Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you're not going to hire them.
I still remember the way children used to tease me. Fat people are really lonely people. In school, girls would be my friends, but guys would generally keep away. A lot of insecurity stems from there. But if you have a strong base, nothing can shake you.
I just think it should be illegal to call someone fat on TV... Because why is humiliating people funny?
Nobody wants a fat lead singer.
I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.
What do they want me to do, get lipo? I'm just big boned. There's nothing I can do.
I am fully aware of what the word 'fat' means ... It's a swear word. It's a weapon. It's a sociological subspecies. It's an accusation, dismissal, and rejection.
California is prejudiced about fat people.
I don't mind being slightly fat-ish, I just don't want to be fat.
I'd rather wear black than bright florals like most fat ladies do.
Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.
I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me.
Generally, the ways we discuss the fat body pathologize it; we treat it as a medical problem and/or a social problem that must be solved. "Morbid obesity" is in many ways saying we are the walking dead. Or walking to our death. And that is no way to live, with that sort of moniker hanging over your head at all times. I think it forces fat people to internalize a lot of unnecessary self-loathing.
Don't assume that all fat people are gluttons. And don't use the word 'fat.' There is a principle here. Learn from logic and experience not to associate things - especially in preaching - that don't necessarily go together.
Let's face it: Russell Crowe is fat and no one ever talks about it.
Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.
Fat people are so rarely included in visual culture that fat is perceived as a blot on the landscape of sleek and slim.
I think that when you use the word 'plus-size,' you're putting all these women in a category: 'You don't eat well.' 'You don't work out.' 'You could care less about your body.' 'You're insecure.' 'You have no confidence.'
'Curvy' is just a polite way of saying 'fat.'
America thinks if you're fat, you're stupid. That's great. I want them to keep thinking that. Let them keep on thinking that because the truth is, the expectations are blown away even more when you realize what I'm saying and doing.
I remember, the first few times I modelled, other girls laughed at my big behind. I felt like a fat pig, even though I really wasn't. When you are 15 and other girls nick-name you a 'little piggy' and 'fatty,' you believe them.
I was known for being talented, but I was still the fat girl. And it wasn't what people were looking for. There's a lot that you hear. There's a lot of cruelty out there. Some of it comes from the executive offices. It comes from other artists at times. It was a very difficult thing to overcome.
I was called the girl that was 'pretty for a big girl,' 'the fat model.'
The more successful I get, the more I am reminded that in the minds of a great many people I will never be anything more than my body. No matter what I accomplish, I will be fat, first and foremost.
Our idea of a healthy body is so destabilised that insecure people have come to bolster their own bodies by deeming others - those with fat bodies - less worthy, less capable and less employable.
