Disney unveils its first plus-size heroine

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It's funny how men deal with being fat by doing fat guy things. Our rotund brothers become offensive linemen, defensive tackles, chefs, lumberjacks, power lifters, construction workers, first basemen, rappers with stage names that begin with "Heavy" or "Big," mall Santas, Italian patriarchs, later-stage Elvis impersonators, etc. Say what you will about it, but men have been owning their lipid content from Day 1.

Women deal with fat by creating global movements to force others to view stuffing their face vociferously, laziness, and the consquences to their health as acceptable. The worst part is them trying to blur the lines between fat and thick (it's 2 TOTALLY different body types). In doing so, they've deluded a large part of society into believing they're the ones who are now "Owning it."

You know what they own? A graveyard of broken New Years resolutions as big as a World War II battlefield, Youtube inspired contour lines, and a treadmill in the basement or bedroom that's nothing more than an expensive clothing rack. Fat Jesus, please take the wheel with the hand that's not holding a triple cheeseburger :sadcam:
Damm u have a point i never considered
 
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i think the plan is more to circumvent obesity, and it relies on engaged parents to build and enforce good eating habits and get/keep their kids active and not sedentary in front of screens. we won't change people's behavior toward fat people tho unless they stop being seen as less than, and part of that are things like this, showing they can be a main character.

lastly, some kids are just bigger, not due to being unhealthy, and they end up dropping the baby fat/weight in middle or high school, you can send a message about striving for better health and not have it centered on hating your size
Shows like this aren’t going to change the opinions of people who feel fat people are less than. There’s no incentive to do so and no consequence if they don’t. Perceived incentives and consequences cause change, not stuff like this.

And sure, circumventing obesity is obviously the best case scenario, but I thought we were talking about how this affects kids who may already be overweight. I also recognize that some kids are just bigger. I was one of those kids. I wore “husky” clothes when I was young… but as I got older and my developed I wasn’t okay with being husky. I still wanted to be in shape. I still put on weight easily today, but I recognized the changes I have to make to my lifestyle to meet my physical/health goals. That’s not gonna happen in the future for these kids if we keep telling them being overweight is normal and okay.
 

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America has a childhood obesity problem, so until that's solved, there will be/are millions of overweight to obese little girls who want to see a short :skip: movie with a protagonist that looks like them.

yall really be trying to dissect everything from a jaded adult view and not from a child's view where representation and similarity is something they seek to develop a sense of belonging
i think the plan is more to circumvent obesity, and it relies on engaged parents to build and enforce good eating habits and get/keep their kids active and not sedentary in front of screens. we won't change people's behavior toward fat people tho unless they stop being seen as less than, and part of that are things like this, showing they can be a main character.

lastly, some kids are just bigger, not due to being unhealthy, and they end up dropping the baby fat/weight in middle or high school, you can send a message about striving for better health and not have it centered on hating your size
again, two messages can be conveyed at once - you're not less than because you're big, but you should do XYZ for health reasons.

I knew you was big boneded. :steviej:
 

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It's funny how men deal with being fat by doing fat guy things. Our rotund brothers become offensive linemen, defensive tackles, chefs, lumberjacks, power lifters, construction workers, first basemen, rappers with stage names that unironically begin with "Heavy" or "Big," mall Santas, Italian patriarchs, later-stage Elvis impersonators, etc. Say what you will about it, but men have been owning their lipid content from Day 1.

Women deal with fat by creating global movements to force others to view stuffing their face vociferously, laziness, and the consquences to their health as acceptable. The worst part is them trying to blur the lines between fat and thick (it's 2 TOTALLY different body types). In doing so, they've deluded a large part of society into believing they're the ones who are now "Owning it."

You know what they own? A graveyard of broken New Years resolutions as big as a World War II battlefield, Youtube inspired contour lines, and a treadmill in the basement or bedroom that's nothing more than an expensive clothing rack. Fat Jesus, please take the wheel with the hand that's not holding a triple cheeseburger :sadcam:
Oh fukk, I can't -
I'm trying not to laugh so hard I'm in tears at work, I hate you breh:russ:
 
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