You can’t please everyone. So-called “fat feminists” are furious with singer Lizzo after she embarked on her weight loss journey without seeking their permission.
Full-figured women who are happy in their bodies took to social media to rebuke the 32-year-old pop star after she confessed to hating her body and despising how she looked in a mirror.
In a TikTok video Lizzo said, “I came home, and I took my clothes off to take a shower, and I just started having all of these really negative thoughts about myself. Like, you know, ‘What’s wrong with me?’… ‘Why am I so disgusting?’ and hating my body.”
Fat feminists on Twitter called Lizzo out and accused her of being “fatphobic.”
One Twitter user wrote:
“The problem here now, is that fatphobics and horrible people will now use Lizzo’s weight loss as a tool to further shame and abuse fat women who are happy in their bodies.”
In a now-deleted tweet, user Leah wrote:
“my heart hurts with all my fat peers today. even though she won’t say it and will probably try to excuse it, I’m sorry that @lizzo did that to us. we are worthy and what she posted was so f***ed. if you are triggered and upset by it I and right there with you.”
Leah, who is Caucasian, apologized after Black Twitter descended on her timeline and attacked her — as if morbid obesity is a Black thing.
One Black Twitter user wrote: “stay out of black folks business.”
Another user wrote: “girl remove that blm photo from ur header and while ur at it stay [out] of blk folk business. foreva!!”
A third user tweeted:
“STAY OUT OF BLACK FOLKS BUSINESS IN GENERAL. Youre not an ally, youre a undercover enemy. Selfish, controlling, only care about BW when they’re fat or fir your agenda I guess. Youre just like these Republican WM and its people just like you that gives libs a bad rep.”
Leah responded to the criticism:
“The biggest thing is that I am genuinely sorry, and I had no idea just how much I was feeding into the racism of Black women being so highly scrutinized and held to such high standards. I should’ve, I can, and I will do better.”
