Shonda Rhimes knows she lost lots of weight.
But she doesnt need you to remind her about it.
Women I barely knew gushed.
JAMES WHITE for EW
And I mean GUSHED.
Like I was holding-a-new-baby-gushed, Rhimes wrote.
Only there was no new baby.
It was just me.
With makeup on and my hair alldid, yes.
But…still the same me.
Who am I,The Crown?
No, Im from the Midwest, baby, and I come with coupons).
They spoke to me.
THEY SPOKE TO ME.
Like stood still and had long conversations with me about things.
But even more disconcerting was that all these people suddenly felt completely comfortable talking to me about my body.
Rhimes expresses confusion over how after I lost weight, I discovered that people found me valuable.
A person one could look at.
A person one could compliment.
A person one could admire.
I discovered that NOW people saw me as a PERSON, she wrote.
What the hell did they see me as before?
How invisible was I to them then?
How hard did they work to avoid me?
What words did they use to describe me?
Like I had been an Invisible Woman who suddenly materialized in front of them.
Thin and ready for a chat.
Rhimes goes on to say being thinner doesnt make you a different person.
It just makes you thinner.
