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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...

risha
2009-08-04 04:47 pm UTC (link)

Accompanying protip: "lifestyle changes" = "diet and exercise" for 99% of people. (That 99% number is the only one I pulled out of my ass.)

Seriously, I think that I'm starting to come off as an obsessive whackjob in this post. I just hate to see people deliberately set themselves up to hurt themselves down the line. Eating well on average and getting regular moderate exercise equals a reduction of all sorts of risk factors for the so-called obesity related diseases down the line. But far too many people, after they gain the weight back, decide not to do those things anymore because they "failed", with a bonus side of crushingly low self esteem.

Another protip: being fat or not is not a moral issue. Access, time, and inclination to exercise, eat food that is good for you, and get adequate medical care can be political, economic, and social issues, but are also not personal moral issues.

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