6/19/2023 0 Comments My mad fat teenage diary book![]() I watched it and related to things I felt at that age. ![]() "But all in all, I think MMFD successfully represents the fat experience. It's a tool for a lot of people, but maybe, if you’re fat, you’ve had to be funny because you’ve never been considered fit, and you need to get the attention somehow. The friendship between Rae and Chloe is an interesting representation of friendship in relation to this – the skinny friend is jealous of how funny Rae is, but humour is a tool. "I think the show reinforces the fat experience in that a fat person is normally the joker, the life of the party, but never the object of sexuality. Why does this fit guy fancy me when he could fancy the Kendall Jenner look-alike he matched on Tinder? You constantly question if their affection is a joke, or if they'll drop you instantly for someone skinnier and 'hotter'. The case of 'too good to be true' rings loud for Rae, and something that completely resonates with me. Through her own insecurities, or whatever you want to call it, she ruins it. ![]() ![]() "My problem with the show is that the fat girl never gets the guy – not even in MMFD, really. ![]()
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