I went and saw Despicable Me last night, and while the movie was alright, the ads made me a bit cranky. One of the ads was for a pair of sneakers from K-Swiss called Tubes. This is the ad.
I had no problem to begin with with what the ad was saying and portraying. I mean it's for a pair of sports sneakers after all. But at the very end of the ad the man who is doing all the talking makes a comment that I find offensive and fat-hating. Undoubtedly it was part of a script he had to use, but still that the company can get away with such comments makes me mad.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
I don't have knee pain because I'm fat
I'm pretty sure I've posted about this before but I'm just gonna go on about it again. I have knee pain, in my right knee. My left is just fine, but the right has been acting up ever since I fractured it almost 2 years ago. In the last 6 months alone I've been dealing with off and on pain due to inflammation in the knee. Now what to I hear whenever I say something about my knee hurting. "It'd go away if you just lost weight!" My doctor has not said this to my face, but my mother has.
Now here's the other half of this. I know my knee doesn't hurt because of my weight, or atleast not just because of my weight. The other reason is that I play a full contact...'sport' I guess. I am one of those women who goes out onto a field with a bunch of other people and swings a foam covered stick. I LARP (Live Action Role Play), in particular I play the game called Amtgard. This is very very hard on the knees as many people who are not fat that play the game can vouch for. But still I hear it. "Lose weight and your knee problems would go away!"
No they wouldn't because I'd still be playing Amtgard. Of course I don't play when I'm having problems with my knee, but just last week I was shanghaied into doing a demo at our local YMCA...for children who were not old enough to even play the game (Age limit of 14 to be on the field for obvious reasons). The only reason we did a demo there was one of the people in charge of our park works there. When we got to the Y I figured we'd be in a room with some carpet or something on the floor. Nope we were on tile. So I was dropping to my knees on tile! I wasn't dropping fast or hard, but by the end of it my knee was telling me it wasn't happy. So this past Saturday I didn't go to Amtgard. I stayed home, and the person who planned said demo apparently bad mouthed about me while I wasn't there. Saying I complained more than she did, and how I should still be out at the park even if I wasn't going to fight. Well I wanted to stay home because even if I didn't fight she would tell me she needed another person to Reeve (play referee) and that would require me to be on my feet for most of 4 hours. The only reason I know this is that someone else from the park (a friend of mine who's at least in her 50's and her three children) came over for dinner Sunday evening and we got on the topic of Mrs. Complainer.
And sorry I got off topic. I have a bit of a...not really a grudge but I have issues with this other woman.
Anyway, my knee problems are not because of my weight, not entirely at least. Doctors wouldn't tell a 250 pound line backer to lose weight because he had knee problems, why? Because he plays a full contact sport. I play a game that is just as violent and prone to injuries as America football. With probably more rules in regards to safety than football has. And they don't make knee pads for Amtgard. I could probably use the pads you get for football...but they are not exactly cheap. And I'm pretty sure I'd have a bit of trouble finding some that fit in the right places. As they are normally made for guys (I have hips and thighs not so awesome for fitting into safety gear meant to be skin tight on men). And I've looked into volleyball pads, and I couldn't find any that were in a size that didn't cut off my circulation.
So in closing, doctors are biased against fat people who don't obviously play a sport they are familiar with. And finding pads to fit fat knees is a pain in the butt.
Now here's the other half of this. I know my knee doesn't hurt because of my weight, or atleast not just because of my weight. The other reason is that I play a full contact...'sport' I guess. I am one of those women who goes out onto a field with a bunch of other people and swings a foam covered stick. I LARP (Live Action Role Play), in particular I play the game called Amtgard. This is very very hard on the knees as many people who are not fat that play the game can vouch for. But still I hear it. "Lose weight and your knee problems would go away!"
No they wouldn't because I'd still be playing Amtgard. Of course I don't play when I'm having problems with my knee, but just last week I was shanghaied into doing a demo at our local YMCA...for children who were not old enough to even play the game (Age limit of 14 to be on the field for obvious reasons). The only reason we did a demo there was one of the people in charge of our park works there. When we got to the Y I figured we'd be in a room with some carpet or something on the floor. Nope we were on tile. So I was dropping to my knees on tile! I wasn't dropping fast or hard, but by the end of it my knee was telling me it wasn't happy. So this past Saturday I didn't go to Amtgard. I stayed home, and the person who planned said demo apparently bad mouthed about me while I wasn't there. Saying I complained more than she did, and how I should still be out at the park even if I wasn't going to fight. Well I wanted to stay home because even if I didn't fight she would tell me she needed another person to Reeve (play referee) and that would require me to be on my feet for most of 4 hours. The only reason I know this is that someone else from the park (a friend of mine who's at least in her 50's and her three children) came over for dinner Sunday evening and we got on the topic of Mrs. Complainer.
And sorry I got off topic. I have a bit of a...not really a grudge but I have issues with this other woman.
Anyway, my knee problems are not because of my weight, not entirely at least. Doctors wouldn't tell a 250 pound line backer to lose weight because he had knee problems, why? Because he plays a full contact sport. I play a game that is just as violent and prone to injuries as America football. With probably more rules in regards to safety than football has. And they don't make knee pads for Amtgard. I could probably use the pads you get for football...but they are not exactly cheap. And I'm pretty sure I'd have a bit of trouble finding some that fit in the right places. As they are normally made for guys (I have hips and thighs not so awesome for fitting into safety gear meant to be skin tight on men). And I've looked into volleyball pads, and I couldn't find any that were in a size that didn't cut off my circulation.
So in closing, doctors are biased against fat people who don't obviously play a sport they are familiar with. And finding pads to fit fat knees is a pain in the butt.
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