What You’re Telling Your Fat Friend When You Call Your Body ‘Average’

When ‘average’ stops being mathematical and becomes a value judgment

Your Fat Friend
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5 min readJan 7, 2020

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“How would you describe your size?”

I am being interviewed by a woman who has asked to speak with me as part of her academic research. She has taken issue with nearly every descriptive term I’ve used to…

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Your Fat Friend
Elemental

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