Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

People who love their bodies don’t try to purposely make other people hate their own.

I hope that soon we will be barraged with not just hourglass-shaped plus bodies, but also square-shaped plus bodies, and apple-shaped plus bodies, pizza-shaped plus bodies, Frisbee-shaped bodies, and Lumpy Space Princess–shaped plus bodies and . . . I’ve forgotten where I was going with this.

I’m also your worst nightmare. I’m the reason you diet. I’m the reason you go to the gym. I’m your “thinspiration” . . . because, god knows, you do not want to end up like me.