If You Are FAT you are not worthy! | 23 comments (23 topical, 1 hidden)
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You're male, and they don't spend much time talking about in the same way that they shred the female celebrities for perceived physical defects.

As a woman who's struggled with weight and body issues all my life (from childhood, like yourself), when I hear them pick apart someone for gaining ten pounds, or refer to someone who's appearance may be similar to my own in a derogatory way, it's hard not to take it personally.  I am a member, and have been for years, but I find myself reconsidering more and more often whether or not I want to sustain my membership. I'm really, really tired of the meanness.  

by pmdtrans on 04/11/2009 08:13:40 AM EST

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But trust me, I don't need TYT to talk about it, it's all over the magazines, tv shows and movies (if you read that blog I wrote quite a while ago on the men/women disconnect).

In some ways I'm abnormally concerned with body image, because of my childhood/teen experience. My current GF will attest to that. It makes summer a much less enjoyble season, worrying about body hair and a gut, or receding hair-line, etc.

No question that women still have more pressure (I would argue that's also rooted in biology, not that it makes it right but it is what it is), but the playing field is not quite as far off as some would think.

I think part of why the TYT talk doesn't bother me is because Cenk himself is overweight. If he looked like (insert hot male actor here), I'm sure it'd be a different story. And yes, Ana is pretty, but she's expressed the lack of confidence she has in certain things about herself.

PS---Don't cancel. At the very least, take some time to carefully craft a concise but hard hitting members only question they can answer in the post game show.

by Tom Hanc on 04/11/2009 11:46:22 AM EST

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If You Are FAT you are not worthy! | 23 comments (23 topical, 1 hidden)