After # Plusde70kgEtSereine, today it is under the #JeSuisGrosseDonc and #JeSuisGrosDonc that overweight people testify to the grossophobia they suffer daily.

From the discrimination of doctors, who blame their weight for the slightest health problem, to unsuitable street furniture and the difficulty of dressing to your size, grossophobia is present at all levels. Enough to make the daily life of fat people a real struggle.

#I’mBigSo

people think I eat poorly and don’t exercise

I cry in stores because I can’t find clothes to my size

doctors believe that all my health problems are caused by my weight

– ???????????????????? ॐ ???? (@mgn_lucy) July 18, 2021

#I’mBigSo when I denounce street harassment, sexual violence and potential rapes that I may have suffered or that I suffer daily, I am told that I am lying because I am too ugly because of my weight for anyone to want me

– Hannah (@endolorixx) July 18, 2021

But being overweight remains the subject of many misconceptions, including one that has a hard tooth. Fat people are responsible for their weight, so it would be enough to lose weight and do a little sport to lose. Hence this #, which, like others before him (# Plusde70kgAtSereine), allows the main stakeholders to testify:

#I’m FatSo any weight loss, even if it is too rapid or the method too dangerous, will be supported by doctors

Even though this weight loss is harming my overall health or causing health problems

– Sapphic Warlock ???????????? ️‍ ???????????? (@Sapphic_Warlock) July 18, 2021

While the idea was to allow people to share their experiences to raise awareness, the #JeSuisGrosDonc was quickly hijacked, into a perfect illustration of grossophobia.

Hundreds of “trolls”, these ill-intentioned Internet users, suggest to those who testify to stop complaining, play sports or even eat less.

#I’mBigSo I go to the gym and watch what I eat to lose weight and feel better about my body. The girls who chouine on the # move your ass instead of making the victims. pic.twitter.com/OsOdvmdGKg

– Fu6 (@FuSSyXx_) July 18, 2021

Violent reactions, which show that the complexity of the mechanisms linked to weight gain is far from being understood by all. Including by those concerned. Among the testimonial tweets, we also find overweight people who praise their sports routine, their weight loss with or without surgery etc …

#I’mBigSo When we want we can, perseverance is the key. Despite the TCA -60kg in one year and no operation !!!! Yes it’s difficult especially at the beginning but being in a body that you don’t like (for those who that concern) it is even more difficult ???????? pic.twitter.com/9ixUmLjMm4

– ???????????????? (@ Nais69_) July 18, 2021

#I’mBigSo I played sports to regain health pic.twitter.com/6NUnEVLjvg

– Y ???? ️nnou ???????? MW (@CrumiereY) July 18, 2021

An attitude that can be guilty for other fat people who can not lose weight, or who do not want to. Because the idea that we can be fat and in good health, or that a fat person does sports for something other than losing weight, remains difficult to hear today.

Last January, the American Cosmopolitan had also caused controversy, by putting in One of the fat women with the title “This is healthy!” (This is also health). For some, such a One was the apology for obesity.

The #JeSuisGrosseDonc is now facing the same accusations. However, in these testimonies, it is not a question of promoting overweight, but of demanding visibility, tolerance. And to be listened to, at the heart of a society that still perceives overweight as a defect.