Zepbound’s Changing the Threads exhibit in Manhattan’s uber-chic Soho area was unlike anything I’d seen before. As soon as I stepped inside, I was greeted with a flood of green lights and projections. A sign at the entrance hinted at the exhibit’s mission to help “unthread” the stigma of obesity, but I still wasn’t prepared for how deeply the space would move me.

As I moved deeper into the space, the clothes on the headless mannequins began to come into focus. Each garment carried its own story about the quiet, everyday struggles of living with obesity. A simple black pair of pants belonged to a man who needed something that actually fit so he could bury his brother. A dark green one-piece swimsuit told of a woman who felt incredible in her new suit — until the judgmental stares from

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