Unironically the biggest death knell I heard for twitter was the fact that, as far as anyone is aware, there are no longer any furries working at twitter.
The rats have fled the sinking ship
The wolves have fled the sinking ship
The dragons have fled the-
I'm not even joking furries account for like 30% of all modern tech infrastructure.
Just got a submission from an obvious-troll who created an entire brand-new account so submit a looooong ask that pretended to be curious about fat liberation or what they called "fat acceptance and the fatosphere"---old terms from about ten years ago that have since been replaced by fat liberation, and a major red flag that this person wasn't actually doing any new reading on the subject.
This obvious-troll wanted to know why if disliking fat bodies isn't an inborn preference, why haven't larger fat people ever in any society in all of history been considered the object of desire and/or the pinnacle of beauty ?
And I'm over here like
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Hatshepsut's relief of Parehu, the chief of Punt, next to his fat wife.
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Chinese Tang art.
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Wealth--Virupaksha Temple.
Nice try, obvious-troll. But it turns out that "preferences" for body types are not in the same category as one's sexuality. Meaning that when people suggest that fatness can be attractive, they are not threatening or denying some essential part of your sexuality.
Also--and this should go without saying---that even if you don't find someone attractive, they still deserve the same rights as everyone else. Another red flag that you are a troll and not at all honestly curious is immediately reducing the primary goals of fat liberation to fat people wanting to get banged more often. I mean, come the fuck on.
-ATL
i know the first instinct here is to be like “well it’s ur fault for idolising celebrities” but i think it’s important to recognise that fat black women and fat women in general have very, very little positive representation in the media. for them lizzo represented a lot more than just celebrity. her entire image was centred around changing how people viewed them and their bodies. she was also (supposedly) a fierce ally to the queer community. i think it’s perfectly valid to be disgusted that she would take the abuse she’s endured from the general public and freely inflict that back on her team tbh
hey did you know that fatphobia has made it so that I can't trust my partner when she tells me she thinks I'm beautiful?
hey did you know that fatphobia has contributed to my self esteem being so low that I'm more scared than excited to finally meet her in person?
hey did you know that fatphobia has ruined my life so much that I really don't know if I'll ever be able to love myself as I am?
hey did you know that fatphobia has this lasting effect not just for me but for almost every fat person that sees it or experiences it?
HEY. DID YOU KNOW THAT WE DONT DESERVE TO FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT OURSELVES JUST FOR EXISTING? FOR TRYING TO LOVE AND LIVE OUR LIVES?
HEY. DID YOU FUCKING KNOW THAT FAT PEOPLE DESERVE YOUR RESPECT AND DONT DESERVE TO BE TREATED LIKE DIRT TO THE POINT OF PERMANENT MENTAL SCARRING OR GOD FORBID, THE NEED TO APOLOGIZE FOR BEING ALIVE?
I AM TIRED OF APOLOGIZING. I AM TIRED OF FEELING THIS WAY ABOUT MYSELF BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE DID. I DESERVE LOVE AND RESPECT AND SO DO YOU.
Fatness does not strip us of our loveliness.
We are loving. We deserve love.
Your hatred of fat people cannot strip of our loveliness.
Your hatred of fat people only proves that you do not deserve love.
-ATL
Her halloween costume was Rouge the bat :)
wlw positivity post "we need more appreciation for hairy and fat lesbians"
stupid comments "omg just say butch" "that's what butch ment before people ruined it"
are femmes not allowed to be hairy or fat? 🤔
like, as a femme who's struggled with my physical appearance, it really fucking sucks when people say my body type is "butch"
butch and femme are not body types. they're appearances, personalities, styles, traits, roles, sexual positions, and more. but there is no physical requirement on who can be butch or femme.
people have got to get less afraid of the double chin i mean it. draw a fat character with a fat neck it wont kill you
"how to look androgynous" "nonbinary fashion tips" you are skinny im not listening to you
idk guys maybe we should try calling the amazon rain forest “sovereign indigenous lands” more often because i’m still seeing people talk about it like some sort of vast terra nullis where there are only animals–you know, like a colonialist
There are lots of indigenous people and tribes here, and their culture is shared a lot in my hometown — I’m from Manaus which is a city literally in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. So, yeah, people need to stop talking like that.
Some gorgeous plus size gowns yesterday at the Tonys (Bonnie Milligan, Alex Newell, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Julia Lester)
“rap is the worst music genre” “no actually it’s soul” “no actually it’s jazz” “no actually it’s ska” “no actually it’s r&b” hey guys do you notice a common denominator in the genres you hate or is it just me
genres people have said are the worst in response to this (including the deleted comment section)
funk, house, reggae, disco, gospel, bluesgrass, dubstep, country.
introspection done: zero
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Guess how it’s going.
if you’re fat and physically disabled you might hear a little voice in your head saying you wouldn’t be disabled if you lost weight. this is actually the voice of the devil and you should not listen to him.
Diabetic people, regardless of type, deserve support, care and love. Regardless of race, gender, age or weight, diabetic people deserve respect.
Our culture makes way too many jokes and are way too ignorant about the condition, and diabetic challenges aren't funny punch lines. And NO type 2 isn't more evil and earned by eating junk food. The condition is highly complex.
Diabetics, I see your strength and I hope one day big pharma get their teeth kicked in.
refusing to drink pulpy orange juice is just like refusing to eat out a girl with an unshaved pussy like ohhhh so when you said you liked orange juice you didnt actually mean you liked orange juice you meant you liked the sanitised boring smooth version because you have to have someone modify it from its glorious natural state in order to make it palatable to you..... got it
lost two years of your life cause of covid - then got hit with inflation right after. we're down tremendously
And still gon thrive cus it’s what we do.
brother this ain’t a kumbaya words of affirmation chain. the price of groceries is very real out here
the “humans are inherently selfish” fanclub can genuinely and in all honesty go to hell. i once came back from a school yard where the kids had heaped piles of leaves and cut wildflowers on a narrow strip of grass bc a bee had died. i actually want to cry.
when i was a child, my parents told me our houseplant would die of lack of sunlight. i was so young i don’t even remember this, but apparently, my response to this was starting to carry the plant around like an emotional support stuffed animal. whenever my family went outside i would hold the pot on my head to make it reach the sun better. i wasn’t in school yet, didn’t have any exposure to the lessons on caring they give in elementary, i don’t remember my thought process - but i can guess. kids integrally care about things, even tiny bugs and inanimate plants. humans care.
don’t let them beat it out of you
The only ship dynamic that 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 🖤
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