A new petition is asking Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) to remove the “Feeling Fat” status from its website.
The petition asking Facebook to remove the Feeling Fat status is posted on Change.org and has over 15,000 signatures as of Monday afternoon. It was created by Catherine Weingarten and Endangered Bodies two weeks ago.
The petition includes a letter to Facebook that starts like this:
Scrolling through Facebook the other day, I saw a friend’s status set to “feeling fat,” accompanied by an emoji with chubby cheeks and a double chin. I think it was supposed to be funny, but seeing this status made me feel angry.
As someone who has struggled with and overcome disordered eating, I know what it’s like to “feel” fat. I have spent years of my life consumed with negative thoughts about my body, and far too many days starving myself in an effort to lose weight. But even worse than the skipped meals and the hours spent obsessing in front of the mirror was the fear of what others thought about me and my body.
New York Daily News notes that the emoji used for Facebook’s feeling fat status is the same one that is used for its “Feeling Stuffed” status. Facebook says that the statuses are created based on users’ input and that users can also create custom statuses.
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