Let's talk about what "fat" is, shall we?
A couple of days ago I had a conversation with a friend of my brother. She's a former-fat-girl who managed to go down to a size 0 and is now a size 3-5 and thinks herself fat and disgusting (her words, not mine).
ME: (...) yeah, but like, I don't consider myself "chubby"...
HER: you don't?
ME: ... uh... no? I don't think I am...
HER: you don't think you're fat, do you?
ME: ... no... do you think I'm chubby?
HER: well... uh... but, but I'm-
ME: you can tell me. Do you think I'm chubby?
HER: Well... I guess you're leaning more there than "thin" BUT I'M FAT TOO!! I'M BIGGER THAN YOU!! I'M SO FAT!! I HAVE A FAT COMPLEX!!
I'm not offended at all. If anything, I'm just more motivated to work out. Also, the shirt I was wearing was not flattering at all (it was a tit-courtains kind of shirt, and, well, you know, mine are D-cups :\ ). I don't think you can take it seriously when a size 5 girl with a fat complex calls you "chubby."
I know I'm not thin. I never will be, and I don't want to be. My shoulders are wider than my hips, and my breasts are D-cups. I'm a size 8, and I wish I could stop being lazy and get my ass down to a size 6, but I'm not tormenting myself for that.
If you google "chubby woman" you'll see pictures of girls that go from body shapes that make me go "oh... well... maybe I AM chubby..." to morbidly-obese ladies. In that case, what the hell am I? How can you use one word (an euphemism nonetheless) that's supposed to be used to single-out a group from a general population, to describe such a large array of people? And so, we have reached a point where, at least in this situation, there is a discrepancy between language and reality. We actually shouldn't say "average" because "average" varies A LOT depending on the country (ie: the average American woman is a size 14, according to some blogs and other unoficial sites I've seen), but I see it being used to people who are on the "Medium" scale.
Just to make sure that I wasn't on the wrong path and just deluding myself, I went on to google Sofía Vergara's meassures (which, I know, blogs found on google aren't the most trust-worthy sites for these things, but I do what I can). This is what I found:
SofíaMe Height: 170 cm (5'7")
Breasts: 94 cm (36")
Waist: 71 cm (28")
Hips: 99 cm (39")Height: 168 cm (5'6")
Breasts: 96 cm (38")
Waist: 71 cm (28")
Hips: 96 cm (38")
Now, I know I'm shorter than she is, but... dude. There's not really all that much difference between the two of us, and I couldn't call her anything that suggested there'smaybe a little bit too much Sofía to love.
I love this picture, because I think it shows how some women have made the language morph into such a way that their euphemisms have now turned into "insults" (not that they're "offensive" I just don't have the word in English to say what I wanna say, hence the "")
For example, I consider myself "curvy" because I fucking have curves! But I, in no way, consider myself "fat." If I had to define myself with a word, I'd go with "healthy" because I can't think of anything else. "Normal" maybe?
ME: (...) yeah, but like, I don't consider myself "chubby"...
HER: you don't?
ME: ... uh... no? I don't think I am...
HER: you don't think you're fat, do you?
ME: ... no... do you think I'm chubby?
HER: well... uh... but, but I'm-
ME: you can tell me. Do you think I'm chubby?
HER: Well... I guess you're leaning more there than "thin" BUT I'M FAT TOO!! I'M BIGGER THAN YOU!! I'M SO FAT!! I HAVE A FAT COMPLEX!!
I'm not offended at all. If anything, I'm just more motivated to work out. Also, the shirt I was wearing was not flattering at all (it was a tit-courtains kind of shirt, and, well, you know, mine are D-cups :\ ). I don't think you can take it seriously when a size 5 girl with a fat complex calls you "chubby."
I know I'm not thin. I never will be, and I don't want to be. My shoulders are wider than my hips, and my breasts are D-cups. I'm a size 8, and I wish I could stop being lazy and get my ass down to a size 6, but I'm not tormenting myself for that.
If you google "chubby woman" you'll see pictures of girls that go from body shapes that make me go "oh... well... maybe I AM chubby..." to morbidly-obese ladies. In that case, what the hell am I? How can you use one word (an euphemism nonetheless) that's supposed to be used to single-out a group from a general population, to describe such a large array of people? And so, we have reached a point where, at least in this situation, there is a discrepancy between language and reality. We actually shouldn't say "average" because "average" varies A LOT depending on the country (ie: the average American woman is a size 14, according to some blogs and other unoficial sites I've seen), but I see it being used to people who are on the "Medium" scale.
Just to make sure that I wasn't on the wrong path and just deluding myself, I went on to google Sofía Vergara's meassures (which, I know, blogs found on google aren't the most trust-worthy sites for these things, but I do what I can). This is what I found:
SofíaMe Height: 170 cm (5'7")
Breasts: 94 cm (36")
Waist: 71 cm (28")
Hips: 99 cm (39")Height: 168 cm (5'6")
Breasts: 96 cm (38")
Waist: 71 cm (28")
Hips: 96 cm (38")
Now, I know I'm shorter than she is, but... dude. There's not really all that much difference between the two of us, and I couldn't call her anything that suggested there'smaybe a little bit too much Sofía to love.
I love this picture, because I think it shows how some women have made the language morph into such a way that their euphemisms have now turned into "insults" (not that they're "offensive" I just don't have the word in English to say what I wanna say, hence the "")
For example, I consider myself "curvy" because I fucking have curves! But I, in no way, consider myself "fat." If I had to define myself with a word, I'd go with "healthy" because I can't think of anything else. "Normal" maybe?