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otf_wank's thoughts on weight, stop sharing your thoughts

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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	mydemand 2009-08-04 05:31 am UTC (link)
	...o_O At my graduation we just got robes on the day, bugger the sizing. That's WEIRD. Don't they take into account height at all? There's a difference between a tiny 60kg person and a tall-as-a-tree 60kg person. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

quartz
2009-08-04 05:55 am UTC (link)

The difference is who has to kneel during the diploma presentation so that their knees don't show in the official photos. It also means that the short people have far more of a chance to be naked under their robes and get away with it. *has fond memories of naked knock-knees parading across the stage at her graduation*

Yeah, the weight thing baffled me, especially since at my graduation they didn't ask if the person getting the robe was male or female. I had to put a dart in the back and a new hem on mine to take in all the extra fabric because apparently my weight meant I was a 6'7" linebacker.

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kaesa
2009-08-04 05:56 am UTC (link)

Oh yeah, they took height into account, but I think just for hemming. And height is way different -- I mean, I know my height. It's on my state ID. It hasn't changed since high school, and no amount of karate will make me get taller. But how much I weigh doesn't necessarily compute out to what clothing size I wear, especially with a loose garment that really only needs to fit my arms and shoulders and not trip me up.

It was especially weird because they were using the same "your size is determined by your weight" system for pear-shaped girls and top-heavy girls and thin people and football-playing guys and tubby guys and competitive swimmers, and all of those people's bodies have different densities and are differently shaped. I mean, I'm not the biggest fan of clothing sizes, but it seems like they would be really useful for figuring out what size of clothing you should give someone.

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