I Am a Fat Woman
a poem about how I'm no longer apologizing for being fat
Behold! It is I!
A fat woman!
See all my rolls,
My flabby arms,
My overlapping belly.
Yes, it's true:
I'm the scourge of humanity.
/
How dare I go to public places
And feed my fat face
Like a cow gorging itself on grass?
Don't I know there are people there
Who don't want to see my fat ass?
/
Fitness influencers,
Filters, yoga clothes, pinched fake grins.
Beautifully thin on the outside,
But abhorrently shallow within.
"You need to be healthy!" they opine,
Staring at my oversized thighs
Like I'm a disgusting blight to their holy sight.
/
"Men don't like fat girls...
Men don't hit on fat women..."
God, I wish that was true.
Turns out, sexual predators
Are full of fucking rage,
And they attempt to assault us, too.
/
You don't want us to be healthy...
You want us to be acceptable.
You want us to fit inside
The cramped confines
Of the boxes you've outlined.
How else will you know
Who is easily manipulated,
Who is useful to your purposes,
Who is the perfect decoration
To your delusional picket-fence dream?
/
The societal standards of beauty
Is one big pipeline into an ocean
Of misogyny, racism, and pedophilia.
Why else would a man
Want a completely hairless,
Muscle-less,
Child-like Lolita who is barely legal?
/
I don't fit in your boxes--
I crush your boxes with my big, fat ass.
I will treat your ego the same way
If you don't leave me be...
If you don't let me be me.
/
I am a fat woman...
And I do not owe you weight loss.
I don't owe you a diet plan.
I don't owe you gym pics.
I don't owe you my latest blood work results.
/
I am a fat woman...
And I do not owe you a chance
Just because the thinner women turned you down.
I don't deserve to be treated differently.
I deserve to be treated equally.
About the Creator
CT Idlehouse
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As I am reading this song, the song "Victoria's Secret" is playing on my spotify. It's been years since I lost a lot of weight, but I still feel like a fat woman and am embarrassed to eat in public especially if it's something deemed unhealthy.
Congrats 🎉🎉🎉
Oh this is so damn good. Never ever apologise! I've been through being fat and I've been through being unhealthily thin and I'm more just thin-to-average now and it's a wonder how different people treat you when you fit into societal beauty standards. It's honestly pathetic. I love the battle cry of this poem, one of the best I've read in a while! NEVER APOLOGISE! HELL YEAH!
💯 😃😃Good Job and Congratulations 🎊 for your Top Story!!!!
"I write stories and articles. Sometimes they're good." Well, this one is very good. In fact, it's like a car-crash-read because you want to look away but you can't not read because you know that shamers and haters are all over out there, and this kind of stuff really happens. And happens too often.
Yesss!!! This is my favorite poem of the week. It hits hard. I love this line: "I crush your boxes with my big, fat ass. " I used to be a fat child, and then until I was maybe 23 when I got diagnosed with Celiacs. Then I became too skinny. It's insane how people think the way you look is any of their business. And when you're fat, they tell you men don't love fat women, but when you're skinny men aren't dogs, they don't want bone but meat... one can never be good enough, so why should we care?But then, we're raised to care...we need more anthems like your poem!
This is 🔥🔥🔥.
Congratulations on the well-deserved Top Story, and thank you for this unapologetic truth-telling! How our broken culture needs to hear it.
I love your open lines. Behold! This is so beautiful- like you.
This was great. Loved the fiery passion and completely agree with you. I've always preferred curvier women. But even that's beside the point. It pisses me off that people think they have the right to comment on how others live their life. Great poem and congrats on Top Story. I've subscribed and can't wait to read more of your work.