Has Anyone Tried To Make A Fat-Friendly Space And Had A Thin Person Co-Opt It?

I'm reading over comments on the last post about the YouTuber who made the video about thin privilege and how she's been receiving backlash for it as if she is part of the group that she's defending. <br><br>I've done something like this in the past. I went on a date with a girl and was getting to know her, and I mentioned that I'm scraping together some money to start a small business- a smoothie and salad bar in my community. She's lost a lot of weight and runs a fitness class in my community, so this is something that she'd be really interested in, I thought. The idea is that I would have a variety of pre-portioned ingredients that are healthy, cheap, and local, and then portion out into different amounts to cater to different dietary needs. <br><br>I would have a lot of toppings (and a lot of available upon request toppings) in larger portions, so if you want to add extra fruit, granola, or nuts you had the option to. I also would cater to some more specific diets like keto, Paleo, or heart healthy by offering ціл geared towards those diets. I would have a variety of sizes, and the larger sizes would have more toppings in it. <br><br>I was expecting her to be really excited about this, considering how much she posts about healthy food and her fitness classes, but instead she was really concerned that I'd be enabling unhealthy eating because of the larger sizes I'd be offering. And that it's not fair to larger people to be giving them the option to eat unhealthy foods like fruit smoothies with granola and peanut butter. <br><br>I was really taken aback, because I think that everyone should be able to choose what they eat. I don't think there's anything wrong with being a larger person, and I think it's ridiculous to act like we need to treat larger people like they're small children who don't have the capacity to make their own decisions. <br><br>I'm also a plus-sized woman, and I don't appreciate being talked to like that. So I told her that it's not really her call, and it's not really her business. I think she got really embarrassed, because she realized that I was right, and she was projecting. <br><br>I think that this is a common theme that I've seen in the comments of this sub- people who are not plus-sized trying to make decisions for plus-sized people, without really taking our feelings or opinions into account. <br><br>So to all my beautiful plus-sized ladies- have you ever been in a position where someone tried to co-opt a plus-friendly space that you were in or that you created, or make decisions on your behalf? What happened to you?