It should shock no one that the Australian fashion industry is fatphobic. But the fact brands routinely get away not just with incredibly narrow sizing, but inconsistent sizing, is tear-your-hair-out frustrating.
I’m what I would call a pretty standard Australian size 14. In recent months though, I’ve found it virtually impossible to find clothes which consistently fit me — particularly when ordering online. It seems like every brand has a completely different size guide, and a number of brands go up to a small size 14 at the most. A number of my favourite creators and writers are the fat activists I follow. Their work exposing how deeply entrenched fatphobia is in our society and the way it’s rooted in racism, colonialism, classism and patriarchy is frankly one of the important, radical forefronts of social justice today.
