I think I can surmise your opinion, but I am wondering why there is no hue and cry at the TV stations that carry this sort of garbage and at the studio heads that allow it to be produced.
Having been a child that was teased relentlessly for being chubby by girls that were fatter than me, I wonder how parents can allow this sort of thing to continue knowing that it will damage their children's perceptions of self in this world. This is one of the things that makes me glad I never had the chance to become a parent. I would have been helpless in the face of crap like this because I never learned to, in spite of my parents efforts, dismiss those oh-so-hateful-judgemental voices.
Isn't that the way of it, I was teased, too. Not for being fat, just for being wierd. I could write a whole blog JUST on anti-bullying.
The reason there is no uproar is that we have entered bizzaro world -- where people actually think eating disordered behavior leads to better health.(Except that that call it "dieting") And some people actually think that shaming and blaming fatties of all ages is the way to end the Obeezity crisis. Ya kno, tease us enough and we'll stop cramming baby flavored donuts down the pie-hole. (I love quoting that line because I didn't get fat from over eating.)
Once your eyes are opened to the fat discrimination out there it's hard not to be mad about it.
I've noticed that in our "politically correct" climate, fat people are still fair game for insult humour, or possibly more so than ever. "Health" is used as an excuse. "Everyone should be thin because it's healthy." That's the popular myth, and it really is just a myth. I'm not at my healthiest now, but when I was at my thinnest (still "fat" by many standards), I was definitely not at my healthiest. Not everyone has the same natural body type. Oh, see what you started. You got me on my soap box. I'm done now.
Oh, please do not get off your soapbox and be done with this. It needs to be out there so that those who perpetrate these myths and falsehoods realize that they cannot continue damaging society continue to do things like this without consequences. Post it in your blog. Encourage your friends with children to challenge the media and those so-called medical professionals about blatent lies presented as facts.
Oh in order to have my thinnest adult weight, I was malnourished, not really by choice -- I bought as much food as I could afford. That wasn't much
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And that is why that show isn't aired in Britain. I think America needs tighter regs for their TV content. Hell we have adverts here saying how having a normal not-thin body is a good thing. Though I wouldn't be at all surprised that show was written by a bunch of Queen B's.
I got the links from a friend who lives in Plymouth, England with her wife. kyalesyin is a kick and I almost wish there were some way I could get over there and meet all of you.
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Having been a child that was teased relentlessly for being chubby by girls that were fatter than me, I wonder how parents can allow this sort of thing to continue knowing that it will damage their children's perceptions of self in this world. This is one of the things that makes me glad I never had the chance to become a parent. I would have been helpless in the face of crap like this because I never learned to, in spite of my parents efforts, dismiss those oh-so-hateful-judgemental voices.
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The reason there is no uproar is that we have entered bizzaro world -- where people actually think eating disordered behavior leads to better health.(Except that that call it "dieting") And some people actually think that shaming and blaming fatties of all ages is the way to end the Obeezity crisis. Ya kno, tease us enough and we'll stop cramming baby flavored donuts down the pie-hole. (I love quoting that line because I didn't get fat from over eating.)
Once your eyes are opened to the fat discrimination out there it's hard not to be mad about it.
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I think America needs tighter regs for their TV content.
Hell we have adverts here saying how having a normal not-thin body is a good thing.
Though I wouldn't be at all surprised that show was written by a bunch of Queen B's.
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