As a bisexual person I’m keenly aware of how such stereotypes are inevitably harmful to us, but unfortunately when I see bisexuals in fiction who are Evil and stylish and fuck like champions I can’t help but go “oh work” for a sec. It’s a difficult conundrum
“ohh 00s diet culture isn’t back because of ozempic, you’re overreacting”
idk i keep seeing previously size-inclusive brands remove plus-sized versions of their clothes from their catalogues entirely, even lines specifically aimed at bigger sizes are cutting their size range down and chopping the bigger ones. i keep seeing mean skinny tiktokers get famous because they said something rude about fat people. when i ask my doctor about weight loss (which my country’s gender treatment clinic requires before i can access even preliminary talks about hrt), i’m immediately offered drugs about it - drugs which, according to the doctor, we don’t know the long-term effects of. but surely! surely it can’t be worse than being fat!
like why are people acting surprised? we’ve made being extremely wealthy the aspirational aesthetic to strive for, made ‘being skinny and having a lot of time and money to stay beautiful’ a not only viable but lucrative carreer for people, and then released a drug that is wildly expensive and will make people thin.
of course people are gonna make being thin the ultimate status symbol again - it more than ever before signals wealth and leisure-time.
like, do you think it’s a coincidence that people are back to constantly spouting 'nothing tastes as good as skinny feels’ again? and pretending being fat is a matter of lacking self-control around cake or whatever? as if people haven’t spent decades trying to get these fucks to understand that actually healthy produce and the time to maintain your body are extreme luxuries in our society?
anyway my broke fat ass can’t find pants i like and can afford because the size-inclusive lines i’d have shopped at previously have axed anything over a size xl
and like. i’m not even that fat. what the fuck do people bigger than me do. it’s really heinous right now for fat peeps.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
“Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse’s neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It’s a human’s job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it’s worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that’s a vast area that’s very close to your soul. Don’t let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn’t worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.”
There’s some scoffing at the value of copywriting, but you have to remember that the ability to advertise is an extremely valuable skill. The ability to convince someone to consider a product with words alone is the same skill you need to pitch your story, make a convincing argument, or craft a compelling narrative. It’s a writing skill, like any other.
