Comments on: 350 Pounds: Weight Ain’t Nothing But A Number

By: Big Fat Deal » Celebrity Fatwatch: Mariah Carey

Big Fat Deal » Celebrity Fatwatch: Mariah Carey — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:09:13 +0000

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By: Big Fat Deal » Dating While Fat

Big Fat Deal » Dating While Fat — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:17:42 +0000

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By: bloomie

bloomie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:09:59 +0000

Well first off this was in the Daily News, so take whatever they say with a giant grain of salt. Also I almost think it sounds like she was pissed about the back pedaling.

You know before Precious blew-up and it was just the fat/race/feminist blogs obsessing over Precious I feel like EVERY article said it was a movie about a 350 lb dark-skinned black woman.

By: living400lbs

living400lbs — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:51:08 +0000

So many people lie about their weight that people really think “200lbs” is OMG HUGE.

Obvs I put my weight in the name of my blog, but I don’t use my real name, either.

By: Lanine Bradley

Lanine Bradley — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:42:33 +0000

I always think it’s funny when the media uses the over 300 pounds remark like it’s so huge. OMG how does that person even make it out of their house?

I hate to say it but there are a whole lotta over 300 lbs people in the world.

It’s not that unusual

By: Suzy Smith

Suzy Smith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:48:11 +0000

It is hard to have that number out there. I struggled with giving the number to Health magazine when I was interviewed. In fact, when it hit the internet and was being discussed, it made it even worse. Even though I accept myself as a fat woman, admitting that I weighed 400 pounds is hard. Hell, writing it here, is difficult, and it is already out there for anyone to find.

Hell, my husband didn’t know my weight for the longest time and he is the most fat accepting man I know. He loves me for me, regardless of weight, and is a big man himself. When he first saw my weight, I was embarrassed. At that point we had been married for something like 7 years, together for 9 years. Isn’t that crazy?

By: K

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:47:04 +0000

@ Mister:

My guess is that you are a man. Women are regularly belittled and abused and held to ridiculous body standards that men absolutely are not. You can know that as a fact, but having never experienced it, you won’t get it.

The things people will say to a fat woman, they would not to a man. Fat women are derided just for being fat.

By: WiseWeightWoman

WiseWeightWoman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:46:48 +0000

Here’s a different perspective: What are WE supposed to learn from his blunder? Here’s what I got:

1) The opinion of ANY OTHER has nothing to do with me.
2) The human being that I am has nothing to do with any number on any scale.
3) The social mores of society are so off base they are laughable.
4) His mortification is his own consciousness prodding him about his prejudice.

I spent a lifetime learning that I was as okay as I could conceive of myself to be and that it was 100% unrelated to the opinions/words/actions of any other.

Pat Matson

By: Mister Houston

Mister Houston — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:31:55 +0000

Never really understood the obsession with weight or age either one. You are what you are, what’s the use in hiding it. Just because you don’t say how much you weigh, doesn’t mean you don’t still weight that much. Just because you never tell your age doesn’t mean you’re going to live longer or look younger. Always seemed so strange to me.

By: Bree

Bree — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:14:39 +0000

After the story aired, I told my grandfather that it was nice to see someone who resembled me out there doing good. He replied, “You weigh the same she does?” I’m huddling close to 360 right now, but because of how I’m proportioned, most people think I’m in the 200′s.

I’m not sure what bothered her the most, the mention of her weight or that he quickly backpedaled, but we can’t ignore the fact that most of the media hasn’t concentrated on her acting or the content of the movie, but “damn, look how big she is and she’s not acting like a self-hating, depressed fat person.” I don’t think even Mo’Nique is experiencing so much of the fat talk like Gabby is. But until more of the myths about fat people get busted, this kind of talk is what we should sadly expect to hear.

She shouldn’t have to apologize for her weight, or lie about it. Like me, she’s visually fat and no amount of black is going to make us look slimmer. Embrace the deathfat and continue to be a positive influence, I say!