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HOW DARE YOU CALL ME FAT
Mars from Chicken Dinner Candybar does her regular Fat Love Friday and includes Marie from Agent Lover.

Marie is put off by her inclusion on a "fat" list and tells Mars so.

Mars offers to take it down. Marie refuses. Instead, she proclaims on her blog, "oh haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale no!

Chaos ensues in the comments about fatphobia, body acceptance, fashion sense (or the lack thereof), and kissing-up commentors.

Is Marie brave or is she overreacting?

(I'm in the comments and I know Natalie [the 'overreacting' link], so I am slightly involved in the wank aftermath. It's pretty obvious which side i'm on.)

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	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... sorchar 2009-08-04 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Actually, not even then can everyone be skinny. Those of us with large bones and wide-set frames (especially after being pregnant, because your ribcage expands and then stays that way) can never be, say, size 4. We could conceivably be skeletal, and still be like, a 10. Unattractive and horribly unhealthy, but a 10. G (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but...

risha
2009-08-04 03:55 am UTC (link)

You're right - I totally misspoke there. I'm actually big boned (my wrists are more than seven inches around), so I could starve myself to death and still be around a 10 myself. :)

What I actually meant is that (almost) anyone can starve themselves into being thin (temporarily!), in the sense of having little fat on the body. You know, the old "no fat people in a concentration camp" fallacy. Of course, we might start cutting off our fingers...

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	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... sorchar 2009-08-04 03:58 am UTC (link)
	Or other people's fingers. I like that idea better. Particularly if we're all starved and our fingers are just skin and bone anyway. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... risha 2009-08-04 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Well, we'll probably need a few sets of both to stave off the shakes and headaches and balance issues I get if I miss breakfast. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... lyssa 2009-08-04 04:08 am UTC (link)
	My shoulders are as wide as most men's :( My hips are just as wide. I am short. I'm built like Gimli's sister. Which just means I need to invest in some nice axes for when this subject comes up again. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... dragonfangirl 2009-08-04 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Ooh, dwarf chicks are sexy. _ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... ariadne484 2009-08-04 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	My icon has an axe for you to wield! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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