Joan Rivers commenting on Lena Dunham's weight- can we stop?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry but Lena Dunham is a disgusting fat pig who parades her nasty naked body all over her terrible show.

She always looks a hot mess and frankly, she is a fat and does nothing to try and make herself look presentable.[/quote

+100

I am 43 and look a million times better than she does.

Exercise and eat healthy most of the time.

She has the unhealthy apple shape.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This actress knew she was putting herself in the public eye and in facts embraces her size on TV.

Look, being fat is bad. Being thin is good. Being fat = unattractive. Thin IS pretty and desirable.

No amount of pouting over that or indignance about comments made on a stupid TV show will change those facts.

So should public figures of color endure racist jokes? After all, they put themselves in the public eye and we all know that popular media sees darker skin as bad.

Or should celebrities with disabilities put up with nasty comments? Hey, they put themselves out there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This actress knew she was putting herself in the public eye and in facts embraces her size on TV.

Look, being fat is bad. Being thin is good. Being fat = unattractive. Thin IS pretty and desirable.

No amount of pouting over that or indignance about comments made on a stupid TV show will change those facts.

So should public figures of color endure racist jokes? After all, they put themselves in the public eye and we all know that popular media sees darker skin as bad.

Or should celebrities with disabilities put up with nasty comments? Hey, they put themselves out there.

No you DUMB ASS!! Race and most disabilities are not chosen....being FAT is a choice!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why OP? That's what Joan is known for, that is why Fashion Police exists. Lena IS FAT and she's on TV which means that she is knowingly putting herself on display where she must be aware that she will be criticized for her looks. I guess its ok for you to criticize Rancic in the same breath though....even though it was her hair and not her weight. I guess that makes it ok.

The show is FASHION Police. Lena rightfully deserved to be criticized for that ridiculously ugly dress. No one needed to discuss her body size. Does Joan Rivers ridicule GR for looking too thin? No, she doesn't.

There, you've had your first lecture in the course called Reality: Discrimination Against Fat People. You're welcome.

Oh that last comment is rich! Discrimination against Fat People- NO SUCH THING!! Discrimination happens when people are ridiculed or criticized for race, color, gender and sexual orientation - do not insult those who are truly discriminated by putting FAT PEOPLE in their same category. Fat is a choice, so is ugly by the way. NOW YOU ARE WELCOME!

[Anonymous]

OP here. I'm really not trying to be overly sensitive. It's a show about fashion. Ironically Joan thought LD's dress was great - it was the comment about the sausage fingers that I felt was so out of line and really hurtful. It's rude and it makes everyone who was giggling about it look disgusting. Our society is fatist. LD's weight shouldn't distract from her talent or lack of talent. Comment on that. Not on her fingers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This actress knew she was putting herself in the public eye and in facts embraces her size on TV.

Look, being fat is bad. Being thin is good. Being fat = unattractive. Thin IS pretty and desirable.

No amount of pouting over that or indignance about comments made on a stupid TV show will change those facts.

So should public figures of color endure racist jokes? After all, they put themselves in the public eye and we all know that popular media sees darker skin as bad.

Or should celebrities with disabilities put up with nasty comments? Hey, they put themselves out there.

It's ok to make fat jokes. It's not ok to make racist jokes.

[Anonymous]

It's Joan Rivers. She has dieted herself to a fare-thee-well and had a ridiculous quantity of plastic surgery because doing those things enables her to meet her aesthetic standards. Those standards do not intersect with Lena Dunham's at all, so it doesn't surprise me that she was insulting, just like it doesn't surprise me that Howard Stern says horrible things.

It does surprise me that anyone would watch Joan Rivers or listen to Howard Stern. If you don't like it, don't listen. Let the market handle it.

[Anonymous]

I don't care what Lena Dunham weighs. But her outfit was not flattering for her figure. You don't have to be a size 0 or 2 or 4 to dress nicely.

Adele knows how to dress for a full figure. So does Christina Hendriicks. Lena seems to like wearing fugly ill-fitting clothes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. I'm really not trying to be overly sensitive. It's a show about fashion. Ironically Joan thought LD's dress was great - it was the comment about the sausage fingers that I felt was so out of line and really hurtful. It's rude and it makes everyone who was giggling about it look disgusting. Our society is fatist. LD's weight shouldn't distract from her talent or lack of talent. Comment on that. Not on her fingers.

But they chose Christina Hendricks as their best dressed of the night - and she is definitely not a size 2! I think they were more making fun of "Lena Dunham" the *celebrity* which - as others have pointed out - is what she has chosen to do by putting her naked body on each and every episode of her show. She does this so that people will notice her. She wore the hideous dress on the red carpet so that people will notice her. She got tattoos so that people will notice her. If she didn't partake of all this attention-seeking behavior, none of us would even give her a second look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think Joan felt able to make these remarks because it seemed like Dunham wanted to mock the awards with her dress and makeup. It really looked like Dunham wanted to say I'm too cool and too smart for this kind of bs. Yes, she's heavy but she also didn't make an effort. I think the fashion round up shows are entertaining and watch them after all the big awards shows. I have never seen them make any kind of comment about Octavia Spencer or Melissa McCarthy or Queen Latifah because they all show up dressed properly and looking very glam. With everything Dunham had access to it's kind of unbelievable the way she looked. She was trying to discount the industry that she herself works in.

Interesting theory about Joan's motive. Perhaps you're right. I didn't see last night's show, but I do usually watch it after the big awards ceremonies. I've never heard Joan Rivers or the other "police" on her show ridicule anyone's size or body before. I've been pleasantly surprised and pleased with the way they critique the fashion while being very accepting of women's different bodies. They do often note how well or how poorly a dress flatters the wearer, but they treat weight the same way they treat any other physical trait that affects the way a dress looks on someone, like height, coloring, bustiness, etc. It's always been respectful of women's actual bodies, and the larger message has been that everyone can look good, can look their best, with thoughtful fashion choices.

In other words, criticizing Lena's body seems like a real departure.

[Anonymous]

1. She is fat. She doesn't need to be stick thin, but I think we can all agree that she is overweight.

2. She wore a very unflattering dress. There are plenty of curvy and even fat women who have walked a red carpet and rocked it. She did not. She picked a super ugly, unflattering dress. She should have picked a dress that covered her ugly tattoo and chubby arms. If Adele can look gorgeous in an evening gown, then so can Lena...but she needs to try a little harder.

3. Joan is Joan, and that's her shtick. And Kelly knows better than to go after Joan (she'd be fired if sh contradicte her on air and made her look bad...duh).

[Anonymous]

The thing to me is that Lena, while not toned or fit per se, can't be more than a size 8. That's what we consider fat? I worry about the increasingly narrow standard of what we call thin.

What does this tell my daughters? Unless you are a size 2 or 4 you should be ashamed? Avoid the public eye? And if you see someone else bigger than a 4, then you're allowed to mock their body?

[Anonymous]

And I'm not talking about what Joan Rivers says. I'm talking about what the women on this board are saying.

[Anonymous]

Lena Dunham is fat. She chooses to accentuate this feature in how she dresses. I don't see why Joan R's calling her out on it is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing to me is that Lena, while not toned or fit per se, can't be more than a size 8. That's what we consider fat? I worry about the increasingly narrow standard of what we call thin.

What does this tell my daughters? Unless you are a size 2 or 4 you should be ashamed? Avoid the public eye? And if you see someone else bigger than a 4, then you're allowed to mock their body?

Have you seen her naked? No way is she a size 8 unless she shops only at stores with extreme vanity sizing!