Fat

It's not a dirty word. It's a descriptor.

People use this word as a weapon.  Particularly women use it on other women.

It makes me sad because when I hear women use it violently, I hear them saying to themselves, "You hurt me" or "I'm scared of being unloved" or "I feel threatened."

I love my body.  It carries me throughout my life.  I put mostly good stuff into it.  I exercise with it.  It's fat.

Nothing bad precipitated this post. In fact, I just saw a movie starring Melissa McCarthy . It was funny. She was hysterical. And, there were no blatant fat jokes. Lots of jokes about her character's ridiculous behaviors, but no fat jokes. Yay!