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The Uneasy Truth About Traveling While Fat
Thrillist.com ^ | 9/15/23 | Cheyenne Davis

Posted on 09/19/2023 9:48:31 AM PDT by JonPreston

In 2019, on a trip to the Bahamas with my mom and sister, my flight turned into an uncomfortable ordeal. My seat belt wasn’t long enough to fasten, and a fellow passenger's visceral reaction added to my discomfort. I repeatedly asked the flight attendant for a seat belt extender and was ignored until takeoff, leaving me feeling disregarded and disrespected.

And this wasn’t the first time I’ve dealt with this particular kind of travel stress. I went to Paris in 2014, and found the city cramped and unwelcoming. Narrow staircases, tiny chairs, and compact showers were just the beginning. Throughout my time there, I endured constant staring, rude comments, and fetishistic remarks about my body. But these types of roadblocks aren’t limited to Paris or my flight to Nassau—Society has an anti-fat bias, and you can encounter it anywhere.

Living in a world fueled by fatphobia creates unnecessary barriers, from limited clothing options to discrimination in medical care, employment, and relationships. According to the NIH, more than two in five adults live in a large body. And yet despite this fact, we continue to face daily challenges—including in travel, where inequities like the ones outlined below so often deny us access to the same life-changing experiences available to others.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cake; cheyennedavis; eat; fat; icanteven; nosympathy; pig; selfmadevictim
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To: Political Junkie Too

“The world wasn’t built to accommodate her.”
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Indeed. And nor should it be.


61 posted on 09/19/2023 10:37:39 AM PDT by Murder of Crows
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To: Myrddin

Maybe not during the flight, but I would have said something to them out loud ( so everyone could hear)after the flight that they stunk. I was on a flight in Italy, a woman carrying a large suitcase took my bag out of the overhead bin and told me to put it under the seat. I protested it, but the flight attendant told me to put it under the seat as my bag was smaller. Not wanting to get kicked off the flight, I kept my silence. However, after the flight I chased her down to baggage claim and yelled at her with a lot of F bombs. She looked terrified. I think she thought I was going to punch her. The moral of the story is when people don’t push back, the inconsiderate will continue their behavior. If they know that there will be consequences such as public humiliation they will take a bath before their flight, or just not be inconsiderate of others.


62 posted on 09/19/2023 10:38:00 AM PDT by kaila
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To: Macoozie

But since I started watching TV again after many years of not watching, I see the attempts to kiss up to obese people in 50% of the ads. Proud, overweight women dancing and promoting a drug while the side effects list is read. Overweight people ordering products. Travel and Wayfair pushed by confident and self-loving heavy women.

Do doctors keep quiet about body fat at people’s visits?
While pushing Big Pharma’s Rxs and jabs?


63 posted on 09/19/2023 10:40:55 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: bigbob

In the 60s, I was the fattest kid in my class. If I could have jumped forward in time, I’d be one of the smallest now.


64 posted on 09/19/2023 10:42:37 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Rich21IE

They way they spread over onto your seat. Ewwwww


65 posted on 09/19/2023 10:42:48 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: Political Junkie Too

“A water slide collapsed many years ago in Concord, CA during a senior day when the kids tried to do a stunt by clogging the slide with as many kids as possible, killing several students.”

Dang. Who hasn’t tried that on the water slide?

Usually doesn’t work past more than 3-4 kids, then the attendants notice nobody is coming out and send a fat kid down to “unclog” the tube. I guess that’s the safety measure they adopted.


66 posted on 09/19/2023 10:43:00 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ComputerGuy

RE:The question should be “Can you haul ass in just one trip?”

Otherwise the accommodations are half-assed.


67 posted on 09/19/2023 10:43:29 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Drew68
Normalizing morbid obesity as “body positivity” is wrong.

Population reduction strategy: Encourage people to commit suicide by fork and spoon.

68 posted on 09/19/2023 10:44:25 AM PDT by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat FARMED FISH.)
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To: kaila
While calling out the bad behavior might have some level of satisfaction, I'm inclined to not make a scene in a foreign country where the police patrol the airport with 9mm submachineguns in hand. That was the case in Belgium, Germany and Turkey. They play by different rules. I prefer to "blend in" with similar dress and try to speak the language, but I draw the line at choking levels of BO.
69 posted on 09/19/2023 10:47:01 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: JonPreston

I you want to keep sea levels from rising, keep fat people out of the water.


70 posted on 09/19/2023 10:48:09 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: bigbob

yes! the “fat” people of my youth would be considered normal now. Even smallish- normal.


71 posted on 09/19/2023 10:51:26 AM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: bigbob
I’m old enough to remember when everyone wasn’t fat. In fact, when fat people were pretty scarce.

My old man was in the USAF so I attended several different schools in several states and Puerto Rico. We always seemed to have one fat girl and one fat guy in each school.

Now when I see school kids, most are at least overweight if not fat.

72 posted on 09/19/2023 10:52:11 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Watched a rerun of Maury show yesterday

“MAMA” was sure her 16 year old was not making babies-—she was wrong.

SHE WAS VERY ANIMATED -up & down-—strong gestures-—

AND SHE WAS AT LEAST 380 #.

REALLY DOUBLE OBNOXIOUS

Don’t know where Maury gets his chairs


73 posted on 09/19/2023 10:52:21 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Political Junkie Too

you’d think someone at Cedar Point could have told her upfront and saved her the 2 hour wait. A sign or something. You can’t be this big and ride.


74 posted on 09/19/2023 10:52:42 AM PDT by ronniesgal (The bidens are actually more white trashy than the Clintons, and that's sayin' something)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

GOLO ads sure sound promising for those with a problem.


75 posted on 09/19/2023 10:53:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Bob434

WE CAN OUT RUN THEM ALL ??????? :) :)


76 posted on 09/19/2023 10:54:26 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Responsibility2nd; Lazamataz
How does one say "I'd Hit It" in French?

Laz'amat'az.

77 posted on 09/19/2023 10:55:27 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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humans seem to have a need to feel superior to others...

be it race, be it SIZE or HEIGHT or be it money or be it looks or be it intelligence or be it class....

overweight people are just the current humans to be shamed....because shaming homosexuals or drug users or sluts is so out of fashion...

humans can always fall back on shaming fat people...its totally acceptable...sad, but true.

the truth is, many of the things humans are shamed for are out of their control....your race, looks, size, height, ethnicity.....and yes, there is a huge genetic component to being obese...

78 posted on 09/19/2023 10:57:32 AM PDT by cherry
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To: frank ballenger
It is going too far:


79 posted on 09/19/2023 10:58:14 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Myrddin

80 posted on 09/19/2023 11:00:42 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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