Is People Magazine glorifying obesity or celebrating diversity?

[Anonymous]

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Okay, I hope she stays fat and it causes her health to decline and maybe even causes her to have fertility issues if she wants children. Maybe she and Nick will break up and she will never find anyone again, but cool beans because she accepts it.

There, better than my saying "Wow I feel so sad for this young woman that she would feel she had to accept being alone"?

And in your little version of the world skinny people never face infertility and they never have health problems. You got some learning to do girl. We ALL have shit happen to us. ALL of us.

I could hear the wooshing sound from here as that went over your head.

No wooshing girlfriend. The assumption is that Tess can 100% control her weight and I call Bullsheet on that.

NP you just read into what you want, because you are projecting. I cannot believe you are attacking a pp that said she felt compassion for a young woman who thought she had to just accept that she would be alone for life and never feel true love because she was fat....but then again this is DCUM what should we expect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it so important to you normal weight people to prove to us fat ones that we are so wrong? I mean what's your end game? Because I seriously doubt it's anything other than proving how much better you are.

The OPs question was does this glorify obesity? Not overweight, a little chubby or fat. Is acceptance of obesity as dangers as "thigh gap" or ana/betty to impressionable teens.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not healthy. period.

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it is also not nice to look at and before you all scream "you don't have to look at it" obviously we do

No you don't, you can look right the fuck away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it so important to you normal weight people to prove to us fat ones that we are so wrong? I mean what's your end game? Because I seriously doubt it's anything other than proving how much better you are.

The OPs question was does this glorify obesity? Not overweight, a little chubby or fat. Is acceptance of obesity as dangers as "thigh gap" or ana/betty to impressionable teens.

yes but we have long since gotten off course info fat shaming. It's so predictable.

[Anonymous]

I am not thin and have never been but I am not comfortable with any extremes -- heroin chic or fatshonistas. I think we should focus on healthiness -- eating better, moving more and stop with the visuals aspect of this because that seems shallow and shortsighted to me.

[Anonymous]

http://www.webmd.com/diet/20140430/is-healthy-obesity-a-myth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obesity is not healthy. period.

this

it is also not nice to look at and before you all scream "you don't have to look at it" obviously we do

No you don't, you can look right the fuck away.

far far away to get the hamplanet out of your line of sight

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Okay, I hope she stays fat and it causes her health to decline and maybe even causes her to have fertility issues if she wants children. Maybe she and Nick will break up and she will never find anyone again, but cool beans because she accepts it.

There, better than my saying "Wow I feel so sad for this young woman that she would feel she had to accept being alone"?

And in your little version of the world skinny people never face infertility and they never have health problems. You got some learning to do girl. We ALL have shit happen to us. ALL of us.

I could hear the wooshing sound from here as that went over your head.

No wooshing girlfriend. The assumption is that Tess can 100% control her weight and I call Bullsheet on that.

NP you just read into what you want, because you are projecting. I cannot believe you are attacking a pp that said she felt compassion for a young woman who thought she had to just accept that she would be alone for life and never feel true love because she was fat....but then again this is DCUM what should we expect?

Reread her lame quote because the slam in it is obvious and it is wooshing right over your head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not thin and have never been but I am not comfortable with any extremes -- heroin chic or fatshonistas. I think we should focus on healthiness -- eating better, moving more and stop with the visuals aspect of this because that seems shallow and shortsighted to me.

I agree. But every woman of every size should be able to grace the cover of a magazine without being torn to shreds. Do I want to look like Tess. Well no I do not. But do I think that Tess is still a worthy human being deserving of common respect and dignity - Hell Yes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Okay, I hope she stays fat and it causes her health to decline and maybe even causes her to have fertility issues if she wants children. Maybe she and Nick will break up and she will never find anyone again, but cool beans because she accepts it.

There, better than my saying "Wow I feel so sad for this young woman that she would feel she had to accept being alone"?

And in your little version of the world skinny people never face infertility and they never have health problems. You got some learning to do girl. We ALL have shit happen to us. ALL of us.

