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“Fat Girl” T-Shirts

August 10th, 2010

Cubicalgirl in the comments alerted us to the existence of this shirt, saying:

It’s got the universal man/woman icons on it, only the woman is bigger and it says “Team Player” underneath, the implication being that the guy wearing the shirt will “take one for the team” and chat up the fat friend so his bros can hit on the hot chick at the bar.

WTF! There are plenty of men for whom I am the one they WANT to hit on, the the bullet they take so their friend can get the hot girl. I *am* the hot girl! Stop opressing me with your douchebag t-shirts!

Intrigued by the tag “fat girl” on the shirt itself, I clicked it to see what other shirts were being offered. The pleasant surprise is that they were more positive than negative, with slogans like “Fat Girl Pride!” and “Everyone Loves A Fat Girl” outweighing (no pun intended) shirts like the misogynistic crap pictured here.

Still, check out this misogynistic crap. The whole discussion of “entering” is just gross in and of itself, and once again it’s both objectifying women and reinforcing the notion that certain women are societally “acceptable” to have sex with, and others are not.

Still, there’s always the amusing T-shirt reading, “Help, this FAT girl ate me!” Which would only make sense if written by a fat girl who wants to poke fun at the “skinny girl trying to get out” trope.

Posted by mo pie

Filed under: Fashion, Fat Positive, Fatism, Feminism, Humor, Sex & Romance

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19 Responses to “Fat Girl” T-Shirts

  1. Pegkitty, on August 10th, 2010 at 10:56 am Said:

    I think there’s something missing at the end of the post?

  2. Lauren, on August 10th, 2010 at 11:04 am Said:

    Even weirder, the same shirt above is offered for both males and females…

  3. Tanz, on August 10th, 2010 at 11:38 am Said:

    Oh I so want “Help! This fat girl ate me!”

  4. laney, on August 10th, 2010 at 11:59 am Said:

    so how come all the models are thin? Especially the one wearing the “fat girl pride” tank top. She’s tiny. Very annoying. If you’re going to make shirts for fat girls, use fat models. WTF?

  5. Elise, on August 10th, 2010 at 1:50 pm Said:

    Did you notice that the “fat girl pride” shirt comes in S, M, L, XL and the 2XL costs $4- more? I can’t imagine they’re going to sell very many of those. I’m surpised they’re not available in size 0.

  6. Elise, on August 10th, 2010 at 1:54 pm Said:

    Oooh, they have one that says “no baby…just beauty” Like!

  7. Erin S., on August 10th, 2010 at 4:14 pm Said:

    Well, the 2X+ being more is standard pricing across the board for plus sizes, they know they have us over a barrel — we have very little choice but to pay whatever they want to charge.

    What really offends me is when second hand/resale shops do it. At least you can lie to yourself about new goods and pretend it really does take that much more fabric.

    Granted I don’t sew clothing, only crafts and the like, but even at retail prices I can tell you that the extra amount they charge is vastly inflated relative to the actual amount of extra fabric needed. Places always charge between $3 and $6 extra for plus sizes, thats enough at retail prices for an extra YARD of fabric, not just the couple inches they actually use.

    But what other option is there? We can’t just run around nekkid!

  8. Allison, on August 10th, 2010 at 8:28 pm Said:

    I find the site’s hypocrisy really frustrating, and can’t take any of their fat pride t-shirts seriously. You can’t, on the same page, post a shirt that says “no baby, just beauty” and another one that plainly states “no fat chicks”. And the grenade one! So offensive. The one with “help, this FAT girl ate me” is kind of funny, and I’d wear it, but I wouldn’t spend money on it, just on principle.

    I’m really glad I took up boxing, because now I know how to beat the **** out of something when I need to, which would be right now.

  9. Ms. Moran, on August 10th, 2010 at 8:29 pm Said:

    I love the one that says “Thick Chick: Built for comfort, not speed.”

  10. Liza, on August 10th, 2010 at 9:36 pm Said:

    Laney – on Zazzle and CafePress, they pretty much have a few models wearing all the shirts, photographed blank, and they digitally add the image or saying later.

  11. Charlyn, on August 10th, 2010 at 11:15 pm Said:

    wow. Something more annoying and saddening than the bride and groom “Game Over” shirt. Didn’t think that was even possible, silly me.

  12. DaniFae, on August 11th, 2010 at 6:10 am Said:

    Allison, Zazzle isn’t being hypocritical, they’re like CafePress, user submits the designs, they sell the shirts, with little or no moderation.

  13. Dr. Ivo Robotnik, on August 11th, 2010 at 8:50 am Said:

    Did anyone see the episode of What Would You Do last night on ABC? I thought it was very informative, and OH LOOK! SHIRTS! OMG SHIIIIRTS! FASHUNZ. DURP HURP DURP. SOCIAL EXPERIMENT UNIMPORTANT, BECAUSE CLOTHING! OMG DROOOOL durr

  14. Jackie, on August 11th, 2010 at 9:04 am Said:

    When I saw that misogynistic shirt above, I immediately went into rage mode for 3 seconds. I hate that kind of stuff, I’m glad there are more fat positive shirts now. I like the Fat Liberation Army one a lot.

    Also, I’m not sure if the people here get the joke with the no moped shirt. I’ve heard guys say sleeping with a fat girl is like riding a moped, it’s fun but you don’t want your friends to find out. So they turned it into a joke about saying it’s the moped that’s really undesirable, not the fat girl.

  15. Allison, on August 11th, 2010 at 8:57 pm Said:

    DaniFae, I realized that after I looked through the site some more, after I’d submitted my comment. I still stand by my frustration though…

  16. cubicalgirl, on August 11th, 2010 at 10:36 pm Said:

    Thanks for the shoutout! The shirt you pictured makes me even madder. I think I have to get one of those fat pride shirts now just on principle.

  17. defiantcreatrix, on August 15th, 2010 at 12:08 am Said:

    I read a bunch of those shirts–six pages, actually and I kept seeing “Done” or “I’m a Done Girl,” and so I searched “done girls” in google. The first hit was “Done Being a Fat Girl” on Spark. If you (not recommended) click on this link, you get this paragraph:

    “This team is for women of all ages who are sick of feeling like they are being judged for being big, for women who want to be able to love who they are and who need support in their journey. ”

    It’s a weight loss site.

    It’s like fat acceptance, for those folk who don’t want to actually accept their fat. For people who are tired of being made fun of for being fat and want to think of it as their own fault for being fat.

    I think this sort of diet message couched in these empowerment terms is more poisonous than outright trolling, because it’s perfectly nice people, people who by all appearances are just trying to do the best they can and aren’t interfering with anyone else, but they are living with this weight loss fantasy, this idea that if they can only join the thin crowd, it won’t matter that there are still people on the outside. And maybe, to them, it won’t. And it’s a really seductive idea, with two parts: 1) I can do it, I can be acceptable; and 2) If I can do it, so can anyone else. It takes the problem “Being judged for being big” and gives it a poisonous, judging, and (mostly) impossible solution: don’t be big anymore.

  18. louise, on August 29th, 2010 at 5:18 am Said:

    im thin, and any guy i saw wearing that piece of crap could kiss my ass goodbye.

  19. Tussilago, on August 29th, 2010 at 3:49 pm Said:

    (About the T-shirt in the post:) Just like I thought – the men who claim all fat women are unattractive have to receive instructions to know whom to (not) want. ;-)

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