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Sanjay Gupta tapped for position, remains sexy

Jan 06, 2009 15:45

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cnn, media, appointments, sanjay gupta, barack obama

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schmiss January 7 2009, 00:19:18 UTC

Ahaha there were four posts of this in the queue. icu fangirls

kekekekekekeke January 7 2009, 00:21:13 UTC

lol he so fine tho

schmiss January 7 2009, 00:28:50 UTC

He really is. although all the feminist blogs on my reading list are pissy because he's not "fat positive". Which is a movement I'm not quite clear on in the first place but w/e we

kekekekekekeke January 7 2009, 00:31:17 UTC

ikr that is a big feminist issue I struggle with idk :\

koalafrog January 7 2009, 01:07:07 UTC

ia, mainly because so many can't seem to find a middle ground between a.) wanting women to feel good about themselves no matter what and b.) wanting women to try to be the healthiest they can be. I encounter it on LJ almost every day. :\

anandrine January 7 2009, 03:28:51 UTC

This. I think we should definitely be body-positive because many women are beautiful regardless of size and I think in the environment we grow up in we shouldn't be telling women they're worthless/ugly/etc. But that shouldn't rule out encouraging being healthy. That's just common sense.

lizzy_someone January 7 2009, 06:12:42 UTC

I totally agree that this important middle ground exists and everyone should find it, but I merely note that option B appears to imply that "as thin as possible" equals "as healthy as possible," and, as I'm sure you know, this is not exactly the case.

winniechili January 7 2009, 01:47:41 UTC

WTF is "fat positive"? Saying "It doesn't matter if you're fat girl!"...? Cause that's lame.

agentsculder January 7 2009, 03:59:12 UTC

Depends on who you ask. On the extreme end it's people who believe that size doesn't matter, and that the connection between weight and health is greatly exaggerated. On the less extreme end, it's more about helping women embrace their body type and realize not every woman can look like a supermodel, but that's OK and healthy.

I think Dr. Gupta gets flack from the more extreme side that feels that because he encourages people to lose weight and get healthy, he somehow hates overweight people.

chibi_lurrel January 7 2009, 17:27:58 UTC

Why is that lame? Should a girl be made to feel ashamed for being fat?

anandrine January 7 2009, 01:00:23 UTC

I saw it on like NYTimes.com when I was at work and thought "I WISH I WERE AT HOME FOR THE ONTD_P POST THAT IS INEVITABLY HAPPENING :("

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