Rant: "fat is a feminist issue!" Let me preface this by saying, I have nothing against the old style feminism, which wanted genuine equality and for women to have the same opportunities and rights as men. In many parts of the world this is still a problem, like child brides being raped to death on their wedding night at the age of 8 by 40-50 year old husbands, or women being burned with acid for refusing to marry someone, or not being allowed to do anything without male permission. That shit sucks. Those people need feminism. Fat pieces of shit in Walmart do not. But this hammy new age man-hating misandry bullshit is so fucking horrendous and shameful that I feel ashamed of being associated with it by having the concerns mentioned above. The abhorrent view that tumblr feminists have is in no way what I would consider feminism. Now that that issue is out of the way, I'm gonna talk about one big reason why tumblr feminism is hippo-critical bullshit. We have all heard it: "fat is a feminist issue! fat women are shamed more than fat men, women naturally retain more fat for female reproductive purposes therefore it's a women's issue, women are held to impossible standards, women are oversexualized and fat bodies are shamed for not being sexy!!!"  Bull. Shit. First of all, using an equality movement to validate your bullshit movement is downright shameful. It is disrespectful to centuries of men and women who have fought and achieved great things (look at me, I can drive, vote, travel alone, be a CEO, choose not to have kids, and wear pants. Woo!) How dare you cheapen the rights we have now by acting like your fat lazy ass has anything to do with it. Second, yes women are oversexualized. So are men, now. We haven't really seen less female sexualization these days, we've just seen more male sexualization, and a greater overall respect for the human inside. Meaning that, while we still have sexy girl calendars, we also have sexy man calendars now, and no one actually thinks that is all women are good for anymore. So stop bitching about your fat body being or not being sexualized to your preferences. Thirdly, men get fat too. While women tend to have a bigger number in recent statistics, the difference is marginal and all you're doing is opening a door for fat males to not get the focus of the war on obesity. You're their scapegoat. Yes, women do have an extra fat layer under their skin (cellulite lives here.) Why? Because when we were cave people who didn't know when the next meal would come, and if we were going to carry a baby in our bellies for nine months, we need to have an extra energy store to rely on for our infant's survival. Thats why we exist. There's the big secret, and meaning of life. "Survive to pass on your genes." Thats it. We aren't here to make art or be remembered or to learn a great, groundbreaking lesson on humanity. We, like all living things on this earth, exist to keep existing. THAT is why we have a fat layer. So nature would ensure that women had a chance to grow a baby to term if they couldn't find food. If men carried the fetus, they'd have the fat layer. This is not a feminist issue. This is a simple plain biological fact. The "patriarchy" did not do this to you. If a patriarchy in north america even exists, it has nothing to do with millions of years of evolution, so fuck off with the undue man-hate. And guess what hamwhale? You don't NEED that fat layer. We are not cave people anymore. We have resources to last us a lifetime at our daily disposal, you have NOTHING to save up fat for. There is no reason in this day and age for you to store more fat on your body than you need. And fourth, saying that fat is a feminist issue encourages the raging bitchbeasts to come out in full force, thinking that eating a cupcake on camera with a middle finger in the air is somehow empowering. The reason fat men don't do this? Emotional repression. There, I said it, man are repressed in our society too. From a young age, boys are told to "man up" and that crying is for girls. They aren't allowed to have feelings. This is why men are silent victims of abuse, why their suicide rate is atrociously high. These fat feminists do not understand their sheer PRIVILEGE of being able to even say "I don't like what you think about me." They have NO IDEA how privileged they are to be entitled to their emotions and to feel like they can demand respect for their emotions, when the only emotions men are allowed to feel are "happy" or "angry" lest they be seen as weak victims. While this does save us from the male buttergolems crying about fat acceptance, it reinforces an oppressive and unhealthy notion that only women are entitled to talk about their issues and appear as victims. Men are not given that option. I am a firm believer that the only reason women seem to be prevalent victims is because they are granted the allowance to be emotional. Men aren't, at least not nearly as much as they should be. They often suffer in silence. New age feminism does not address this very serious issue. And yet, as these fat bitches are actively contributing to an oppressive culture they claim that THEY are the victims. Nevermind the obvious facts that fat is neither beautiful nor healthy in any way, the FA movement in a "feminist" context is harmful is so many way that they will never understand. Other women are victims of this just as men are, when real victims who need the kind of feminism that says "it is not okay to beat your wife" want to stand up they get grouped in with tumblrites and their cause is crushed under the weight of mayo soup, their genuine need for help invalidated by the association with this new age fat feminism bullshit. Fuck. Thank you if you read all this, it was long and disorganized but I was feeling so angry and frustrated and I had to get it out of my system. TL;DR: Fat is not a feminist issue, there is no excuse to be fat, new age tumblr feminism does not deserve to be called feminism due to it's selfish and abusive nature, real female and male victims and woman and men in general deserve better than this bullshit.