After breakfast today, two colleagues Anne, Bryan and I
went back to the office together. On the way back, Anne said my profile picture
on Wechat looked much thinner than now. And she said she couldn’t imagine it
and laughed. I told her I become plump because I was pregnant, gave birth to my
son and age issue, I told her I never felt how fat I am because I was very thin
before. Bryan said he knew a joke about a couple of a fat man and a ugly woman.
The couple fought a day, the fat man told the ugly woman I was thin before, but
you…!
Well, I know they were joke and they have no idea of
how this word would let me feel. I kept thinking about their words for few
hours, and made my mind to lose weight, and doubting about if I am really “fat”?
For the three forms of microagression, microassaults,
microinsults, microinvalitation mentioned in this week’s video, I felt like I
was microinsulted. I become more sensitive about people’s language, and try to
keep myself away from the sterotyping.
Xia,
ReplyDeleteThis post makes me think that peoples idea of "fat" is different around the world. Let me tell you that some people don't think before they speak and even though they don't mean anything bad they forget that their words can mean different for someone else. That goes perfect with the topic we discussed this week! I have also become more sensative and think before I speak. You never know when you can harm someone else and even though you didn't mean it and you might think that the person just brushed it off it has affected them! Great blog!