Hello, reader. Would you like to dance? Do you know that all bodies are valid bodies, fat is ok, and fat people have as much worth as thin people?
Maybe you know those ideas theoretically, but I wonder if you know the ideas in your heart. Do you respect fat people similarly to how you respect thin people? If not, please consider working on that. Justice is important.
Fatness informs our lives. So kind of like race, we need to factor it in, in order to love one another skillfully. Also like race, we should study it and learn some basics.
why justice
You could hold a sacred vision for a better world, want to right wrongs, make up for the sins of your ancestors, make a better world for your grandchildren… Whatever reason you have, go go go. Fuckin’ do it. No time but the present to make justice!
This whole topic is extra on my mind because I have a new friend who I like very much. I spent 20 minutes talking with their ex who they used to live with as nesting partners. The ex seemed strangely ignorant about fatness like they don’t believe fat people have as much worth as thin people.
I was surprised because my new friend centers justice. While those two were nesting partners, it would have come up. I was like–damn. Did they not mention fatness that whole time?
It gave me tons of food for thought because of course my friend is not responsible for the values of their ex. Yikes–sorry if I implied that. In fact, ex-es are classic people not to share values with, come to think of it.
dance
The bottom line is, let’s dance. Disabled people have as much worth as abled people. Fat people have as much worth as thin people, and transqueer people are actually the best, bar none.
Sorry, I can’t be non-hierarchical about that one. But whoever you are, I love you and want to dance with you.
There are unspoken expectations about who is showing up and who is welcome at dance events and other movement events. Let’s upend the painful norms. Whoever you are, please come shake your booty, or pass this info to your friends who live in Eugene.
