Discrimination In High School

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I was invisible.
From the start of freshman year, being invisible was all I wanted. I wanted to be invisible because I was the opposite: I was too visible. I was more visible than I could possibly handle because I was fat, and fatness had become the last socially acceptable form of discrimination in high school. I tried squeezing into jean shorts and straightening my hair. I even tried talking to boys but was unable to blend in because my body disqualified me from the crowd. I wasn't invited to parties, I didn't have people to sit with at lunch, and I spent most of my weekends alone.
I was never openly bullied about my weight. No one made fun of me for having bigger thighs or wider hips; but that was the problem. No one ever said anything

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