185 Quotes by Lindy West

If you really want change to happen, if you really want to “help” fat people, you need to understand that shaming an already-shamed population is, well, shameful.

Dave brought a knife and a gun to a comedy show. Because of a disagreement about whether or not comedy clubs are safe for women. Because the way people talk onstage has no bearing on how they behave in real life. It’s.

Maybe women would finally be considered fully formed human beings, instead of off-brand men with defective genitals. Maybe.

Privilege means that it’s easy for white women to do each other favours. Privilege means that those of us who need it the least often get the most help.

Fat people are not here as a foil to boost your own self-esteem. Fat people are not your inspiration poem. Fat people can be competent, beautiful, talented, and proud without your approval.

Please don’t forget: I am my body. When my body gets smaller, it is still me. When my body gets bigger, it is still me. There is not a thin woman inside me, awaiting excavation. I am one piece.

I didn’t want to carry and feed this artefact of my inherent unlovability – this physical proof that any permanent connection to me must be an accident.

Choose to be kind. That notion of choice – of choosing what kind of person you want to be – is more important now than ever. If our country isn’t going to take care of everyone, we must take of the people left behind.

Shouldn’t it follow, then, that we can change ourselves by changing what we make?