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Aye moti/u!
Kam kha, moti/a horahi/a hain.
Size dekha hain? Haathi lag raha hain!
How many times do you chance upon such comments on your social feed, in a day? I am safely assuming, quite a lot. That’s because there are people who sit behind the HD screens and enjoying taking a dig at someone’s body shape/size. And, we fondly (or not-so-fondly) call these people fat-shamers, body-shamers or trolls.
But, my question is, how did one gain such authority or even a nerve to comment about someone else’s features or body structures? Are they SO perfect themselves that they get the right to find or point out flaws in others? Oh, wait! Even that doesn’t give anyone any right.
Still, our timelines are filled with such dark souls who go ninja-typing while commenting on someone’s photo, status or message them personally. Sometimes it is none other than our very own relatives. And, something similar happened with Sejal Pradhan.
Sejal chanced upon a message (from a dur ka relative with whom she never had a social conversation) which read,
And, boy, did she reply! Sejal’s answer is something each and every troll should read over and over again. Or at least made to read. Here’s what she wrote.
Random jerk of a relative on Facebook (who’s never even spoken to me before in person) messages this out of nowhere. Looks like social media hasn’t given them enough doses about body shaming already. But I’m ready to offer my two pennies’ worth to people like him in need.
Here’s some help: My weight, whether I gain it, lose it or keep it the same is in no way asking for your opinion. Have I ever asked for one? No. Do I look disheartened about my body and am I seeking sympathy? No.
So please keep your downright crass and judgmental opinions to yourself.
To start with, scrutinise your mother/girlfriend/wife’s weight gain/loss trend over the years and conduct a thorough analysis. This way, you’ll end up being a little less ignorant about the factors triggering it. That might surely help. And only after you’ve successfully cleared this stage of your investigation, wrack your pea-sized brain some more and ‘think’ before you speak or type, to the rest of the world. Because every single person out there knows their own struggle, or probably they’re completely content with the body they have and aren’t struggling at all!
Oh, and just in case you were thinking that you cracked a good joke here by pointing out to my weight, I’m sorry you were not even close. Maybe I could point out to ‘that belly of yours that you could occasionally use as a table’ to have a good laugh… but no, I don’t class it as humour. Because nobody is obliged to look a certain size/shape/colour just to please your eyes. And most importantly, kindly get a life. I’m sure there are ample ‘real’ issues around you that would require your valuable perusal, rather than pondering over how I’m miraculously gaining weight with every passing hour.
Thank you!
Ooh, gurl! That’s how it’s done! Kudos!
P.S. This makes me crack this: When Troll Met Sejal #SorryNotSorry ?
You can read her entire post, here.
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