Fatphobia

[violachic]

I'm sorry, but guys, instead of saying crap like "I like a woman who takes care of her body", why can't you just be honest and straightforward and say "no fat chicks"? I mean, come on already. By using stupid euphemisms, you end up annoying me on two levels: first, the one where I think you're an idiot for assuming you can't be attracted to fat chicks, and second, the one where you insult my and everyone else's intelligence by thinking you can get away with masking what you're really trying to say with a supposedly-benign turn of phrase. I'm getting really tired of people- especially men- trying to tell me that I don't take care of myself just because I wear a larger size clothing than other women.



Fatphobia: unbelieveably enough, still a socially accepted predjudice.



So just in case you aren't aware, I'll make an announcement: I'm a fat chick- actually, I'm a Fat Chick- and I'm damn sexy.

Comments

[orpheus42.livejournal.com]

For me, "taking care of her body" would mean something entirely different. Scrawny girls don't do it for me. ;-)

*lots of love*

[innocent-irony.livejournal.com]

seconded

[violachic.livejournal.com]

*shrug* I'm clean. I wear clean clothes (heh, mostly that fit me, and are even cute. I wash and brush my hair, and brush my teeth. I don't put chemicals or crap like HFCS in my body; I eat fruits and vegetables. As far as I'm concerned, that's "taking care" of your body.

[orpheus42.livejournal.com]

Works for me. Not, honestly, that you should be worried about your personal care of body working for me, since you should let it work for you. But the key to my comment was the bit about *lots of love*.

:-)

[violachic.livejournal.com]

I know :-) Sorry, the tone on that reply came out kind of wrong- I was confirming your statement, not defending myself to it :-)

Thanks :-)

[orpheus42.livejournal.com]

It's ok, I figured. Things don't always come out right in person when we have facial expressions, gestures, and vocal inflections to help convey meaning - let alone in the disbodied world of internet textual communications. ;-)