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I det seneste år har Lizzo for alvor fået sit gennembrud i mainstreamen. Det er påfaldende at se hvordan det har medført omfattende og voldsom tykfobisk kritik af hende. Sydneysky G udforsker dette for Wear Your Voice Magazine:

"Lizzo isn’t a fat activist. She hasn’t labeled herself as one. But her presence this year has brought fat Black activism to the forefront. Her presence has upset those who are invested in the teaching of fat hate where the idea that success, happiness and confidence can only come in a thin and/or white body. And when you poke holes into that indoctrination it crumbles the foundation on which people have built so much of their fear of and hate for fatness. Lizzo represents Black feminine fat sexuality in a way that hasn’t been shown on such a large scale. She dares to live her life out loud no matter how many people ask her to be silent.

I’m not saying you have to be a fan of her music, but I am saying that this is bigger than her. You don’t have to like her music to support her and what she stands for. And anybody who isn’t supporting her or defending her against misogynoir and fat hate supports it.

So again: the hate Lizzo is experiencing is because she’s fat."

https://wearyourvoicemag.com/.../unraveling-the-fatphobia...