…clist who watched what she ate all her life). A large component of fat hatred is the fear of death. That’s why fat people are relentlessly othered, pilloried, ridiculed, patronised, dehumanised and shunned – folks like to kid themselves that only those wantonly negligent, socially irresponsible fat people succumb to certain diseases o…clist who watched what she ate all her life). A large component of fat hatred is the fear of death. That’s why fat people are relentlessly othered, pilloried, ridiculed, patronised, dehumanised and shunned – folks like to kid themselves that only those wantonly negligent, socially irresponsible fat people succumb to certain diseases or need tax-payers’-money-wasting knee replacements. (As if fat people don’t pay taxes. As if athletes, dancers and gym bunnies don’t screw up their joi…