tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post5443240262517720730..comments2013-03-18T19:48:10.701-04:00Comments on What is Normal?: Kiss My Thin @$$!DC Deafiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05480739796260788905noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post-8247873100425394332007-05-21T16:28:00.000-04:002007-05-21T16:28:00.000-04:00I know what your talking about. I've been "the sk...I know what your talking about. I've been "the skinny girl" since the first day of school in kindergarden. My sister and I are very skinny because we both have a high metabolism. I think that it's hereditary because I've seen pics of my mom and grandmother when they were young and they were very thin too. <BR/><BR/>I am Hindu and I don't eat meat because of my religion. People think that my sister and I are skinny because we are vegetarians. That may have a part to do with it, but I know that's not the only reason because I have many cousins who are vegetarians and are not skinny at all. <BR/><BR/>I wish everyone would stop pointing out my skinniness because it makes me feel insecure. I know my sister feels the same way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post-28007369304248411612007-03-28T10:45:00.000-04:002007-03-28T10:45:00.000-04:00As an Overweight American (lardius yankeeus) with ...As an Overweight American (lardius yankeeus) with a non-UN-sanctioned BMI of 26.0, I would like to thank you for your kindly call for social tolerance of all shapes and sizes. I think we can agree that everybody (except the shiftless Irish) has the right to conduct his or her own affairs and to walk around with as much flesh as seems expedient. <BR/><BR/>I would like to suggest a different line of thinking on the whole 'projected images of beauty' thing, however. I think that everybody can agree that the magazine/tv depiction of bone-thin beauties can lead to poor body image and various dangerous behavior on the part of young women. What is less well examined is ... why?<BR/><BR/>Consider the images which adolescent boys are presented with as role models of behavior and masculinity. No thirteen-year-old wants to be a Calvin Klein model, certainly - but he does want to be LeBron James. And you know what? He's never gonna be. He's not tall enough. He's probably too fat, and he's certainly not strong or fast or well-coordinated enough.<BR/><BR/>So both Little Johnny and Little Suzie are aspiring to unrealistic ideals here. And it's certainly the case that some Little Johnnies will end up hurting themselves - steroids in HS gyms are sadly neither a new nor an uncommon phenomenon. But for some reason, that kind of unhealthy image fixation appears (to this researcher, who thought about it for a few minutes) to be largely confined to the realm of the female.<BR/><BR/>Which makes me wonder.<BR/><BR/>Maybe the issue isn't *what* we're teaching kids, but *how*? Both boys and girls are shown unrealistic ideals of perfection, but it's primarily the girls whose self esteem and bodily well-being are sacrificed to the pursuit. It's not hard to find a boy who'll wear LeBron's jersey, spend hours on the court practicing his fadeaway, and then go home to eat Cheetos and play video games. Why is Cosmo so much harder to put down? Why, in a word, do girls want it so much more?MinusWatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390307197763045549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post-60363239481143739972007-02-28T18:03:00.000-05:002007-02-28T18:03:00.000-05:00Thank you, Belle! :) It's nice to see that someone...Thank you, Belle! :) It's nice to see that someone else "gets it."<BR/><BR/>Cheers!DC Deafiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480739796260788905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post-81224913633543363342007-02-19T17:49:00.000-05:002007-02-19T17:49:00.000-05:00I guess people comment on your thinness because th...I guess people comment on your thinness because they think, "Surely, that is more socially sanctioned than commenting on the fatness of anyone." They are wrong, of course.<BR/><BR/>Then, there are those who are wistful of your metabolism, and therefore, feel they are being complimentary or flattering. To those, I say, "Be careful what you wish for. There are unique problems associated with a high, or too-high, metabolism too." <BR/><BR/>They, too, can kiss my big butt! ;)<BR/><BR/>Big-Butt BelleBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094811820947855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1050450671570445259.post-76288140986663200052007-02-16T09:18:00.000-05:002007-02-16T09:18:00.000-05:00Think you're Popeye? :)Or was IamwhoIam taken?Think you're Popeye? :)<BR/><BR/>Or was IamwhoIam taken?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com