Totally anecdotal, but I really felt like I need to get this off my chest I had a really good friend in school. Her family were there for me and my siblings a lot, and when our Mum was being especially awful and abusive, they would look after us, give us a bed for the night, and just make sure we were okay.


My friend, who I'll call Cassie, wasn't fat. It was me who was the porky kid, because our Mum fed us shit, and got pissed if we didn't empty our places, but would give us totally unsuitable food and portions



Cassies Mum Loved to cook. And there was always fruit about, and she would never get mad if I didn't finish it all. One summer in particular, our Mum had been laid off. I spent a lot of time there, and because we were always out doing stuff, and eating so well, it kick started my weight loss, and the habits i got into then, in my later teenage years were ones I carried into adulthood. My weight loss really started and took off there, and I honestly feel like her family saved me from a very dark future


Cassie and I stayed in touch, despite me moving all over. She settled down, married and had a daughter. However int he pregnancy, she ballooned and developed the beetus. About five years back, she fell into the healthy at all sizes rabbit hole. She had been referred to a therapist to help address her issues with food, but in listening to certain "celebrities" and personalities, she swallowed the kool aid and banged it into her veins as well


She believed the lies they were spouting. She believed her Doctor was wrong and that she did not need to lose weight. Last week she died at the age of 36 of a massive, massive heart attack while out grocery shopping. She keeled over dead in front of her poor daughter, who is, understandably, traumatised by what she has seen. 




Fat acceptance kills. It is dangerous, toxic fucking poison. And yeah, I know it kills fatties and that's no bad thing, but the harm this evil cult will do to coming generations is real and tangible, and already being felt




There is blood on the trotters of Mess Hoggiday, Whitney Weighs Moore and the whole fucking lot of them. I know, I know Cassie got fat and she died and it's to be expected. it's what she deserved. But the waste of lives, because these disgusting, shameless gluttons refuse to sit down and shut the fuck up and stop spreading their lies is fucking appalling