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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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	Re: Might get some negative feedback on this, but... risha 2009-08-04 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	So what happens when you fail to lose and/or maintain that 20 pounds a year? Is all of your hard work improving your health somehow negated and you drop dead at graduation? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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

silrana
2009-08-04 07:05 pm UTC (link)

To give your question a serious answer rather than snark at you for being flippant about my health, I hope I don't find out. Because without the weight loss my health won't get any better. All the leafy green veggies in the world won't matter a bit if my damaged heart decides it's really tired of pumping blood for an oversized body. Or if my liver and kidneys are damaged from the pills I have to take for my condition - which would have much lower doses if I weighed less.

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

risha
2009-08-04 07:18 pm UTC (link)

I apologize for accidentally being flippant about your health and life. I was trying for a serious question, but phrased it in a really snarky way, probably out of habit for this community.

As I said below, I don't think we'll reach an agreement on this, since we're working from a very different base assumption. I hope your health improves, no matter which of us is correct. (I do worry about your mental health if it turns out that I'm the correct one, but I'll drop this now.)

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