Why you shouldn’t worry about the “Quarantine 15”

Stop it.

 

Stop joking about all the weight you’re gaining with your suddenly sedentary lifestyle.

 

Stop making hurtful comments at the expense of your fat friends.

 

Look, I love a good quarantine meme as much as the next person! But some of them aren’t funny, they’re fat-phobic.

 

I get that this current crisis is scary. What’s even scarier is that more people are afraid of getting fat than they are of getting themselves & others sick (killed).

 

Read that again.

 

Start being more compassionate toward the body you have, regardless of how it changes in the next few months.

 

Start challenging weight stigma by supporting and celebrating larger bodies.

 

Start now.