The whole 'Claudia is gorgeous and thin even though she eats nothing but junk!' thing makes me rage so hard. I only hope no girls were seriously affected by it, because that kind of talk leads to eating disorders.--There's so many ways to interpret that imo. Yeah, there's the people out there that are really active and they're able to keep their weight down by doing what they normally do in a day--no eating disorder. And then there's the eating disorder path. There's no way in the world I'd be making comments about how a person eats to begin with. But I know I sure as hell wouldn't say it to somebody I don't know at all/barely know at all. It just seems awkward or bitchy as hell no matter how I word it.
"wow, you eat so much of this junk food and you're not as big as a house!"
"*laughs* I can't believe you're able to eat this stuff the way you do. I'd be gaining weight like crazy if I ate like you do."
"Here she comes again, ready to buy more junk food. Look at that perfect skin and body size! Perfection!"
"How do you eat this stuff the way you do and not gain weight?"
I hate to say it but I bet this series made a lot of girls hate themselves. Weight is just mentioned too frequently and the ones that are overweight are really put in the spot for people to treat them like shit, make fun of them, or think they're not pretty/good looking or worthy enough to have somebody be attracted to them*. I realize the entire series had a lot of disturbing messages all the way through but weight is definitely on the list.
*I count two times that I can remember that happening. Maybe a person can dodge some of the shitty messages if they have a strong level of self confidence but if you have low self confidence and read shit like that, it's just more fuel for the fire imo.
I know my post concentrates on overweight but I realize the disturbing messages can also impact a thin person just as much. "I can't gain weight! I don't even want to gain a pound. It's bad."
Oh, I know. I put a lot of blame on these books for spending a good amount of my childhood and teens worrying about gaining weight. Since it was always put in the light of the worst thing that could happen to you, I always thought that being fat must be horrible and you'd be treated like dirt. No one in my family cared about weight so these books really were a negative impact. I'm just glad I wasn't influenced enough to ever end up doing anything harmful to myself. But I still feel worried over the fact that some girls may have just because Ann is a horrible writer and hates fat people.
"wow, you eat so much of this junk food and you're not as big as a house!"
"*laughs* I can't believe you're able to eat this stuff the way you do. I'd be gaining weight like crazy if I ate like you do."
"Here she comes again, ready to buy more junk food. Look at that perfect skin and body size! Perfection!"
"How do you eat this stuff the way you do and not gain weight?"
I hate to say it but I bet this series made a lot of girls hate themselves. Weight is just mentioned too frequently and the ones that are overweight are really put in the spot for people to treat them like shit, make fun of them, or think they're not pretty/good looking or worthy enough to have somebody be attracted to them*. I realize the entire series had a lot of disturbing messages all the way through but weight is definitely on the list.
*I count two times that I can remember that happening. Maybe a person can dodge some of the shitty messages if they have a strong level of self confidence but if you have low self confidence and read shit like that, it's just more fuel for the fire imo.
I know my post concentrates on overweight but I realize the disturbing messages can also impact a thin person just as much. "I can't gain weight! I don't even want to gain a pound. It's bad."
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