As a former fat kid I, too, learned the lesson that nearly everyone is incredibly (deeply?) shallow. It's a hard won lesson because I didn't want to believe it. Now that I have gray hair, I get judged as less capable routinely. I work on not making assumptions about others based on limited data. Your article highlights that in a childhood of multiple traumas, being targeted as fat is a virulent form of abuse. Discrimination comes in many forms. Kudos to you for overcoming so much! Your story should be read widely and I hope it will be.