Do you feel that thin, athletic, pretty woman face rampant discrimination??
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Britton Delizia works really hard to stay in shape, fighting the good fight against a culture that would prefer she not exercise or put any effort into being thin. She is bravely battling the numerous social pressures to be fat. And she wants women to know that it’s acceptable to do the same, to be athletic, and healthy, in spite of ubiquitous forces arguing that it is BAD to want these things.
So she’s launched a Kickstarter to fund a photo book to do just that.
Confused? Titled “I’m learning to apologize for my Metabolism,” her project will present a “collection of images of women standing up against a society that protects fat culture while bastardizing thin and athletic women.”
Still confused? Yeah. Me too.
Delizia’s argument, bafflingly outlined in the project description, is that there is some sort of organized effort to shame and dismiss women who are athletic or slender. She says:
Its undeniable that when we stand a skinny, athletic or even average sized female next to a larger (even if less healthy, overweight or obese) female, that unless we live outside of this stigma, we as Americans will assume that the heavier person is funnier, smarter, nicer, and less sexually promiscuous, all because she is not as thin or physically fit than the girl next to her.
Huh.
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No one has a perfect body but we should try to keep the one we have in good running order. I personally don't know anyone who enjoys being fat. Being athletic is great. Eating or the lack of to get to the point of "skin and bones" is just as unhealthy as being fat.
thats all that matters you don't have to be skinny to be beauitful .
Now yes there is a prejudice.People have no problem deeming a thin woman an anorexic,a toothpick,or worse a crack head.The overused "only a dog wants a bone".People automatically assume you don't eat.Strangers will call me skinny or Ask "Do you eat?" without thought that it's offensive.Heaven forbid you're full busted "They must be fake".I do not believe a heavy person is judged so harshly because of PC. and it should go both ways.But" pressure to be fat is absurd."
Yet her ridiculous book with pictures and signs that pit themselves against others only exacerbates the problem.I highly doubt she'll reach her goal at least I hope not.
I saw rather a discrimination of fat women who are fighting for recognition.
Every individual is different. Fashion dictates extremely skinny women, especially since the Twiggy trend. The problem is that many women, namely teens, are starving themselves to death to meet with some fashion dictate, rather than accepting their body and caring for health with balanced nutrition and suitable physical exercise.
On the other hand, the food and beverage industries are selling unhealthy, too caloric products, while most people are switching from sedentary work to sedentary leisure activities, and that starts already at school.
We cannot change our genes, some are skinny, and others are forced into making big efforts to remain slim.
Others have health problems. Stress, drugs, alcohol, hard work, too high performance demand, lacking sleep, traumatisms, etc. are known to have very negative impacts. Physical activities are important, but they must not be exaggerated or made under constraint. Especially children need balanced food and various physical activities.
And the big consumers' organisations should put pressure on the junk food industries to produce healthier food.
No one has to apologise for his or her body.
I certainly don't think beautiful athletic women face rampant discrimination...but they do face alot of unwanted attention IMHO...not this woman of course...she's looking for attention.
I think someone should have told her to stop at, "Just because you're a beautiful athletic women doesn't mean you're stupid." But she had to carry on with the whole, "Oh woes me, I'm being oppressed by a nation of obese people...." Whatever...
Had to edit to add this picture I've had and waiting for the perfect opportunity to use, and this is it.
:)
You can't judge someone by their size, so if people are being discriminated against because of their weight than this world is more ridiculous than I thought. Yes some parts of the media and society put overweight women in the "glamorous" light in this new era of "be yourself/love yourself" which is fine but in reality that's completely not true.
In this day and age Skinny is still the desirable weight (aka what society wants).So to say that obese women get treated better than skinnier women is beyond not true.
*I'm athletic and curvy, not because someone wants me to be, because I want to be and I like it*.
And I also have another niece who is very overweight, one of the sweetest person alive, and yet people make fun of her all the time.
People just need to quit making assumptions about others' weight. It's none of their business.
That's ironic; personally, I revel in it.
:)
Because I know how hard I worked hard to get my body back after having a kid, and more importantly, that my entire self worth isn't intertwined with my appearance.
So let the haters gnash their teeth; it must suck to be them.
Or she's being so sarcastic that it's not registering and it's really a joke.
(PS....I did feed her!)
But seriously, comments like that are hurtful, but I would wager, not nearly as rampant as hurtful comments to those who are overweight.
I've found most of the time, the jokes about thin girls not being fed, or could use a whopper, while hurtful to the person on the receiving end, at least aren't said maliciously most often.
However, the intent behind nearly ALL comments to those overweight and beyond are malicious. "What a cow" or "do you know what a salad is?" ... yeah. Malicious.
Having been underweight in the past I know from experience that the mockery that I received was still minimal compared to how some people 'go to town' on those who are over-weight.