Comments on: BMI = BS http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-16343 Anna Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:09:15 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-16343 aaah. i have a bmi of 18. just right. yet most people who see me think i have an eating disorder, cos my hips and ribs stick out like nowt else. i'm so glad the bmi is here to tell me im ok really. /sarcasm god, i hate body policing. aaah. i have a bmi of 18. just right.
yet most people who see me think i have an eating disorder, cos my hips and ribs stick out like nowt else.

i’m so glad the bmi is here to tell me im ok really. /sarcasm

god, i hate body policing.

]]> By: silly http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-16324 silly Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:20:45 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-16324 well i'm apparantely severely underweight. but you know what, i eat just as much as anyone else and i dont exercise constantly. i just dont put on weight. i'm not unhealthy. i would have to drink oil in order to become "healthy" bmi is ridiculous. well i’m apparantely severely underweight. but you know what, i eat just as much as anyone else and i dont exercise constantly. i just dont put on weight. i’m not unhealthy. i would have to drink oil in order to become “healthy” bmi is ridiculous.

]]> By: Shocking: Playboy Playmates Represent Increasingly Impossible Sexual Ideals : The Curvature http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-10116 Shocking: Playboy Playmates Represent Increasingly Impossible Sexual Ideals : The Curvature Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:16:48 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-10116 [...] course, as previously covered, BMI is on many levels bullshit.  But I think that these numbers do still tell us something, when the graph shows such a steadily [...] [...] course, as previously covered, BMI is on many levels bullshit.  But I think that these numbers do still tell us something, when the graph shows such a steadily [...]

]]> By: Cara http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-6817 Cara Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:23:07 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-6817 <b>DEAR STUMBLE UPON READERS:</b> I will not publish concern-troll "fat is unhealthy" comments. I do not have time for such bullshit and there are many other such ridiculous threads out there in the vast internets. <a href=http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/for-health-body-size-can-be-misleading/ rel="nofollow">You might also want to educate yourself on the matter before leaving those comments elsewhere.</a> And perhaps consider that I, and others, don't give a shit what a total stranger infers about our "health," or actually believes that this is your real concern. DEAR STUMBLE UPON READERS: I will not publish concern-troll “fat is unhealthy” comments. I do not have time for such bullshit and there are many other such ridiculous threads out there in the vast internets. You might also want to educate yourself on the matter before leaving those comments elsewhere. And perhaps consider that I, and others, don’t give a shit what a total stranger infers about our “health,” or actually believes that this is your real concern.

]]> By: dew http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1595 dew Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:34:11 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1595 Michael Jordan, by the way, is in the overweight range. I just read that in <i>Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters. But oh my god! What an eye-opener that slideshow was! Apparently "overweight" means "has boobs?" I'm off to see the flickr set and the mom bodies. Michael Jordan, by the way, is in the overweight range. I just read that in Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters.

But oh my god! What an eye-opener that slideshow was! Apparently “overweight” means “has boobs?” I’m off to see the flickr set and the mom bodies.

]]> By: soupcann314 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1590 soupcann314 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:32:06 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1590 For real, Cara. I am .7 away from being "overweight" according to the BMI index and I wear either an 8 or a 10. Total. Bullshit. For real, Cara. I am .7 away from being “overweight” according to the BMI index and I wear either an 8 or a 10.

Total. Bullshit.

]]> By: corey http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1586 corey Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:54:44 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1586 I love Kate Harding. And cherylp, I , too stopped getting a period and swooned every time I stood up too quickly- back when Weight Watchers had calculated that I could still stand to lose another 5 or 10 lbs. I love Kate Harding. And cherylp, I , too stopped getting a period and swooned every time I stood up too quickly- back when Weight Watchers had calculated that I could still stand to lose another 5 or 10 lbs.

]]> By: Anji Capes http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1583 Anji Capes Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:27:07 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1583 I've been reading The Shape Of A Mother for some time now, it's one of my favourite blogs! :D I’ve been reading The Shape Of A Mother for some time now, it’s one of my favourite blogs! :D

]]> By: cherylp http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1582 cherylp Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:09:29 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1582 Thanks for posting on this - I am also 'overweight' according to the BMI. Trouble with that? I'm fit and athletic - I work out almost every day. The only time in my past where I had a 'normal' BMI was when I was in treatment for anorexia. I had stopped menstruating and weighed 25 pounds less than my current, healthy (according to me) weight. So there, BMI. Thanks for posting on this – I am also ‘overweight’ according to the BMI. Trouble with that? I’m fit and athletic – I work out almost every day. The only time in my past where I had a ‘normal’ BMI was when I was in treatment for anorexia. I had stopped menstruating and weighed 25 pounds less than my current, healthy (according to me) weight. So there, BMI.

]]> By: brandann http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1576 brandann Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:39:40 +0000 http://thecurvature.com/2007/10/02/bmi-bs/#comment-1576 i saw this yesterday on feministe...and yes...it was a real eye opener. as someone who struggles w/ her weight, a lot, and the way she feels about herself b/c of it, i hate the BMI. according to it, i am morbidly obese...though anyone looking at me would say otherwise. the BMI, however, only fueled the fire of self loathing that i suffered in late high school, and early college when i threw up everything ate. even today, it darkens my doorstep. as a feminist, i know that i need to learn to be comfortable w/ who i am, and that size doesn't make the person. i applaud this work! i hope it opens a few eyes to the injustice that is this measurment of "health". give me a break i saw this yesterday on feministe…and yes…it was a real eye opener. as someone who struggles w/ her weight, a lot, and the way she feels about herself b/c of it, i hate the BMI. according to it, i am morbidly obese…though anyone looking at me would say otherwise. the BMI, however, only fueled the fire of self loathing that i suffered in late high school, and early college when i threw up everything ate. even today, it darkens my doorstep. as a feminist, i know that i need to learn to be comfortable w/ who i am, and that size doesn’t make the person.
i applaud this work! i hope it opens a few eyes to the injustice that is this measurment of “health”.
give me a break

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