What to do when you’re called fat: Witty advice from Tess Holiday

Tess rose to prominence in the 2010s when she… appeared on a show about fat people who dream of losing weight. Filming in the program, the girl constantly said that she loves herself, regardless of her weight. This caught the eye of prominent brands on her – in the age of body positivity, they needed such heroines.

Tess’ life has changed a lot since the big contracts, but one thing has remained constant: she constantly hears insults. As a child, her classmates teased her, now the body shaming has taken on a grand scale – millions of people criticize Tess’ body, from web trolls to journalists.

Who better than Tess knows how to react to attacks? In his book My positive body. How I fell in love with the body I live in,” she told me what to do when someone calls you fat. “People on the Internet say things they would never say to your face. You can take comfort: as a rule, the negative they splash in comments is a reflection of their attitude towards themselves. However, you can just tell them to go to hell,” the model wrote.

Remember his words when the next “mimocodile” decides to talk about your shortcomings. “No person satisfied with their life is going to waste their time insulting others from a phone or a computer,” Tess believes, and we wholeheartedly agree with her. So send all “reviews” … for example, to a psychotherapist. They won’t be embarrassed by his help at all: let them solve their own problems instead of annoying others.

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