A Personal Account of Being the Fat Teacher

Abstract

A personal narrative on the experiences of being ‘the fat teacher’. This paper details the physical and emotional challenges faced and the liminal space between fat-shame and fat-acceptance. Acknowledging the body as a location for learning, this paper describes the author’s unique and individual experience when thanked for being fat by a parent of a student. Written in illustrative prose this paper explores the entanglement of identity, oppression and acceptance.