How “just lose weight” sounds to your fat friend.

On the everyday heartbreak of “why don’t you just lose weight?”

Your Fat Friend
Aug 28, 2017 · 7 min read
Andy Warhol, “Where is Your Rupture?”

We meet for cocktails. You’ve had a tough week with work and family, their cold, hard edges pressing on either side of you like a vice. Something’s got to give, and you’ve bent as far as you can. We talk at length about the parts of your life that have lost their luster and…

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