I'm fat positive, in that I don't see fat as a bad thing. But what I do see as a bad thing is how I'm treated. I can have the most positive outlook in the world, but that is not going to change how hecklers and people walking down the street are yelling at me.

Intellectually, I know I am worthy, however arbitrary a thing worthiness is, and have always been worthy.

You don't necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don't have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are different from you move through and experience the world in ways you might never know anything about.

I write for myself, first and foremost and I also write for people, mostly women, who just want to be seen and heard and all too often aren't.

In truth, feminism is flawed because it is a movement powered by people and people are inherently flawed.

I think hunger is a natural state of being for most people. I mean, hunger is a desire - and you don't only have physical hunger, you have emotional hunger. A lot of my hungers are, in fact, emotional. I think a lot of fat people's hungers are emotional. There are things we very much want, and it can be so difficult to satisfy those hungers. Yet we try. We try so hard.

People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.