Emma Specter

Yeah, I mean, that's the kernel of truth in her video. And I do think compassion is warranted. It is in many ways easier to access goods that are in particularly short supply for marginalized folks if you have that cultural capital of thinness. And there was a particular phrase of hers. She said that her favorite thing to fear is not being skinny.

So this isn't just reveling in her current thinness. It's saying she's afraid of what would happen to her or how she'd be viewed or treated if she was larger.

So this isn't just reveling in her current thinness. It's saying she's afraid of what would happen to her or how she'd be viewed or treated if she was larger.

So this isn't just reveling in her current thinness. It's saying she's afraid of what would happen to her or how she'd be viewed or treated if she was larger.

there's both a truth to the idea that there are these huge privileges in thinness and there's a moral case to be made for refusing some of those privileges in as much as you can, rather than saying more of that, I want more of those privileges. Instead, I think the thing to do is stand in solidarity with,

there's both a truth to the idea that there are these huge privileges in thinness and there's a moral case to be made for refusing some of those privileges in as much as you can, rather than saying more of that, I want more of those privileges. Instead, I think the thing to do is stand in solidarity with,

there's both a truth to the idea that there are these huge privileges in thinness and there's a moral case to be made for refusing some of those privileges in as much as you can, rather than saying more of that, I want more of those privileges. Instead, I think the thing to do is stand in solidarity with,

with people who are not thin and say, you don't get to treat us differently because we happen to have different amounts of flesh on our bones.

with people who are not thin and say, you don't get to treat us differently because we happen to have different amounts of flesh on our bones.

with people who are not thin and say, you don't get to treat us differently because we happen to have different amounts of flesh on our bones.

I mean, I see it very powerfully in the mandate for conformity. I mean, at the heart of fascism is this idea that fundamentally people should look and be one particular way that is culturally mandated. And that whatever it takes to get a population to look like that

I mean, I see it very powerfully in the mandate for conformity. I mean, at the heart of fascism is this idea that fundamentally people should look and be one particular way that is culturally mandated. And that whatever it takes to get a population to look like that

I mean, I see it very powerfully in the mandate for conformity. I mean, at the heart of fascism is this idea that fundamentally people should look and be one particular way that is culturally mandated. And that whatever it takes to get a population to look like that

however brutal, however violent, however marginalizing, however genocidal, those means must be taken to get a population that conforms to that ideal. So yeah, I think this is a worrisome moment and it's not wrong to draw connections between the ways body ideals are changing and the fact that our politics are moving rightward in a pretty rapid direction and at a pretty rapid pace.

however brutal, however violent, however marginalizing, however genocidal, those means must be taken to get a population that conforms to that ideal. So yeah, I think this is a worrisome moment and it's not wrong to draw connections between the ways body ideals are changing and the fact that our politics are moving rightward in a pretty rapid direction and at a pretty rapid pace.

however brutal, however violent, however marginalizing, however genocidal, those means must be taken to get a population that conforms to that ideal. So yeah, I think this is a worrisome moment and it's not wrong to draw connections between the ways body ideals are changing and the fact that our politics are moving rightward in a pretty rapid direction and at a pretty rapid pace.

Think about the amount of energy and time and money and emotional labor and just all of it that we sink into the pretty sad, futile project of making our bodies in the long term only slightly smaller typically. Or imagine what we could do with all of that time and energy and maybe collectivity and solidarity if we banded together and

Think about the amount of energy and time and money and emotional labor and just all of it that we sink into the pretty sad, futile project of making our bodies in the long term only slightly smaller typically. Or imagine what we could do with all of that time and energy and maybe collectivity and solidarity if we banded together and

Think about the amount of energy and time and money and emotional labor and just all of it that we sink into the pretty sad, futile project of making our bodies in the long term only slightly smaller typically. Or imagine what we could do with all of that time and energy and maybe collectivity and solidarity if we banded together and

in ways that were not informed by beauty ideals, but moral and political ideals. I think that a lot would be possible that currently feels like it isn't.