Fat Girl And Proud
An Australian woman typed “fat chick” into YouTube and was appalled by the hateful videos she found. Lucky for me, when I typed “fat chick” into YouTube, I found her.
When you judge a woman based on her physical appearance–when you put them into two categories that if they are thin they are successful and worthwhile and I guess in some way better than other women–when you say that a woman is ugly and disgusting and worthless and should not be seen in public and it makes you vomit, it makes you sick, simply because of her physical appearance, you’re saying that women in general are basically only fit for two categories: one, fuckable, and two, get rid of ’em.
Rock on, chubbygirl27.
Posted by mo pie
Filed under: Fat Positive, Video
As a fellow Australian, I just wanted to point out that when chubbygirl27 says she’s a size 16-18, that’s a US size 12-14. Not really that big.
Sure, since Australian sizes are, like UK sizes, smaller than ours. But what does that mean–that she can’t be a member of the fat girls club?
Too bad she is one in a sea of hateful things said about fat women (and thin women)
What saddened me most about what I saw there was how anti-woman most of the statments were on youtube.
More of us need to be getting out there and defending all women..not just fat girls…
I’m so glad that I never listened to the sort of BS propigated by the people who post negative things about fat girls…Should rephrase that.
I STOPPED listening….If I hadn’t I wouldn’t have believed the man who tells me even today that I am the most beautiful woman he has ever seen and that he loves me just as I am.
At 275…when I couldn’t even look in the mirror…he told me that he loved me with all sincerety.
It sucks that this shit is being foisted on boys…My husband tells me that he struggled for a long time after being criticized for dating a “fat girl” in high school when he could have any chick that he wanted. Boys who like big women get mercilessly teased about it…conned into believing that they can’t possibly love a bigger woman.
Kudos to this lady for responding to all the hate out there with dignaty and grace.
In response to your comment Mo, I certainly wasn’t trying to suggest that Chubbygirl27 can’t be a member of “the fat girls club”. I certainly was when I was an Australian size 16-18. I was just trying to put her comments into context.
Most of the idiots on youtube have just barely evolved to past the point where they have learned to work a webcam. Their comments are hurtful and degrading but consider the source.
No matter her size, everything Chubbygirl27 said makes sense. But I wonder, if a woman who was a size 2 said the exact same things, would we discredit her because she couldn’t possibly know what fat women go through?
Wait so does this mean in Australia you can’t get the equivalent of a U.S. size 12-14 at regular clothes stores?
To answer your question fatfu – no, you can’t get the equivalent of a U.S. size 12-14 at regular clothes stores – particularly not at the kind of shops catering to younger women like Chubbygirl27.
Eek, that sucks. I’d probably be lost in shopping options.
I have to add that I think I’m in love with chubbygirl27.
I have to say that I’m in love with chubbygirl27 as well. Not only does she have a good head on her shoulders, but she’s adorable!
I’d hit it.
Hi, guess what? I’m chubbygirl27, haha. Wow, I only just found out about this thread, a delightful man from myspace gave me the link! Wow, I’m amazed, really, thank you for your kind comments and for watching my video. I really appreciate it. You are ALL so beautiful, inside and out :D
Yay! Well it’s awesome that you found us. As you can see, we all love you.
Emily, you’re chublicious.
The thing about chubbygirl27 is that she’s one of those really good-looking chubby girls, and she knows it. She doesn’t really represent the plain overweight women who, but for their size, would receive some attention but combined with their unspectacular looks, are completely looked past.
In another one of chubbygirl27’s videos she shows a boy on her bed, the title of the video is “chubbygirl27 got laid” or something like that. This in my opinion is unnecessary, one look at her very good looking face on any of her other videos would have told us that she wouldn’t have any problems in that department.
Some overweight women have an unsympathetic double chin, and a fat face to boot. This makes the quintisential difference in being able to look good whilst overweight. If you have a fat face and/or double chin, you’re $hit out of luck. Again chubbygirl27 has a rounded but not fat face.
