Gewwwddd morning everybody! Welcome or welcome back to A Tall Girl’s Podcast! So glad you’re here :) Before I get into today’s episode, I do wanna say, make sure you’re following me on my socials @atallgirlspodcast on Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest so that you can stay up to date on all of the latest podcast episodes and catch a glimpse of my everyday life. Also, feel free to leave me a review below and let me know how tall you are!
How are we all doing today? As for me, I’m doing pretty well. I actually saw some people from my past which I absolutely DO NOT LIKE DOING, especially people from high school. But these people I actually like so I didn’t mind. It was very therapeutic to reunite with them actually. Because I feel like people from the past, especially around high school, just bring up a lot of bad memories and moments that I’d rather not think about. Ya know, kinda want that to be out of sight, out of mind. Anyone else feel the same?
So for today’s episode we are talking about tall women being called “big”, why that’s an issue in my opinion, and how we as tall women can remain confident and remember that some people don’t mean it in an insulting way.
First and foremost, as a community, let’s stop calling tall women “big”. To be honest, “big” and “tall” are 2 completely different things in my opinion. Let’s just stick with “tall”, okay? It’s fairly offensive to call a tall woman, or any woman for that matter, “big” and here’s why:
“Big” for a woman has a negative connotation to it in two ways. First, we’re taught from a young age that we’re supposed to be small, not seen, out of the way, and honestly just there when needed. So, when you have a tall girl, who already sticks out, feels out of place, and is ridiculed for something she naturally has (which is her height) and then you point out the fact that she’s “bigger” than her peers, “bigger” than the people around her, how do you think she’s gonna feel?
If you said self-conscious, you’re right.
The second way is that “big” is often tied to the terms “fat” or “overweight”. I personally don’t like using those terms because society has placed such a negative connotation with them, but because “big” is associated with such negative words, we’re going to take it as an insult. And honestly I feel like this is something very very common for a tall plus sized woman.
Why do people even call tall women “big” to begin with? How can we respond to those who call us “big”? Tune in to the episode for a deep dive!
Thank you so so much for tuning in to this episode; I really appreciate it and I appreciate you. As always, feel free to hit me up on my socials and let me know what you thought about this episode. Are you often called “big” as a tall woman? How do you respond to that? Hit me up and let me know. And until then, I’ll catch you in the next one!
Goodnight and goodbyyyyyeee,
India