03-23-2010, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by apocalipstic
I agree that if Donna were starving herself, it would not be an issue.
The issue is that the media and most people I know, including other fat people are fat phobic.
This is a news story because Donna is fat. Really fat, and not embarrassed about it.
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I think apocalipstic is completely right.
If this headline was, instead, "87 pound woman starving herself to be thinnest woman alive" we'd be having a hugely different conversation--even though many of the health risks (heart attack, weakness, inability to move) are similar for being hugely over or underweight.
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