This past week, my classmates and I watched the movie Real Women Have Curves (2002) starring America Ferrera and learned about weight stigma. Throughout the entire movie, the female protagonist, Ana Garcia (played by America Ferrera), is always being ridiculed and verbally abused by her mother, Carmen. Ana’s mother would always call her fat and say that she was ugly. Carmen always insisted that the only way Ana would become beautiful and get a guy to like her is if she loses a lot of weight. Watching this movie and learning about weight stigma this past week in class has altered the way I view this topic. One of the things that I learned is that in today’s society people who are overweight are referred to as lazy, ugly, and emotionally disturbed. Overwieght people have issues that sometimes might not even be their faults. It is not right for people to judge someone based on their appearance. We as a society must judge people by who they are and not by how much they weigh. I know the phrases “its on the inside that matters” or “she is beautiful on the outside, but ugly on the outside” are cliché. Even though that may be, these phrases are true and we must judge everyone based on their actions and not their appearances; we must also work as a society to overcome negative stereotypes about overweight and other people.