Also chubbygirl27 has an amazingly youthful quality – she really does not look the 28 years she is currently meant to be. The style of her blog too tends to illustrate a girl with a simpler lifestyle than that of a typical 28 year old which makes me think she is younger.
What we need are LESS PRETTY overweight women being proud and coming forward and showing that they can do all this as well. Personally though, I think chubbygirl27 represents the threshold at which a lot of men find acceptable anyway (again, she is VERY attractive) and therefore this negates her so-called ‘struggle’ as she has more-or-less just as easy a time attracting the opposite sex than a pretty, normal-weighted girl.
additional:
“As a fellow Australian, I just wanted to point out that when chubbygirl27 says she’s a size 16-18, that’s a US size 12-14. Not really that big.”
Actually the US equivelent is a size 14-16 not 12-14.
Discounting a woman’s worth because you think she’s pretty is every bit as bigoted and dim as discounting her worth because you think she’s fat.
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Yeah, the people on YouTube are part of an internet subculture, and simply represent the abused, angry, unhappy people in the world who have an internet connection and a computer. They are JEALOUS. They would call a typical, gorgeous, skinny, model-type ugly, fat, and whoreish. But honestly, the people who post videos and crave the attention they recieve are just as sad.
Well said Mandy. I totally agree. These people on YouTube, or a lot of bloggers for that matter, see themselves as freelance columnists, but without the necessary training or objectivity to achieve that role working for, and thereby representing, an employer. They see themselves as the pious voice of sanity and reason, pillars of morality railing against the behemoth of decadence that they are forced to live in. In reality though, they are nothing more than bored liberalists with access to a computer, and their victims are no less (and in some cases are usually more) interesting than themselves. I’m not saying this is necessarily true of chubbygirl27, but her message is banal when examined – there’s nothing original about ‘sisters doing it for themselves’ and ‘fat women can be sexy too’. The thing is sexiness is in the eye of the beholder, and no-one is ever going to MAKE someone find them attractive, it’s something that they have to do themselves. If I was a target suitor for chubbygirl27, its hardly her weight that would deter my advances – it’s more the bubbling feminism that lies beneath the surface and the fact that she seems to have overcome very little, as her blogs are rapidly becoming just a diary of her life, rather than a political or social message. And as her diary progresses, we can see that she is far from abnormal and her struggle, even if she believes she has one, is far from what society can describe as ‘hard’. (One video shows a boy in her bed, she is not at all coy about showing this innuendo-loaded flick, going against the grain of her almost ‘for all the family’ themes of her other videos, and proving (as the boy in question is himself not fat) she lives the normal life of her peers and has little to complain about. But cessation now, would lose the popularity which in my opinion has gone to her head. In short, emanating from the self-propelled popularity of YouTubers like lonelygirl15, YT bloggers now can say so little and have viewers treat their (unwise) words with so much cannonballing respect. This, alongside the old-fashioned but still-strong attitude of “if someone took the time to do this, they must be special – their lives must be important and interesting”, gives them the fame they want. Like many bands who have been original in their early albums, yet who fail to achieve in their later ones, they succeed because they now have die-hard fans who are hard to disappoint, and once a fan base has been plundered, they’re yours for the taking – you don’t need to make the effort anymore. I don’t mean any of this to sound agressive, but ask yourselves: are there some of you who at least can see my point of view?
Veduna,
Who are you to say what people can blog about? So what if chubbygirl27’s blog is more about her life? That affects you umm…how? It sounds to me that you’tre threatened by another woman’s confidence (referring to your comment: “And as her diary progresses, we can see that she is far from abnormal and her struggle, even if she believes she has one, is far from what society can describe as ‘hard’. (One video shows a boy in her bed, she is not at all coy about showing this innuendo-loaded flick, going against the grain of her almost ‘for all the family’ themes of her other videos, and proving (as the boy in question is himself not fat) she lives the normal life of her peers and has little to complain about. But cessation now, would lose the popularity which in my opinion has gone to her head”). What makes you think this woman doesn’t struggle with body image? Just because someone has a good social life and is a successful dater doesn’t mean they don’t have demons. Way to judge someone you don’t know, lady.
