Is People Magazine glorifying obesity or celebrating diversity?

[Anonymous]

Why does it have to be one or the other? There are fat people, just like there are skinny people. Just because someone exists doesn't mean it impacts my life at all, even if they're on a magazine.

[Anonymous]

^^ well said

[Anonymous]

If someone was smoking on the cover people would flip. Same unhealthy behavior.

[Anonymous]

I love it. We can hate fat people and degrade them because we can disguise it in the "health" angle. Nice little trick there.

[Anonymous]

It would be nice if fashion would use models who were not unhealthily thin but might be difficult. I just received a mailer from a fashion line I wear and under each model was a blurb "Model is 5'11" wearing a size 2 dress." I am 5'11" and wear a size 12. I buy this line of clothing because it is well cut and looks good on me. If they used a size 12 model the clothes would not photograph as well, and I probably wouldn't buy clothes that actually make me look good.

As for obesity and health issues: go into any community of large people and you will see more kidney physicians, dialysis clinics diabetes supplies prominently displayed in drug stores.

[Anonymous]

It's People, not a fitness mag. How any times has Oprah been on?

It's fine.

[Anonymous]

Blah bah blah. We all know obesity promotes a variety promotes health issues. But so do a lot of other things.

Using words like pity, gross, disgusting etc just because you can hide your hate in concerns over health is wrong.

Being fat is not a moral issue, no matter how much ya'll try to make it so and you have no business being so fucking hateful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's People, not a fitness mag. How any times has Oprah been on?

It's fine.

This is a good point It's PEOPLE! And as much as people would like to think otherwise, fat people are people too. They exist and they are not amoral sloths of turpitude. They can be on a cover of a magazine, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not beautiful or healthy.

Maybe not healthy (but let's be real, being anorexic isn't healthy either, and most super models aren't healthy). But beauty is subjective. And there are actually some things about this photo that I think are beautiful, striking even (like the contrast of the blue with her skin tone).

I like this photo much better than the People Magazine photo. But I don't buy any of those magazines anyhow. They're all ridiculous and uninteresting to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty good message here

Yeah, I roll my eyes at these sort of messages. The model is lovely and very courageous, albeit shortsighted, but the words are empty because they do not apply to obesity. You can love your body but not a life-threatening condition, which obesity is, long-term. The only reason obese models and clothes are coming to the fore is that the overweight/obese population is numerous, so there is a money-making opportunity. Marketers package it under the "acceptance" guise, but that's not what it is really.

[Anonymous]

I just sit back and laugh. I am a doctor and I have watched society take issues like obesity and marijuana use and spin them to suit their needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty good message here

Yeah, I roll my eyes at these sort of messages. The model is lovely and very courageous, albeit shortsighted, but the words are empty because they do not apply to obesity. You can love your body but not a life-threatening condition, which obesity is, long-term. The only reason obese models and clothes are coming to the fore is that the overweight/obese population is numerous, so there is a money-making opportunity. Marketers package it under the "acceptance" guise, but that's not what it is really.

Well even fat people have to wear clothes. So, yes, marketers are going to create ads that make their *clothes* desirable to potential buyers. Middle age spread has been around for a L_O_N_G time. The plus sized dept is nothing new.

[Anonymous]

There are people out there who are thin - not because they eat well but because they have health issues.

There are obese people out there who are legitimately working on improving their health. There are overweight people out there who will statistically outlive their lighter weight peers.

It's odd that we care so much about what other people LOOK like.

[Anonymous]

I'm overweight. I am accepting that while I will continue to work on improving that, it's OK for me not to be thin/not to meet mainstream expectations for my body.

I do think Tess looks repulsive. And it's her right to be that fat, take pictures, be happy, whatever she wants. My feelings when I look at her are not her problem.

As for people asking what kind of message is this to send to young girls, are you equally as riled up by all the unrealistic, skinny, lipo-sucked, big boob, fake lipped pictures they have to see every day? Were you equally as appalled by the "human Barbie" pics? Somehow I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just sit back and laugh. I am a doctor and I have watched society take issues like obesity and marijuana use and spin them to suit their needs.

This. I'd love to hear more what doctors think then overly sensitive millennials that are so bent on accepting everyone that they even accept the glorification of a woman who is slowly killing herself and holding her up as a role model. I wonder how this same people feel about cigarettes? Tobacco, not marijuana.