tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post6725094637372582461..comments2023-10-31T04:16:04.331-05:00Comments on Feed Me!: Can you say disconnect?Harriethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09774535311853591028noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-37176261812440661422010-11-20T23:14:37.820-06:002010-11-20T23:14:37.820-06:00"a pregnant woman's naked body is on the ..."a pregnant woman's naked body is on the cover, sending a very clear message that her body is not her own."<br /><br />I disagree, her body is her own and she can show it off even if it is in a form that some would say to cover up. Good for her and good for Time for the cover photo (note: I'm not commenting on the article, just the choice of cover photo).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-60017189750259484342010-09-29T15:10:23.579-05:002010-09-29T15:10:23.579-05:00I'm not surprised at this. Their latest cover ...I'm not surprised at this. Their latest cover story made me want to scream. Not only is it more of the same pressure larded on to expecting mothers, a pregnant woman's naked body is on the cover, sending a very clear message that her body is not her own. As the bearer of our future, her body has become the property of everyone else.<br /><br />And I'm actually not surprised at all either at the wage gap, or the proposed "solution". My sister stopped getting promotions, stopped getting raises, basically stopped getting respect (not that her boss was the kind to give it anyway) when she started gaining weight. Sexism and sizeism is alive and well kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-89935508010901127442010-09-26T11:13:34.721-05:002010-09-26T11:13:34.721-05:00Thank you for speaking up!! I have to admit that w...Thank you for speaking up!! I have to admit that when I read the conclusion of the time.com article, WW2 flashed before my eyes! There too, Hitler's solution was elimination instead of acceptance and love. Thank goodness, we won the war...<br />We need to recognize the same is true whether it is the color of your eyes or skin, your weight, your ethnicity your religion, or your sexual preference!Mollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11342342719067654184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-72770032330705102562010-09-25T03:27:22.520-05:002010-09-25T03:27:22.520-05:00I read the Time.com article...I wonder if they can...I read the Time.com article...I wonder if they can calculate the cost of this kind of discrimination to our whole society and to the self esteem of teen girls who feel the only way they can be worthy is to undergo a difficult surgical procedure, starve themselves, etc. to be a certain size? My sister was an obese teen. I can't claim that I suffered in as much as she did. But watching some of the things she went through effected me profoundly. When will we learn that discrimination effects everyone? How can we change when we are so disconnected with what is really going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-46891599873286544852010-09-24T14:40:55.496-05:002010-09-24T14:40:55.496-05:00Discrimination only leads to more obesity. It cre...Discrimination only leads to more obesity. It creates more shame, more self-hatred, more isolation, more guilt which leads to more eating, which leads to more obesity.<br />Let's get real here, punishment never works, understanding. love and finding a soulution does.Hettynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-26943911725945596362010-09-23T14:39:49.809-05:002010-09-23T14:39:49.809-05:00Great piece of writing!
The disconnect has been g...Great piece of writing!<br /><br />The disconnect has been going on since at least 1920. And there are those who, unbelievably, applaud size discrimination on the grounds that it will help "motivate the fatties to lose weight." That's never worked, and never will, because a lack of motivation to lose weight is not one of the 30 or so things that cause people to be fat.<br /><br />And, discrimination against someone because of their size, gender, religion, sexual preference, age, and so forth, is simply wrong, regardless of how they came to be included in those groups.<br /><br />Bill Fabrey<br />Council on Size & Weight Discrimination<br />www.cswd.org<br />Mt. Marion, NYBill Fabreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876367339666651900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-56697210606895150192010-09-22T14:51:01.210-05:002010-09-22T14:51:01.210-05:00Rage.Rage.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08311292415665666558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30178203.post-1370330959340571052010-09-22T14:40:10.981-05:002010-09-22T14:40:10.981-05:00Thanks for posting this. I am fortunate enough t...Thanks for posting this. I am fortunate enough to earn really good money doing what I do (sales and marketing). But I travel daily, including flying while fat multiple times a week. <br />Just today my company decided to have logo shirts made for an upcoming conference and ( bless her!) the admin emailed the group to ask what sizes we wanted and even attached (a sucky!) size chart. Let's say I very, very carefully worded my request for a 3xl by saying the size chart wasn't clear and I could tailor down to get what I needed.<br /><br />It's tough trying not to address that elephant in the room thing when it should have NOTHING to do with my effectiveness or qualifications!<br /><br />Yep- let's change the discrimination. NOT our bodies. Doesn't work! How many times do we have to explain that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com