The idea of being “fat” might be an “intrusive thought” or a “nightmare” for Taylor Swift — a valid experience that many people of all sizes can relate to. But the fact is that she has never lived in a “fat” body. iWatchiAm writes
. “There’s a difference between saying being fat is bad and saying you have a literal eating disorder that you’re constantly battling.” Though Swift has never specified any disordered-eating diagnosis, she hinted in her Netflix documentary,, at instances in her life when she would “stop eating” after seeing photos of herself “where I feel like I looked like my tummy was too big or … someone said that I looked pregnant.
, saying that she would exercise a lot, but not eat, and implied that she struggled with her relationship to food.Others argued that the scale in the video is intended as a criticism of Swift’s own lived experience that being “fat” was bad and something to be feared.
, but aside from this brief moment, the video doesn’t include any wider examination of what Swift feels about the word “fat.” In the context of the video, “fat” remains a negative word. You’re absolutely right. It is fatphobia. That’s the point. She’s criticizing her fatphobia that society forces on women since the day they’re born. The entire song is criticizing the negative parts of her that she needs to change. That’s why it’s a critique not an endorsement
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