This is stupid

I am all for body positivity. I think that you can be healthy at most sizes. And I think you can be unhealthy at most sizes, too. There are some people who'd have to starve themselves to get down to a size two, and other people are a size two naturally. There are some people who'd have to gorge themselves constantly to get to a size 12, and other people who are a size 12 naturally.

But the problem I constantly have is how so many people think they're being inclusive when they say shit like this:

Because no. They aren't two separate things. They aren't always the same thing, but it doesn't mean they're separate.

You see, words mean things. And what the word "separate" means is that they never connect.

Here, let me show it with a super advanced Paint Venn diagram.

Yeah, I'm pretty good at Paint.

Separate implies there is no overlap. That is what words mean.

Do these people not realize that by saying that all thin women are unhealthy, they are being as wrong-headed, ignorant, and insulting as the people who say that all heavier women are unhealthy?

If you're actually interested in the body acceptance movement, you have to start accepting that women at every size are attractive and healthy.

I am attractive and healthy at a size 2-4. My coworker is attractive at a size 8-10. My friend is attractive at a size 18. So fuck you, people who think that the proper way to deal with people being mean to heavier people is to start being mean to thin people. Seriously, you're being the asshole you're trying to refute.

Someone I knew once told me that he didn't think pregnant women should post pictures of themselves on Facebook, because they looked fat and fat people were disgusting. So I definitely understand that there are people who are jerks to overweight people. But I really don't think that the proper way to address that issue is to then turn around and say thin people are disgusting.

And yeah, we all totally have different tastes. I can understand that guy thinking the way he did, because I do not find guys with even a little extra weight on them even remotely attractive. A little belly is the lady equivalent of an anti-boner. But I have a friend who loves chubby guys, because she says they're better to cuddle. And that's fine. So while I personally do not find it attractive, I'm not going to say it's disgusting, because to each their own.

Is it really so hard for some people to realize that what they like isn't necessarily the same thing that everyone else likes? I mean, for one thing, imagine the competition if everyone was going after the same small subset of people. That would suck.