“We are told that our choices are our own, and our bodies are reflections of the rightness of those choices. If we are thin, we will be presumed to have made good choices. If we are fat, we must have chosen poorly. Our bodies are believed to be meritocracies, direct reflections of the work we’re willing to put in.”

“We are told that our choices are our own, and our bodies are reflections of the rightness of those choices. If we are thin, we will be presumed to have made good choices. If we are fat, we must have chosen poorly. Our bodies are believed to be meritocracies, direct reflections of the work we’re willing to put in.”

— Aubrey Gordon