I apologize if my response also sounds aggressive, but quite frankly I’m a little bit tired of the haterade directed at people, women in particular, who are bold, confident and put themselves out there (even if it is on YT).
Oh, and byrneout? Your comment about “Discounting a woman’s worth because you think she’s pretty is every bit as bigoted and dim as discounting her worth because you think she’s fat.” Well all I can say to that is preach on, sista! *putting my fist in the air*
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Whether or not she qualifies as “fat” she’s saying something that needs to be said, and saying it quite well.
I appreciate your point of view Verduna, but I think it is hasty to judge a person’s motives or “struggle” based on a few chosen minutes of video footage.
I would not presume to know the details of your life, even with YT’s window. If my blogs have come across to you as self indulgent, to an extent you are right. I have found a lot of confidence through the support I have received from viewers, sharing their stories, encouraging me to keep going, and I feel fortunate that the majority have been so kind to me. I get cruel comments too, but I genuinely believe that a person who’s first reaction is spite and cruelty is obviously best avoiding altogether.
You feel that I wouldn’t have gotten the same support had my face been less attractive? I worry about that too, yes, and perhaps I have played into it in some of my blogs. I am thankful that people listened to my opinion though. There are a lot of comments where people only mention my looks, and whilst flattering or hurtful (depending on their viewpoint), there are many who actually took the time to listen.
You expressed concern that anyone on YT can spread an ‘unwise’ message and gain respect, that is true on any democratic platform. I simply voiced my opinion, based on my personal experince as a plus size woman. Pretty or not, it would be false to think that any plus size woman doesn’t feel some sort of stigma or struggle with today’s obsession with being slim. I feel it too, therefore I chose to talk about ideally what I’d prefer: acceptance based on more than just a ‘look’.
My blogs are simple, yes, you have noticed. I have no acting experience, production values, no real direction with them, I simply blog about what feel at the time. So if my simplicity and lack of true direction, my face and exploitation of my boyfriend are offensive to you and non-representative of your life as a plus-size woman, I am sorry that you thought I should be ‘more’ than what I am.
If my YT platform is my choice, here is yours. It is good to have a place to vent opinions and ideas, isn’t it? I wish you the best.
love from chubbygirl27
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Veduna says:
“These people on YouTube, or a lot of bloggers for that matter, see themselves as freelance columnists, but without the necessary training or objectivity to achieve that role working for, and thereby representing, an employer.”
Wait, she’s not supposed to be able to share her point of view because she doesn’t represent some employer? Are columnists who represent some corporate news entity really objective or perhaps do they represent the interests of their employer’s political view and the interests of the advertisers?
It would seem in your view that she is not fat enough, ugly enough, or corporate enough to be able to share her views with the public. I’m happy that she and others like her have a place to air their opinions.
this woman is soo right!! i have body issues and i find men like that deisgusting!!! x
Hello everyone….i am so glad that this woman posted her video up….I am a proponent of modern feminism and I am disgusted how ppl, especially women, condemn eachother on the basis of looks, weight, or sexual behavior….we need to stand up for eachother and stop being so judgmental..
I mean no disrespect to all the charming aussie ladies, but coming from Russia I found that the vast majority of Australian women are overweight. About 5 out of 10 young women are grossly overweight, and only 2 out of 10 would be relatively slim. Most of those obese women could actually have very nice faces if only they lost weight. Dear women, don’t be complacent – being fat is not just about the looks – it’s also your health!!!
YO WHO SAY FAT GIRLS ARE UGLY, I’M STARTING TO GET INTO FAT GIRLS, THEY ARE DAM NICE LOOKING AND CUTE
Robert – really??? OMFG, being fat isn’t healthy??? OMG, why oh why didn’t someone tell me before???? Thank you so much for your vast insight. What would we all do without you?
I Think i can stand to lose a few pounds but for helth resons other than that i love myself the way i look i have haters all the time from family to just every day people but i don’t care my cuzin thinks just because she is skinny she looks better than me but thats not true she really gets on my nerve with this fat girl skinny girl stuff but its all about how you feel and how you feel with your self really does’nt matter how any one else feels about you hugs love and kiss