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This woman never ceases to inspire me👏👏👏Originally posted by: Bhaadmejaa
Fat' is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.
I mean, is fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is fat' worse than vindictive', jealous', shallow', vain', boring' or cruel'? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I'm not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain...
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn't seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? You've lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!'
Well,' I said, slightly nonplussed, the last time you saw me I'd just had a baby.'
What I felt like saying was, I've produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren't either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I've got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don't want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I'd rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before thin'. And frankly, I'd rather they didn't give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons."
J.K. Rowling
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