Thin Privelege and why it doesnt exist!

Thin privilege, why this is another way for women to attack others.

Today I read an article on “Thin Privilege.” Now, although I can understand what the woman who wrote the article is explaining, I don’t think it is a privilege to be thin. This is another way for one group of women to point out differences, attack and blame another.

The ignorant closed minded argument is that Thin privileged exists because in society thin women are not frowned upon. Apparently they can eat in public without being looked at with disgust, get jobs, can fit in seats and can buy clothes from any store. But if you are a thin woman you will know not all of this is true. Clothes are to big at most stores and they do not stock many size 8's so often you cant get clothes that fit, You can fit in to seats but often they are too big and you end up with bruises from them, instead of people looking at you with disgust you often get people thinking that what your putting in your mouth you are going to throw up straight after.

Each and every one of us have faced criticism at some point in our lives, not just as women but as humans. The reason behind this is because its human nature to seek out differences in individuals, and although wrong, make snap judgements on individuals because of these differences. Each and everyone of us has privilege in different ways to point out thin privilege is unfair, if we are starting to point out who is better off than someone else because of looks or bodies the list is endless.

How about the not thalidomide privilege? You can buy clothes from shops without having to change bits to fit your arms.

The big boob privilege?  Your not seen as a small boy and an unattractive female

The pretty privilege? You get more help and people like you because your face is appealing

The thick long hair privilege? Men are more likely to find you attractive because your hair is luscious

The big eye privilege? Its proven women with big eyes are more attractive and easier to trust because their baby eye appearance

The hearing privilege? You can hear things

The seeing privilege?  You can see things 

The leg privilege? You can walk unaided and find it easier to get around

Each and every one of us have privileges so to point out just one is ridiculous.

We need to stop persecuting and stop thinking the grass is greener on the other side. We can do that by not "fat shaming" or pointing out "Thin privilege". Stop comparing, just realize we are all "Real women" not just the ones with curves, we all "hug well" not just the ones with more meat, we are all beautiful not just the ones who are "fit" ALL OF US! Beautiful and different in our own ways. We should embrace these differences and not use them to attack each other.

I have been both and gone from a size 24 - 6 and I have faced the same amount of Shame in both sizes and all the way in between because someone will always find something to use against you. Names went from “Fatty” and “Big Burtha” to “little boy" and “Skelitor”. At no point did I feel womanly and feminine. At this point some of you may argue "you have trouble finding potential mates when fat" Its the same when your too thin also if you have no arse or tits or curves. "The media make you feel less of a woman they always photoshop women to be slimmer" This is a common misconception, I have worked in a magazine company and in actual fact they don't, they photoshop women to an unattainable cookie cutter shape. If the model has no breasts or legs which are sickly thin, no arse they will enlarge them. They will also make waists smaller, eyes bigger, and remove any cellulite or skin tags. So this is unattainable to all women.

I know that many people will not take this in to consideration and stay in their little bubble of hatred. Its funny but the bigger frame, through the ages has been seen as the ideal body type, only in the last 50 years has thin been in. But now the tables are turning again and the fuller figure is coming to the forefront. But instead of all of us calling a truce after both body types having their time at the top, learning from the past that putting each other down in a never ending viscous cycle is pointless and coming together to idealizing all women, we choose to continue in the same vain.

This point was put across on a magazine called VolUp2's website only yesterday. VolUp2 being an online French and English quarterly magazine “showcasing diverse beauty, with an emphasis on curvy women, and exploring the generosity of Mind, Body and Spirit. Brought to you by supermodel Velvet d'Amour.” The person who posted this was told she shouldn't be reading this magazine and it is not for her as she is not fat, she must be an ignorant skinny, cry baby troll and a racist, because if she wont accept thin privilege she wont accept white privilege.

So because someone has worked hard to be thin and is not big anymore she is not in your cool gang? She has no plight nor right to fight for women and beauty? This whole article is aimed towards the privilege thin people have and how big women are teased and segregated by society and yet read above, you are also the ones segregating, bullying and hating.

You see we all have problems, we all face this, and we need to stop comparing and just be who we are except ourselves and each other!