Princeton Hosts "Fat Postitive" Dinner

[Ben]

Princeton is hosting a special dinner for students who "identify" as fat. So of course my question is, can a skinny person show up and identify as fat? 

https://twitchy.com/bethb-313034/2018/02/05/drop-the-pizza-princeton-has-a-fat-positive-dinner-for-those-fat-identified-students/

[Hawkmoon]

Someone needs to demand equal time -- a dinner for fatties who identify as thin.

[bedlamite]

The alternative is for a fat guy to show up in a t-shirt that says "I beat anorexia", play it straight, and watch heads explode.

[Andiron]

The alternative is for a fat guy to show up in a t-shirt that says "I beat anorexia", play it straight, and watch heads explode.

 

[Northwoods]

I'd demand a low-carb, low-protein dish.

[Hawkmoon]

I'd demand a low-carb, low-protein dish.

Vegan for the win.

[Pb]

The modern movement to glorify physical and mental illnesses is absolutely repulsive.

Sports Illustrated just had a 200 pound swimsuit "model" featured.

[Scout26]

Will I be the keynote speaker ??

[dogmush]

The modern movement to glorify physical and mental illnesses is absolutely repulsive.

Sports Illustrated just had a 200 pound swimsuit "model" featured.

There needs to be a happy medium between society not encouraging self destructive behaviors and also not demanding unrealistic levels of conformity.  The Princeton dinner in the OP is very likely not at that medium, and is encouraging self destructive behavior based on the language used. 


FWIW Ashley Graham is an attractive woman whom, by all reports, is healthy and successful.  She's also a woman that gets paid (by more than just SI) to have pictures taken of her, so the scare quotes aren't really needed.

[Pb]

There needs to be a happy medium between society not encouraging self destructive behaviors and also not demanding unrealistic levels of conformity.  The Princeton dinner in the OP is very likely not at that medium, and is encouraging self destructive behavior based on the language used.  


FWIW Ashley Graham is an attractive woman whom, by all reports, is healthy and successful.  She's also a woman that gets paid (by more than just SI) to have pictures taken of her, so the scare quotes aren't really needed.

It wasn't Ashley Graham.  Graham is 170 lbs, and yes she is attractive, not overweight for her height.

It is someone else who is, yes, 200 lbs.

[dogmush]

Mrs. Graham is who popped up when I googled Sports Illustrated model 200 lbs.

There's a limit to the searches in that vein I am willing to do on my work computer.  


There are definitely elements that are actively encouraging fat folks to engage in patently unhealthy behavior. I suspect strongly that the Princeton crowd are among them, I was just a little surprised when My google search revealed an attractive woman.  I'll dig deeper into the internet when I get home to unmonitored internet.

[Hawkmoon]

It wasn't Ashley Graham.  Graham is 170 lbs, and yes she is attractive, not overweight for her height.

It is someone else who is, yes, 200 lbs.

According to the errornet, Ms. Graham is 5'9" tall and weighs anywhere between 165 and 201 pounds. (Most sources I found said 201). She is definitely plus-sized.

http://celebrityinside.com/body-measurements/model/ashley-graham-body-measurements-bra-size-height-weight-stats/

[grampster]

Will I be the keynote speaker ??

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

[Sideways_8]

It wasn't Ashley Graham.  Graham is 170 lbs, and yes she is attractive, not overweight for her height.

It is someone else who is, yes, 200 lbs.

Hunter McGradey, the model that is over 200lbs, is 5' 11". I'm not going to be the one to call her unattractive.

[Hawkmoon]

Hunter McGradey, the model that is over 200lbs, is 5' 11". I'm not going to be the one to call her unattractive.

So now we can't use "plus-sized" to describe plus-sized women. She wants us to use "curvy." Further evidence of the decline of the English language.

[Sideways_8]

So now we can't use "plus-sized" to describe plus-sized women. She wants us to use "curvy." Further evidence of the decline of the English language.

I wouldn't call it a decline. Plus-sized could have been a great term, had it actually been grounded in reality. It wasn't.

[BlueStarLizzard]

*snort* "Plus size" in terms of fashion and models is pretty much anything over a size 6. That's where the "decline of the English language" comes in.

Most woman are not a size 6. Think 8 to 16 being normal.

At 200 (yes, I'm a chunky monkey) I'm about a 16, depending on brand. The lightest I've ever been able to get was 186 and I was a 14.
It's called I have an ass, boobs and thighs. Furthermore, I challenge the lot of you to say I was unattractively fat at the time.




The whole term "plus sized" is screwed up because it started off in reference to sizes that were actually *expletive deleted*ing normal and well within healthy range for most woman.


and now aholes, like someone posting in this thread, seem to think that bashing normal sized woman as being fat because they don't actually have any clue how any of this works and seem to be under the delusion that a size 4 should be the norm (and, I can tell you right now, on my frame, if I was a size 4, I would be emaciated with no muscle, much less a healthy amount of fat)

[Ben]

Well, I posted the article because of my pet peeve of people "identifying" as something they may or may not be, in the vein of, "I say 2+2=5, so you must accept that". I wasn't going for what people actually were, and whether that's acceptable or not, so  I guess I'll lock the thread before things devolve.