We Need To Talk About The Fatphobic Queerphobic Treatment Of Sam Smith

Friends, we simply must talk about the internet’s treatment of Sam Smith recently. Everyone’s fatphobia and queerphobia are jumping the hell out and I’m tired of it being so normalised online. Since the release of their track “Unholy”, Sam Smith has been in the spotlight a bit more than usual. Let’s get one thing out of the way: the song isn’t very good, and gained quite a bit of attention for being “annoying” and overplayed, especially on TikTok. Bad song or not, Sam Smith doesn’t deserve any

Harry Styles

smells like fatphobia https://t.co/gDzN5eS0t4

— ig: @intersectional.abc (@intrsxtionl_abc) December 14, 2022

people treat you like trash when you gain weight, that’s why.

— aubrey plaza #1 stan (@mathbzzzz) December 14, 2022

breaking down “gender stereotypes” Fashion Police

please stop normalising the use of ‘fat’ as an insult. bodyshaming and using someone body type as an insult and something to hold against someone is never ok. the word isnt an insult or something that anyone should be ashamed of. +

— reyn-deer (@wherescloudy) December 8, 2022

It’s actually gross constantly seeing people tear into Sam Smith for their appearance when there’s a lot of us, myself included, who have a similar body type to them. God forbid a queer person dresses/expresses themself unapologetically, apparently only thin people are allowed

— (@spicebagsupreme) December 12, 2022

The fatphobia, femmephobia, and consistent misgendering of Sam Smith across my Twitter feed is I swear if they had abs and were wearing the exact same stuff the would be living

— Newfound Lad (@NewfoundLadTO) December 14, 2022

The way some of y’all have bullied Sam Smith on this app the past couple of days is disgusting. And you sit on here hiding behind the avatar of a celeb, spewing hate when you are in fact no better than the people you aim to hold accountable and/or get canceled on a daily basis.

— Kalen Allen (@TheKalenAllen) December 13, 2022

Nah bc but this really is the reality for queer folk. Sam Smith is a gay nonbinary performer who has been doing this long before Harry yet there were articles and tweets calling Harry a "gay icon." Lets not forget to mention Sam is plus-sized. Y'all just hate queer and fat ppl https://t.co/HG40vBjrPI

— 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚒 | ᴍ⁷ (@kunoichiBEY) December 12, 2022

I don't need to read this many Sam Smith tweets to know that a lot of you just hate fat people. The subtext of half the shit you tweet is that fatness is repulsive to you, we get it.

— Louis Peitzman (@LouisPeitzman) December 13, 2022

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kind of hate online for their appearance. Sam Smith recently wore a silver jumpsuit while performing at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball 2022 and folks took a total of zero seconds to not only compare them to  but shame them for their body. When Harry Styles dons similar looks to Sam Smith, he’s heralded as a “queer icon” and the king of and “toxic masculinity”. When Smith does the same they’re fat-shamed and ridiculed for their appearance. Make it make sense. Fans may not like what Smith is wearing, but reconsider why it is that the instinctual reaction to seeing a fat person in something glamorous is to guise fatphobia as “outfit critique”. This isn’t , nobody asked for your opinion. And besides, if haters want so desperately to criticise Sam Smith’s outfits, surely they’d have similar opinions of Harry Styles’ wardrobe as well, right? Most of the outfits that man wears are ridiculously awful — he just gets away with them for being stereotypically attractive and thin. Let’s stop pretending that we hate Sam Smith’s music and outfits when what fuels most commentary about them is fatphobia and queerphobia. Unfortunately, the fatphobic treatment of Sam Smith is nothing new in the queer community. Fatphobia is a rancid issue that plagues multiple facets of LGBTQIA+ life to the point where queer people can feel isolated from their peers based on nothing but their body type. Let’s leave Sam Smith alone. We need to unlearn our fatphobic biases and “preferences” and reflect on why an artist (who was once thin and arguably more popular) is suddenly “cringe” and “unfashionable” when their body changes. Preference isn’t something you’re born with, it’s something that’s learned. Just admit you feel uncomfortable seeing a nonbinary fat person expressing themselves and move on. If you winced at the idea of a fat person feeling comfortable in their skin and presenting themselves in a sexy way, why did that make you feel uneasy?