In the family, weight wasn't a sideshow-type issue. Outside of the family, though, was a different story. Suddenly her easy-going conversational style was flashing with an firm, almost angry tone. Tears began to pool in the corners of her eyes. The activist was taking center stage.
People are willing to look at different types of dogs as being fine with extra weight.
But when it comes to other people, suddenly everyone is supposed to be a fox, thin and long. In this society, there's no room for people who are larger people. They don't get the covers of magazines, unless it's one that caters to bigger women. People are judged by their size, not their mind or their heart. If you want to matter, you have to chase thinness.