I’m Happier When I’m Skinny
I’m happier when I’m slim. This has become a controversial statement after years of the body positivity movement’s influence on the culture. Like most women, I enjoy the habitual watch of a What I Eat in a Day video. They’re often now littered with premises like What I Eat in a Day as a Fat Girl Who Isn’t Trying to Lose Weight, contain ridiculous proclamations about how normal calorie ranges for smaller bodies “aren’t enough for a baby,” and are so rife with disclaimers regarding trigger warnings about body image and eating disorders that the entire genre can no longer feel authentic.
People don’t want the truth, they want to feel good about themselves, above all else. If that means glorifying obesity, so be it. If that means insulting thin women living healthy, balanced lives out of resentment, so be it. The most telling of behaviors is when thin women who possess “the body standard” post about health and fitness, and people constantly try to trip them up, to point out some hypocrisy, or to accuse them of dishonesty – that they must be lying about what they eat.