Finding Freedom with Jemma Rose

The Real Reason SkinnyTok is Mocking Fat Women (It’s Not What You Think)

Jemma Haythorne Season 2 Episode 209

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SkinnyTok is everywhere online right now - mocking fat bodies, calling it ‘health’, and acting like being thin makes someone superior.

But this isn’t actually about fat bodies at all. It’s about something else entirely, and today I’m breaking down what’s really happening psychologically underneath the surface.

In this episode, I share:

  • Why SkinnyTok content feels so triggering (and why that reaction is completely normal)
  • The real reason body shaming hits so deep
  • What projection actually is (and why we ALL do it)
  • How people build their identity around being thin - and why that’s a mistake
  • Why confident fat women feel threatening to certain people
  • How mockery protects insecurity
  • How to stop internalising other people’s projections
  • A simple way to start noticing your own projections



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