Thin privilege is having spas and other waxing places charge extra to wax people over a size 12 “because there’s more area to cover” and having it discussed and defended on a talk show.

Apparently, there are places who are charging specifically fat people extra to wax them because being bigger means more area. On the Today show, Kathy Lee Gifford defended this policy as “good business practice” because it will make them more money and because fat people use so much more wax, costing them enough to justify this according to her.

It’s ignoring her co-host explaining that this doesn’t actually make sense because it’s discriminatory and will only lose them business.

It’s ignoring that being fatter a. doesn’t mean you have more body hair, b. doesn’t mean you have bigger legs necessarily and c. it’s not on a sliding scale and is clearly meant as a way to deter people from being fat.



Much like plus size clothing, it’s not done on a sliding scale because it’s not actually about the resources used but about punishing people for their bodies being unpleasant and inconvenient for people to look like.

It’s flat out discrimination based on fat hate.