It is socially unacceptable to make fun of fat people, in fact it is not polite to make fun of anybody's body. Yet for some reason, people who are bigger than me constantly feel like they have some special privilege to comment on my size since I'm small. Just because I may be smaller does not mean it is okay to say things to me like: "it's okay you can eat a hamburger or two", "ugh, it's so annoying how tiny you are", or "Brandy Melville disgusts me, they only make clothes for tiny people." MAKING JABS AT ANY BODY TYPE IS ALL THE SAME, JUST BECAUSE IT'S MAKING FUN OF A SMALL PERSON, INSTEAD OF A FAT PERSON DOES NOT JUSTIFY BEING RUDE. DON'T HATE ME FOR BEING SMALL, AND DON'T MAKE SNAPPY REMARKS ABOUT MY BODY.
Let's start at the most annoying part about people commenting about my body type. I am a small person, and it's often difficult to get clothes to fit me the way I want. Specific stores were created to make clothes that fit people like me. Brandy Melville happens to be a store that sells all clothes in "One Size", and many of my friends and family often say things like, "their clothes are cute, but i hate them because they only make clothes for tiny people." This store makes small clothes for small people, it's a blessing to me because at least there I know that I don't have to search for my size, and I am satisfied with the way things fit. It is not funny to criticize petite stores for being snobby, or alienating fat people, it is plain rude. They make clothes to fill a certain need in the market, just like plus size stores do... Do I make insulting remarks about the large clothes that don't fit me in Lane Bryant?? No, I do not, because I understand and respect that those clothes were made to suite a body type different from mine. This understanding is a two way street, skinny people do not deserve to be attacked, neither do people who are not small.
The worst thing that people do to my petite stature, is remarking that I need to eat, or trying to get sympathy out of me for their body. I am not going to apologize for being small, and I am not going to be made to feel bad about my body. Do not insult my body, and expect me to say something nice about your body. If you are bigger than me and say that you hate me because of my body, I don't think it's funny, and I am most certainly not going to compliment you to make you feel better about yourself. Don't expect pity, because instead I will stare you in the eyes, and make you feel bad about what you said. Any comment about a body type that couldn't be reversed and said to a fat person politely, should not be said to a small person.
