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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes she is gorgeous.  Most of us would kill to look like her.  But do you think it is possible to celebrate her without denigrating others.  I hate that any thread on bodies here turns into a huge bitch fest about 'size 00 skeletors' or people throwing horrible comments around about obesity.  Neither is right or wrong and both can look great or not.[/quote]

"SKinny is beautiful" is the dominant narrative in our society.  So even though I fit into that, I have no issue with people saying they find skinniness unattractive.  It's what overweight people have to hear all the time, 24/7.  So I find a different narrative somewhat refreshing [/quote]

Disagree: I think it perpetuates the cycle in which women are set up to be hyper critical about each others' appearance, valuing it over any other aspect of their personality.  It simply isn't a zero sum game.  Fat women can be beautiful without skinny women having to be ugly.[/quote]

I agree.  But like I said, changing the narrative- I dont see an issue with that.  Expressing preferences seems to happen all time- and no one seems to take issue with it till it's someone saying "I dont really like skinny women".

The point is, everyone has different preferences.  Instead of harping on those who express a preference for larger women, why can't we just accept that and move on? [/quote]

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