Wednesday, October 9, 2013

An Open Letter to Diana Gabaldon

Dear Diana,

Yes, I know I've already posted some complaints about the things you've written. However, given that I've done some growing up since then, I have some more.

You style yourself as size-positive, but here's the thing: having a few characters of size isn't the same as truly giving fat people positive fictional role models - not if they're written the way you portray them. And as a woman of some size who's in a relationship with a beautiful, intelligent, thoughtful woman of considerable size, I have a problem with them.