Americans need to embrace fat people and stop criminalizing food, an athletic director said Thursday.
Madison Krall, a University of Utah graduate teaching assistant and PhD student, addressed “internalized fatism,” “food shaming,” and more in an interview with Campus Reform.
“Stop laughing at fat jokes,” Krall told Campus Reform. “Stop judging people for their food choices. Stop criminalizing food.”
“Most people have internalized fatism, which leads to mental and physical destruction at the personal level and also shows up in the world in the forms of prejudice and discrimination we normally consider: name calling, bullying, body- and food shaming,” she said.
Krall was elaborating on comments she first made during an August TEDx Talk.
She critiqued people that told their friends they looked good after losing weight, saying the compliment suggests that the friend “didn’t look good beforehand” and that “fat is a bad thing.”
The scholar described her “thin privilege” as consisting of increased dating prospects on social media dating apps, finding many options for her size in clothing stores, and also being reassured that she will be comfortable in seats.
“Racial jokes and gay slurs are no longer tolerated in our society,” said Krall, “so why do we so readily abide humor made at a fat person’s expense? Fat is the last accepted prejudice.”
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The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out to Krall for comment, but the scholar and instructor did not respond in time for press.
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