Jared Singer - Fat Man Dancing

[@vibrantv3nus]

That first line really caught me off guard holy fuck

[@yasmineghriss2247]

I love that although he's talking about 'dancing' ,when people hear this poem each person thinks about a specific insecurity or problem

[@VinoVenitas]

"Told me that I should dance here ..." My eyes were glued to the screen. I loved the way that people didnt "get it." This was amazing. Well done man ... this got to me.

[@bqwadseertg]

Wow. What an incredible poem. This made me so happy

[@notyourlau]

Perfect ending.

[@bethgrinnell1164]

Yes!

[@anthonyhalling4268]

so good. i loved the delivery.

[@xiced7827]

I love this guy's work, one of my favorite poets

[@hannahnoelle9131]

I love this ❤❤ I'm super self concious about my weight and this just made me so happy. And then the end was just so perfect I swear ❤

[@tapsandtomesasmrambience781]

I LOVE THIS.

[@levin4545]

THAT'S RAW CONFIDENCE RIGHT THERE

[@_xninox_95]

I am practicing

[@junelikethemonth6192]

Savage

[@goldmarie3522]

I just wish people wouldn't answer fat shaming with skinny shaming.

[@backtothebooks9201]

To call this skinny shaming is waaay oversimplifying things. Nothing bad will ever happen to a thin person because they are thin, but a fat person will be ridiculed, abused and denied basic respect because they are fat. That is actual fat shaming. His hyperbole here is to address a thin person the way he is usually addressed, it is playing with the expectation of language, and it would do some good for a thin person to fleetingly experience the discomfort of what a very big person lives as reality every day.

[@cassidysharp9236]

I S A B E L L E F L Y N N SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 👏👏

[@Thetruehustla626]

I S A B E L L E F L Y N N exactly....

[@LittlexMissxRaven]

As a skinny person, I don't think this poem was skinny shaming. I think this poem was about the way people who are seen to be fat live, and more than that, people who are insecure (everyone? probably?) lives. There is so much privilege to being a thin person if you don't have to work at it... but to say that nothing bad will ever happen to a skinny person because they're thin strikes me as wrong. It is not a societal expectation for skinny people to be shamed the way fat people are. "skinny" doesn't feel like a bad word the way "fat" does. It doesn't feel like an insult, and I'm sure there are many skinny people who don't get that... But growing up, I was ridiculed. Every time my family saw me, there would be a cascade of jokes at my expense, because I'm the skinny one. If I turn sideways, I disappear, if I close one eye, I look like a needle. I need to put some weight on my bones, they'll all tell me, pinching at my skin until it hurts. People look at my clothes and say that Real People aren't that size. I used to eat until I was sick trying to gain weight, and my story isn't the average, and it still does not compare to the fact that for some reason, insulting fat people has become a societal expectation, seen as okay for some reason. I don't think this is skinny shaming, but please don't make the mistake of thinking that because my problems are less than yours means they don't exist.