#idk if skinnywash is an actual term but you know what i mean.

[heartburstings]

that post abt how fatphobia is rampant even among progressive circles is so true and it highlights my issue with bare la 2014's skinnywashing of nadia. here is a show that seeks to get audiences to consider their biases, how they can intertwine with and contribute to stereotypes and narratives of conformity, and how it affects not just ourselves but more specifically how it affects young people who struggle to find themselves and connect to each other, and even moreso because of these biases... and you skinnywash the fat character. you skinnywash the fat character who has a whole song about how fatphobia prevents her from getting good roles (OH THE IRONY) and how fatphobia prevents her from socializing and how being fat has informed how she interacts with others because it informs how other people interact with her. you SKINNYWASH nadia and undermine her whole character. i say i don't watch it because i'm petty but it's also because i just don't trust productions with skinny nadias. how are you supposed to properly send that message when you don't understand it? when you're casting a fat character and you don't? and don't play like they couldn't find a single fat actor to play nadia in all of fucking california. college productions are able to find fat actors to play nadia and that's a much smaller pool of people than all of california because fat actors aren't unicorns. it's fatphobia, plain and simple. (or plain and jane, aharharhar.)