*deep breath*
I'm gonna say it:
Terry Pratchett was awfully mean about fat people's bodies a lot of the time.
It sometimes stops me enjoying his books (as a fat person) coz I get pulled out of the story, being upset/pissed off.
He was wise and funny and sharp, BUT ALSO sizeist.
I'm gonna say it:
Terry Pratchett was awfully mean about fat people's bodies a lot of the time.
It sometimes stops me enjoying his books (as a fat person) coz I get pulled out of the story, being upset/pissed off.
He was wise and funny and sharp, BUT ALSO sizeist.
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Then he’d go home, do research, and write a plus-size MC in one of his next books that would absolutely skewer every negative stereotype you can imagine.
Terry Pratchett was that kind of man.
For me it's not as bad as Stephen King's fatphobia but it's not great
Capitalist Nazis are doing salutes in the White House, and I can only guess as to why.
When you are being driven into starvation and homelessness, these arguments don't hit well.