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Originally Posted by Paloma
Plenty of other people don't give a toss how the media perceive them, but you don't see me giving a wank over em
Fat men are just as unattractive. It's unattractive because it's looks unhealthy. I don't know these musicians personally so I can't exactly be attracted on their personalities alone. She just looks gross. She doesn't have a pretty face and what I can perceive of her personality is that she's an obnoxious militant feminist who needs one upside the head
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Beth definitely stands by her beliefs, which is something I admire. She's one of the few fat women in popular media who I seriously doubt we'll ever see taking money from Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers to lose weight and claim she hated herself when she was fatter. I find your comment about her face interesting since so many fat women are often told "you have such a pretty face," as if that's the only thing one can find attractive about a fat woman. A fat woman can be attractive, imo, whether she has a "pretty face" or not. Personally, I think Beth's face is just fine.
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Originally Posted by Paloma
To me it's about health. I don't think women's sticky-outy ribcages are attractive either. Or on anyone really. I like flesh on people, meaty thighs and lovely hips on women.
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Here's the thing, though: you can no more judge a person's health based on their body size than you can judge the size of a person's bank account based on the clothes on their back. When you make such an assumption about someone's health based on body size, it dehumanizes them because it takes their voice out of the equation. Rather than allowing them their own autonomy to speak about their health - or not, as they see fit - you take that autonomy away when you make an assumption simply based on body size. It's sizeist and continues to support the dominant social paradigm that health = a body shape that the popular media and general public find sexually attractive/socially acceptable.