Ronald Young Jr.

Bridget's story is my worst nightmare. Being marched off a full plane, then back on with everyone's eyes on you. People likely blaming you for the flight being delayed. She said it herself. It was humiliating. And I can relate to her tendency to blame herself. I assume that most things are my fault because I'm fat, even more so when it comes to flying.

Bridget's story is my worst nightmare. Being marched off a full plane, then back on with everyone's eyes on you. People likely blaming you for the flight being delayed. She said it herself. It was humiliating. And I can relate to her tendency to blame herself. I assume that most things are my fault because I'm fat, even more so when it comes to flying.

And these humiliating stories aren't uncommon. I've heard many horror stories about being fat and flying, even though it's risky to tell them because sharing these stories opens fat folks to further humiliation. It feels like everyone agrees with the voice inside Bridget's head and inside my head. Well, it is your fault because you are fat.

And these humiliating stories aren't uncommon. I've heard many horror stories about being fat and flying, even though it's risky to tell them because sharing these stories opens fat folks to further humiliation. It feels like everyone agrees with the voice inside Bridget's head and inside my head. Well, it is your fault because you are fat.

And these humiliating stories aren't uncommon. I've heard many horror stories about being fat and flying, even though it's risky to tell them because sharing these stories opens fat folks to further humiliation. It feels like everyone agrees with the voice inside Bridget's head and inside my head. Well, it is your fault because you are fat.

But I don't think that fat folks should be the scapegoat for a problem that we didn't create. So who is to blame? That's after the break.

But I don't think that fat folks should be the scapegoat for a problem that we didn't create. So who is to blame? That's after the break.

But I don't think that fat folks should be the scapegoat for a problem that we didn't create. So who is to blame? That's after the break.

That is the sound of my phone going through an x-ray machine and of me gathering my stuff, putting it back into the bags and in my pockets and restacking the bins. Then I could put my shoes back on.

That is the sound of my phone going through an x-ray machine and of me gathering my stuff, putting it back into the bags and in my pockets and restacking the bins. Then I could put my shoes back on.

That is the sound of my phone going through an x-ray machine and of me gathering my stuff, putting it back into the bags and in my pockets and restacking the bins. Then I could put my shoes back on.

If I can take a flight without a major incident, like what happened to Brigid, then it's a success. But I spend a lot of time avoiding minor incidents when I take plane trips. Minor incidents like being groped on my chest and crotched by TSA because I have man boobs and my stomach hangs low, and the x-ray machine reads my body as me hiding prohibited items.

If I can take a flight without a major incident, like what happened to Brigid, then it's a success. But I spend a lot of time avoiding minor incidents when I take plane trips. Minor incidents like being groped on my chest and crotched by TSA because I have man boobs and my stomach hangs low, and the x-ray machine reads my body as me hiding prohibited items.

If I can take a flight without a major incident, like what happened to Brigid, then it's a success. But I spend a lot of time avoiding minor incidents when I take plane trips. Minor incidents like being groped on my chest and crotched by TSA because I have man boobs and my stomach hangs low, and the x-ray machine reads my body as me hiding prohibited items.

Minor incidents like the flight attendant making a grand show of getting me a seatbelt extender when I surreptitiously ask for one as I get on the plane. Minor incidents like bumping into someone as I try to walk down the narrow aisle to my seat. Minor incidents like seeing the concerned face of someone who realizes that they're sitting next to me.

Minor incidents like the flight attendant making a grand show of getting me a seatbelt extender when I surreptitiously ask for one as I get on the plane. Minor incidents like bumping into someone as I try to walk down the narrow aisle to my seat. Minor incidents like seeing the concerned face of someone who realizes that they're sitting next to me.

Minor incidents like the flight attendant making a grand show of getting me a seatbelt extender when I surreptitiously ask for one as I get on the plane. Minor incidents like bumping into someone as I try to walk down the narrow aisle to my seat. Minor incidents like seeing the concerned face of someone who realizes that they're sitting next to me.

So if I sound anxious in the tape you just heard, it's because I am anxious, and I just want to walk off the plane at my destination having not been humiliated. Everything I do at an airport and on the flight is to draw the least amount of attention to me as possible so that I don't get marched off the plane. I have to shrink myself.

So if I sound anxious in the tape you just heard, it's because I am anxious, and I just want to walk off the plane at my destination having not been humiliated. Everything I do at an airport and on the flight is to draw the least amount of attention to me as possible so that I don't get marched off the plane. I have to shrink myself.

So if I sound anxious in the tape you just heard, it's because I am anxious, and I just want to walk off the plane at my destination having not been humiliated. Everything I do at an airport and on the flight is to draw the least amount of attention to me as possible so that I don't get marched off the plane. I have to shrink myself.