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Tiara [my demand] ([info]mydemand) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-08-03 19:06:00


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Entry tags: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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[info]mael
2009-08-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
TBH, I'm 5'7" and I'm 137 pounds. It's more than my ideal weight, I should really be around 130 lbs when I'm healthy and exercising. And I can lift way more than 40 lbs. Also, my ribs would show even if I weighed 20 more pounds, as all my fat ends up on my hips. But my hip bones would still stick out, because my hips are damn wide. Also, I'm always hungry, but that's got nothing to do with my fat reserves and everything to do with my metabolism. So.

That is to say, I get annoyed when people make assumptions about my body and my weight and what that means about me as a person. I know what my body needs. And it's nothing that can be quantified by a single set of numbers.

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