. You know the comments on how can she not care about her health and what about her knees and even the she can’t wipe her own ass comments. It was mean as it ever was but also now people insisting that since GLP1s are a thing she is just extra lazy and doesn’t care to change. And I realized again how much harder it must be than ever before to be obese and I feel almost guilty. I know; I know I should not but I am aware of it. And never will I ever use this glorious medication as a reason to judge or further torment people who are obese.
Are folks who spent much of their lives fat and aren’t anymore struggling with the weirdness and privilege of being in another space now?