News · moment 12 of 19
Trying to Figure Out What 'Fat Activism' Actually Is
from #250 - The New Shepard | The Tim Dillon Show · #250
9 min
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Tim watches and reacts to a Nylon interview with fat activist Virgie Tovar, repeatedly demanding a concrete definition of fat activism and getting increasingly confused/amused by vague answers about wearing things, winking, and breathing as activism.
- Tim says he genuinely wants to understand what system oppresses fat people, asking for clarification on the actual mechanics of that oppression.
- His mother used to invoke her thyroid condition at Outback Steakhouse, explaining it was not entirely her fault that she was fat.
- Tim reacts to the term 'f-bodied person' and tells the producer to stop getting fancy with Reddit terminology and just call them fat activists.
- If fat activism is forcing skinny people to have sex with fat people through shaming, Tim says he's genuinely into that.
- The video explains that body positivity's face becomes increasingly whiter, straighter, and thinner as the movement gains traction.
- Tim expresses confusion about fat activism because activists sometimes get mad when people lose weight, interpreting it as a betrayal.
- He proposes that fat activism might mean fat people get to kill thin people, which he says he's not entirely against.
- Tim wants to be involved in the fat activist movement while spending most of his time with twinks kept on treadmills and stuffed with Adderall.
- After searching, the movement's demands appear to be bigger airplane seats and fat people celebrated in magazines and on covers.
- Tim notes you can't find anything on YouTube about fat activism—mostly just Dr. Rhonda Patrick clips, and asks to move on from her.
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