Comments on: How To Piss People Off

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:53:20 +0000

“If “average” is now “overweight” and “unhealthy,” I really do fear the direction our society is headed in.” – Rachel

I thought that already had happened.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:10:47 +0000

Hi, Lisa-Marie Presley! I thought you were in hiding because the press called you fat?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:56:54 +0000

But I have to disagree though about the size 0 comments. If you are heavily dieting or starving yourself, of course that is unhealthy. But most people who are a size 0 are that way naturally.

I’m a tad underweight and also a size 0, yet I am as healthy as a horse! My doctor says I need not to worry about gaining an ounce, and I know this also goes for a lot of my naturally skinny friends.

SOME people are a happy medium, but you can’t expect everyone to be within that “healthy range” on the BMI charts.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:50:57 +0000

I think it’s great! As a pageant girl myself, I’m glad she entered because I’m tired of people putting down pageants saying that they discriminate against bigger women, but this totally proves that wrong! She’s gorgeous!

By: Fat Girl

Fat Girl — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:33:04 +0000

Yeah, I was a little disappointed by the part in the interview where she buys into the whole “Fat people are lazy and don’t take care of themselves” thing, because she has an opportunity to say “Yes, I am bigger than all these girls and I am healthy, too. I take care of myself.”

But I also don’t think she’s fat, or even technically overweight. This, to me, just underlines the fact that even though the US is freaking out about obesity, the UK is actually worse at the whole thing.

By: fatfighter

fatfighter — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:56:04 +0000

If that chick is a UK size 16 then I’m Elvis’ daughter.

By: K

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:16:54 +0000

Hmmm. Jumping into the “say fat if you mean fat” conversation…

I’m British. I weigh the same as Chloe to within a couple of pounds, and I’m five inches shorter. I’m a different build so I’m also a size 14 to 16 (US 10-12, judging by the sizing at the Gap). And I would hesitate to call myself fat out loud.

Why?

Because, as Chloe says, this is actually average-size, at least in the UK. So – we are smaller than half the population.

I used to hate it when girls who were thinner than me went on about how fat they were. Because if they thought they were unacceptably fat, what did they think I was?

I’m not saying that I agree it’s automatically insulting to imply someone else is fat, but whether we like it or not, it continues to be a loaded word. And without knowing how someone else will take it, I’d hesitate to use it. Because I don’t ever want to be that girl who makes someone else feel unacceptable.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:54:46 +0000

“It’s because I’m not,” she explains. “I’m curvy, big, plus-size, if you must, but I don’t like that either because I’m actually an average size.

“Fat means someone who is obese, who doesn’t take care of themselves, who never does any exercise and lies around all day, being a slob. I take care of myself.”

Tsk, tsk.. Poor Chloe doesn’t seem to realize that “curvy” and “plus-size” are just euphemisms for fat.

We have to keep in mind though, the fact that she is young and a product of her environment. From what I read in British media, British culture is just as, if not more, anti-fat than U.S. culture.

By: v'ron

v'ron — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:54:12 +0000

Back to the original title of this post — it brings to mind something I think Kate Harding said (or often quoted), about how a sure way to piss somebody off was to “be fat at them” — meaning of course, to go and be fat and still be happy, not giving a crap what they think. Because that what it really comes down to – not having Their Scared Opinion affect you in any way. Suddenly, the haters are irrevelant, and that’s what it really comes down to.

By: Lois Waller

Lois Waller — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:01:54 +0000

Bree, I was thinking the same thing. There’s NEVER a happy medium when it comes to weight–people are always too fat, too thin, too fat in the wrong places, too flat in the wrong places, etc. And even people with “perfect” bodies are getting lipo-sculpted or are obsessing about those last three pounds. Madness.

Also, “20 extra pounds” isn’t crushing anyone’s organs, especially a pear-shaped girl like Chloe Marshall.