Comments on: Even Liberals Love to Fat-Shame

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:05:48 +0000

Great comments, Portia. Thanks!

By: Portia Adams

Portia Adams — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:56:06 +0000

The easiest and most targetted group in America are Black women. Essentially there must be something wrong us, these big black bodies who are seldom intimidated by advertisements “of how we should be”. That we still exist strong and bold is a threat: we who do not buy the “emaciated, hanger for clothing” body type. You can’t make money off of someone who does not hate herself. When we had long dry seasons and no harvest, or were nomads, big butts saved us. With global warming happening I know a real butt will be more useful than saline baggies. Asha.

By: Cara

Cara — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 02:00:05 +0000

Good to know that I’m not alone!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:59:07 +0000

I am flat out BMI obese (32ish) and wear a size 12. Like Jenny said, I am not a completely sedentary person and therefore have some muscle mass.
But I work out like a normal person. I trip over my block when I try to do step aerobics. I can easily swim a mile but still get lapped at the pool by the real fast kids. I can’t run a 5k (yet).
I am certainly not a body builder or a super athlete whose muscle mass is going to obviously be off the scale.
Yet apparently I have been either (BMI) overweight or obese for most of my life. When I was a young teen wearing a size four I was BMI overweight.
Go figure.

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By: dew

dew — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:25:16 +0000

I think Jenny Dreadful must be right, because when I was hiking every day, and even when I was hiking every day and swimming with the U.S. Masters team in my town, my BMI was higher than it is now, after hurting my foot and not exercising for three months!

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:13:13 +0000

Ha! Christ.

By: Jenny Dreadful

Jenny Dreadful — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:11:29 +0000

BMI is only accurate when it’s used to determine the healthy weight range for a completely sedentary person. (Like it’s ever “healthy” to be sedentary.) I’m “overweight” according the BMI and I’m a size seven. The BMI can basically blow it out its ass.

By: Cara

Cara — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:18:12 +0000

At my height and weight, I have a BMI of 28%. Obesity is 30%. I don’t think that I’m on the verge of obesity, either, which is one of many reasons why I think that BMI calculations are bullshit.

Yeah, I don’t think that weight gain should be fetishized, either, any more than ultra-skinny women should be. But I don’t think that’s what this article is REALLY about, so much as it’s about saying how unattractive being fat is.

By: dew

dew — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:12:51 +0000

Wait, how can you be a size 12 and only a couple percentage points away from obesity? That makes no sense.

I’m ambivalent about this. I think that gaining weight to be fetishized is a self-hating thing as much as the breast implants. But this article does say some stupid things.