I'm not going to torture you with Christmas Carols as I know for a fact that the stores started playing them before Halloween this year. So Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas, Happy Yule, Kwanzaa, Hanuka, whatever.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sincerely, A Fat Woman
So I was driving to school this morning and I was a bit offended by one of the local radio stations. They were making fun of a company in England that makes panties for women who are size XXXXXXXL or close to that size (I don't remember how many X's), basically they are making panties for women who weigh up to something like 600 pounds. More to the point they were making fun of the women who would need those size panties. They said things like, "Go on a diet!" and "You finally found someone who will eat that fruitcake huh?" And I was just disgusted, you know here are people that thousands of people listen to everyday on their way to work and they're vilifying the company and it's clients!
As a result I've written a letter that I intend to email or send to the station. Here it is for your reading pleasure.
December 2, 2010
Dear Radio Station:
This morning on your station I heard some rather offensive talk that I believe your radio personalities should apologize for. They were discussing a company in England that makes panties for women who are very fat. Mostly they were making fun of this company’s clients, saying things like “Go on a diet!” and “You found someone who’ll eat that fruitcake.” Yet they know nothing about the women who buy from this company other than what the largest size panties are that the company makes.
These comments are not only offensive, but damaging to women. It promotes the idea that the only thing important about women are their bodies, and that the only body which is acceptable is the one which is seen on the cover of Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and other popular magazines. These kinds of comments drive women and girls of all ages to extremes to meet this ideal: Bulimia, Anorexia, starvation dieting, fad diets, weight loss surgery, etc.
It also promotes public discrimination and ridicule (Bullying) of women who do not fit the ideal. I personally know of women who have been cat called on the street with shouts of “Moo!” or “Go home fatty!”, or had people tell them they shouldn’t eat at all because they are fat, or should hide themselves from the public because they are considered disgusting. I know of several women who’ve contemplated ending their lives because they couldn’t get thin, and couldn’t take the comments and just plain meanness anymore. It’s seen as okay to ridicule these women because obviously they just didn’t try hard enough to lose the weight. Yet what would keep these women from losing weight? Could it be that our bodies are designed to keep weight on? Could it be that some of them have medical issues, or genes, that make their body more prone to retaining weight? Could it be that historically our planet has gone through cycles of feast and famine, and during the times of famine those who were better able to retain their fat would live?
It is not okay to make fun of fat women. It is not okay to tell a girl, even without meaning to, that if she becomes fat she is worth less than another girl who is thin. It is not okay to bully someone for their size, or for any other reason. It is not okay that media personalities are allowed to say such things about other human beings who deserve just as much respect as them, if not more because they get out of bed every morning and face a world where these comments and persecutions run rampant.
Sincerely,
A Fat Woman
As a result I've written a letter that I intend to email or send to the station. Here it is for your reading pleasure.
December 2, 2010
Dear Radio Station:
This morning on your station I heard some rather offensive talk that I believe your radio personalities should apologize for. They were discussing a company in England that makes panties for women who are very fat. Mostly they were making fun of this company’s clients, saying things like “Go on a diet!” and “You found someone who’ll eat that fruitcake.” Yet they know nothing about the women who buy from this company other than what the largest size panties are that the company makes.
These comments are not only offensive, but damaging to women. It promotes the idea that the only thing important about women are their bodies, and that the only body which is acceptable is the one which is seen on the cover of Cosmopolitan, Vogue, and other popular magazines. These kinds of comments drive women and girls of all ages to extremes to meet this ideal: Bulimia, Anorexia, starvation dieting, fad diets, weight loss surgery, etc.
It also promotes public discrimination and ridicule (Bullying) of women who do not fit the ideal. I personally know of women who have been cat called on the street with shouts of “Moo!” or “Go home fatty!”, or had people tell them they shouldn’t eat at all because they are fat, or should hide themselves from the public because they are considered disgusting. I know of several women who’ve contemplated ending their lives because they couldn’t get thin, and couldn’t take the comments and just plain meanness anymore. It’s seen as okay to ridicule these women because obviously they just didn’t try hard enough to lose the weight. Yet what would keep these women from losing weight? Could it be that our bodies are designed to keep weight on? Could it be that some of them have medical issues, or genes, that make their body more prone to retaining weight? Could it be that historically our planet has gone through cycles of feast and famine, and during the times of famine those who were better able to retain their fat would live?
It is not okay to make fun of fat women. It is not okay to tell a girl, even without meaning to, that if she becomes fat she is worth less than another girl who is thin. It is not okay to bully someone for their size, or for any other reason. It is not okay that media personalities are allowed to say such things about other human beings who deserve just as much respect as them, if not more because they get out of bed every morning and face a world where these comments and persecutions run rampant.
Sincerely,
A Fat Woman
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