Two extreme ends of the weight spectrum are not the only options. There is quite a lot going on here, but that’s my main reaction. So much trying to string together thinkpieces about how complex and ingrained fatphobia is when the reality is a lot simpler: the healthiest person is a normal weight, not abusing drugs, eating reasonable portions of nutritious food at regular intervals or when physically feeling hungry, not having intense food noise, less nutrient-dense food in moderation.

The general public does not think that anorexic women look normal and healthy. Almond mom extreme diet content is not as common as FAs think. The beauty standard has historically always been healthy thinness, not extreme thinness. FAs love to conflate the two to make extreme standards seem more common than they are.

Only thing I agree with is that mocking dead fat people for how their obesity contributed to their deaths is gross. It was actually not a sandwich, it was a heart attack from a combination of factors including obesity, drug abuse, and crash dieting. But how many people are so mean-spirited that they laugh at fat people who died from weight-related causes? How many people think dying of anorexia is any better because at least you’re thin? Generally, people hate to hear of anyone dying young of preventable causes. It’s not a goal at all.

This seems disrespectful and reductive to both women who struggled during their lifetimes and died from their issues, actually.