I could hear the wooshing sound from here as that went over your head.

No wooshing girlfriend. The assumption is that Tess can 100% control her weight and I call Bullsheet on that.

NP you just read into what you want, because you are projecting. I cannot believe you are attacking a pp that said she felt compassion for a young woman who thought she had to just accept that she would be alone for life and never feel true love because she was fat....but then again this is DCUM what should we expect?

Reread her lame quote because the slam in it is obvious and it is wooshing right over your head.

Poster you are referring to here. I meant no slam or slight, I stand by what I said. Broke my heart a little that a young girl would feel she would live her life alone. I had compassion for her.

You can beat this dead horse all you want and project all over it for all I care, I am done defending myself. I was supporting her and hoping other young girls struggling with obesity don't feel that way.

[Anonymous]

There's a difference between celebrating beautiful, healthy diversity, and being negligently encouraging of (in this case, morbid) obesity.

I've struggled with my weight (lost over 50 lbs), but found a healthy, fit, active, strong balance where I'm not deprived - and move more.

You don't have to run marathons and be a size 2 to be healthy and beautiful, but at Tess's size, it's irresponsible to celebrate her size. At that morbidly obese size, she is not a healthy role model, and she is definitely not healthy. You're eating way, way too much, and not moving enough - and the weight alone puts stress on bones and joints that's not sustainable.

I understand and strongly support expanding the images of women to see as role models for body image positivity and beauty, but I think what Tess is doing is irresponsible.

The same would be true of emaciated women with eating disorders voicing that their bodies are beautiful in their "diversity." Both are not ok. Both are harmful images to broadcast.

Be fit, be strong, and thoroughly enjoy that cupcake with frosting (just don't eat 10 of them) - there are wider ranges of healthy and beautiful, but extremes on either end aren't productive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's a difference between celebrating beautiful, healthy diversity, and being negligently encouraging of (in this case, morbid) obesity.

I've struggled with my weight (lost over 50 lbs), but found a healthy, fit, active, strong balance where I'm not deprived - and move more.

You don't have to run marathons and be a size 2 to be healthy and beautiful, but at Tess's size, it's irresponsible to celebrate her size. At that morbidly obese size, she is not a healthy role model, and she is definitely not healthy. You're eating way, way too much, and not moving enough - and the weight alone puts stress on bones and joints that's not sustainable.

I understand and strongly support expanding the images of women to see as role models for body image positivity and beauty, but I think what Tess is doing is irresponsible.

The same would be true of emaciated women with eating disorders voicing that their bodies are beautiful in their "diversity." Both are not ok. Both are harmful images to broadcast.

Be fit, be strong, and thoroughly enjoy that cupcake with frosting (just don't eat 10 of them) - there are wider ranges of healthy and beautiful, but extremes on either end aren't productive.

This, right here, is the answer.

[Anonymous]

Super healthy! http://i.imgur.com/gxG25PM.gifv

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a difference between celebrating beautiful, healthy diversity, and being negligently encouraging of (in this case, morbid) obesity.

I've struggled with my weight (lost over 50 lbs), but found a healthy, fit, active, strong balance where I'm not deprived - and move more.

You don't have to run marathons and be a size 2 to be healthy and beautiful, but at Tess's size, it's irresponsible to celebrate her size. At that morbidly obese size, she is not a healthy role model, and she is definitely not healthy. You're eating way, way too much, and not moving enough - and the weight alone puts stress on bones and joints that's not sustainable.

I understand and strongly support expanding the images of women to see as role models for body image positivity and beauty, but I think what Tess is doing is irresponsible.

The same would be true of emaciated women with eating disorders voicing that their bodies are beautiful in their "diversity." Both are not ok. Both are harmful images to broadcast.

Be fit, be strong, and thoroughly enjoy that cupcake with frosting (just don't eat 10 of them) - there are wider ranges of healthy and beautiful, but extremes on either end aren't productive.

This, right here, is the answer.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Super healthy! http://i.imgur.com/gxG25PM.gifv

There was so much sad in that gif I don't know where to start.