This rant brought to you by the letters P, M, and S

[quidditchgrrl]

Oh, another whole day of WTF, and it's not even 9:30am.

First off, snoopypez linked to an article that says all women should be treated as "pre-pregnant".

Hm, is this one step closer to the government owning your uterus? If they can't keep you from getting an abortion, they'll accuse you of child neglect if you aren't taking Folic acid supplements and have an 'oops' pregnancy that you carry to full term. Or insurance companies could force you to pay for a percentage of NICU costs if your kid is born underweight.

Classy. I haven't read the Salon.com rebuttal at the bottom of the page yet. Still in the WTF phase.

Second, a survey in Fitness magazine shows that 50% of their readers would rather be jobless than fat, and 63% of women would rather be poor.

Another survey, done at Yale, shows that Half of the respondants would give up a year of their life than be fat. 5% would be willing to give up a limb.

People, BEING FAT IS NOT BAD. Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick. I'd gladly spend the rest of my days overweight than waste time worrying about what other people think of my appearance.

Let's not fall prey to the pretty spin that both articles try to put on the numbers. People aren't thinking about the "commitment" it takes to lose weight. They're concerned about what other people might think of them.

The point? You can lose weight, but you can't fix stupid.

Comments

[jennlee2.livejournal.com]

Strange stats considering fat acceptance seems to be at an all-time high.

That said, maybe I'd give up the year...

Hey, on the uterus and government thing - have you seen this story: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05276/581838.stm Apparently you can jailed for not risking your own life to save someone else's kid who you have no responsibility for... Scary

[tonksnymphadora.livejournal.com]

I take prenatal vitamins but only because they are cheap and because they don't have iodine which I am allergic to. But I knew so many girls who did crash dieting, drugs to keep thin, etc. Scary girls. And they all used to talk about how they needed to gain weight. They never ate and they exercised all the time. And those girls get pregnant too but they smoke and drink and they have low body weight which does affect the fetus. Maybe the government should look to them. But oh no, being thin is the ultimate achievement. I am just happy I found someone who loves my big butt.

[hermorrine.livejournal.com]

The thing is, unfortunately, that society's perceptions about fat people are what they are and in the last hundred years, that's only gotten worse. If you look at history, preference in body types has varied greatly and there have been times when a larger body was the ideal. Sadly, this isn't one of those times.

And not to belabor the point, but no, not everyone can lose weight.

I'll stop now, though, because after all my activism in fat acceptance, I really could go on for hours - and no one wants that. ;)

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

Go on for hours! I'd listen. I'm feeling sort of frustrated with society's outlook on Fat.

[chickadilly.livejournal.com]

I already ranted on Jaime's LJ about that pre-pregnancy thing - but yeah. I agree with you. :/

[queenkatieett.livejournal.com]

The more skinny armless girls walking around, the better, I say.

[leftsockarchive.livejournal.com]

Why don't we all just label ourselves pre-dead? More accurate and motivational, I'd say.

;)

[nmalfoy.livejournal.com]

I saw we give a Wag of the Finger to those people hung up on thinking they're fat (which, after last weekend I am one of).

[singtoangels.livejournal.com]

As far as being fat goes, I am. Big deal. I'm probably one of the healthiest fat people you would ever meet, though. However, I would consider giving up my big toe if that meant that all the fat on my body was attached to that one toe and it's either cut the toe off or never wear shoes again. I can dream. :p

I'm also of the opinion that you can't fix fugly, either. Plastic surgery generally makes it even worse because then your ugly and you look fake.