Gainers: right or wrong?

[codegal182]

OK, this is something that featured in a piece on Today Tonight (an Australian opinion show on channel 9), that had me honestly gobsmacked and utterly dumbfounded. I couldn't help but want to add my own two cents to this issue.

Mama Mia is a web blog that is run by Mia (woman pictured in the left corner) who is a writer, author, blogger, social

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[passthatdutch]

Sorry but that's just grotesque. We've discussed about fat fetishism at school (and caused the slighty overweight people to leave the class cause they think they were being attacked ;_;). I would've said "maybe she eats too much and can't help it" but to know that she's purposely eating a lot to gain extra thousand pounds is wtfuckery. What would she gain from that? Nothing but high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure .. etc.

She's not thinking of her children but only herself.

[codegal182]

This is why I don't understand why speaking out against such a thing as this would be grounds for activists to get all up in arms about. Its not about a lack of fat acceptance at all, its about a woman submitting to the whims of faceless strangers because it feels good to be adored, she gets money for it. Honestly, this actually hurts the cause for FA rather than helps it. I honestly cannot see why there seems to be a lack of comprehension at what the issue at hand really is.

[passthatdutch]

Thank you fo posting this, I wasn't even aware there's an abnormality this extent. And that people are willing to do it for money! She's probably saying she's ony doing it for her kids. Everyone makes choices in life, and obviously not all of them are good.

I also read the blog and I don't see anything that belittles overweight people. And facepalm-worthy at how ignorant shitheads thinks this blogger is making fun of overweight people. Not understanding that whatever this woman is doing to herself will definitely become a health problem

[codegal182]

No probs. The thing with that is she states that she's not doing it for kids. I mean, she doesn't even mention anything about her kids in regards to why she's doing it. She's more concerned about the pleasure she derives from being a focal point to her subscribers. Definitely not a good lifestyle choice.

I know right? I don't understand how people read a clear stance on the dangers of eating too much as a post full of hate and animosity. I think these people need to sit back and think rationally before they jump into action.

[passthatdutch]

No offense to anyone.. but who the frack would aspire to become the fattest fatty in the world? And you're not even doing it for your kids but for money and fame! Trust me, that woman is just trying to cover up what she really feels being fat.. trying to cover it up by flaunting her fat self on tv. This is just unbelievably weird.

Exactly. But let's be honest, overweight people are always taking the brunt of society's wrath, always frowned upon. So we can't really blame this people if they think Donna Simpson's being bashed just because she wants to gain weight. What they fail to understand I think is the underlying effect in her body.

I wish somebody slap her on the face and tell her to wake up. "You're not in a Hansel & Gretel fairytale where you can eat all the sweets and not get fat. Get your big ass up and go see a doctor.. or you wouldn't see your kids graduate from elementary".

[codegal182]

I don't think they are an exception at all. If we start making excuses for anyone because they've had a hard life or they're always looked down upon, then we'd end up with oversensitive people. Honestly, life is tough, people just have to face facts. People don't have to watch what they say around you, you have to stop taking things to heart or taking things out of context. So can I blame them for overreacting in this way? Yes, I can. No one else, including myself, being as big as I am, seem to be having a problem with what it is that Mia is saying, not to mention, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that Donna Simpson and other gainers aren't about fat acceptance at all. They bring more harm to the movement more than good.