Comments on: How To Look Bad Naked

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 04 May 2008 14:18:42 +0000

I wish I had cable so I could watch this show more often. One thing that I wish they would incorporate more time into is when they go shopping for flattering clothing. There was one particular curvy, super busty gal on there who has the same exact shape and size as me and I’d wished I was able to get more style advice out of that segment. I would think that this would be helpful for anyone watching that can see themselves in the women that are featured on the show. Sometimes we all have days when we actually *feel* sexy and would like our clothing to reflect that in a way that flatters our particular shapes…and sometimes we might struggle to find the right outfit to make that happen.

By: oriencor

oriencor — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:06:39 +0000

I’ll repeat what my gay apartment manager told me – gay men make the best girlfriends ever. I love my boys, and when they give me compliments, I take them.

What Carson does is good. He makes you open your eyes and see yourself – helps you find the positive and points out all the good bits, and that’s the start of self acceptance.

As for Leah, she can kiss my ass. My frickin’ personal trainer who tells me over and over that I can wipe the floor with his thinner clients. I bust my ass five times a week in the gym to strengthen my core because I have a broken L-5 vertebrae, and I am certainly no skinny girl at all.

By: Tgirl

Tgirl — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:26:07 +0000

It may interest you all to know that Gok (the presenter) although now a skinny gay fashionista comes himself from weighing 20 stone and wearing tracksuit bottoms all the time and having zero self esteem. I think it is great that he encourages REAL women to properly look at themselves. After watching the shows I always feel better about my cellulite, wobbly bits etc – and I have learned to love my fairly enormous breasts as a result!

By: Sarahbear

Sarahbear — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:52:52 +0000

I forgot to add to my above post that all the women in every episode had something different they didn’t like about themselves. Not every woman on the show thought she was fat.

By: Sarahbear

Sarahbear — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:51:34 +0000

For starters, I watched every episode of How To Look Good Naked, and I loved them all. Secondly, the only episode that showed a woman talking about how she hated her fat, specifically, was the very first episode. Every other episodes showed women of all body types, races, ages, heights, weights, and personalities. I know some people might object to Carson’s methods, but I would agree with Anna above. Anything that helps a woman love herself is not a bad thing.

By: anna

anna — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:11:07 +0000

i have to say that anything that helps a woman to feel more comfortable in her own skin is NOT bad. so many women, fat and skinny alike, feel as though they don’t measure up. i don’t care if they do touch up those naked photos, those women see themselves as beautiful when the whole process is over. that’s enough to get my “positive tv” vote.

oh, and i too LOVE the part where they line up the chubbies from largest to smallest and the girl in the show always puts herself as bigger than she really is. don’t we all see ourselves like that??

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:32:14 +0000

Sometimes I feel like shows like that are a side-show for all the skinny people to watch and go, Oh my god look at that fat chick. But I’m paranoid. I always feel like people are saying that about me.

By: AnnieMcPhee

AnnieMcPhee — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:09:41 +0000

I think the show is definitely fat-positive, except I’d like to see, as vesta says, a *really* fat woman or one who doesn’t have such an obviously pretty face already. I read the article in question when it came out, and my comment to the asshole who wrote it was that losing weight and exercising are not remotely RADICAL – that’s all anyone ever says or does.

What was really radical? Carson telling the woman to STOP dieting and enjoy her life. The woman at the end saying “NO MORE DIETS!” THAT was freaking radical. I hated that article.

By: j @ roadtoambition

j @ roadtoambition — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:27:01 +0000

I have to echo the comments of sj and Lady Vengeance. LM may be widely read but my impression is that her fan club is very small.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:26:33 +0000

I don’t hate the show. It just wasn’t totally lost on me that it’s a guy — gay, sure, but a guy — giving a woman permission to approve of her own body.

Other than that, i don’t mind it.

Oh and yawn on the whole “fat people need to go to the gym” mantra.