Why Are We Still Calling Out Women On Their Skinny Privilege?
<p><em>You’re one to talk, sorry, but you’re skinny. You wouldn’t understand,”</em> she said.</p>
<p>Her words, casual yet cutting, lingered in the air of the locker room. It didn’t really matter what I was feeling.</p>
<p>She continued to change her clothes freely while I turned around to perform the awkward stunt of switching t-shirts without a bare-bodied intermission. Her words hovered over my head like a judgment passed without trial.</p>
<p>I was skinny, so it didn’t matter. Her assumption was her truth, and my privilege meant that my struggles weren’t really comparable.</p>
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