Do I have ‘fat eyes’?!
Posted By Gemma on February 1st, 2010
The fact I’m a bigger girl means I write a lot about more voluptuous women. Does this mean my body image is warped? Do I not ’see’ fat people any more?
Perhaps. Because I’m at a loss as to what kind of mad brainwashing would cause people to make ridiculous comments like this…
“As gorgeous as she is – she is overweight. Double standards here. I doubt we would ever hear you say, “XXX looks amazing with her protruding collar bone”. No wonder women are confused about what weight / shape is healthy.”
That comment was in response to this…
Now I know I’m at risk of turning this blog into a Christina Hendricks shrine at the moment, but seriously, that comment is just beyond my comprehension. The reaction to her Golden Globes dress I could at least try to understand. It was a risky choice, a fairly unflattering colour and it was fussy, which some people might argue is a bad choice for someone who’s not Hollywood slim.
But to call her unhealthy and overweight? Talk about going too far. In what possible way is this woman even close being overweight? Christina Hendricks is 5′8. To be even slightly overweight (going by the Body Mass Index, which is also what my doctor’s surgery relies on) she’d have to weigh 168lbs – that’s 12 stone. I can pretty much guarantee you she doesn’t weigh anywhere near that. One website lists her measurements as 36-32-36. I’m sure her waist is much smaller than that, given than mine is 32 inches. But either way, that makes her about a size 12. Hardly obese, is it?!
There’s only one saving grace in this for me. The place where I found the comment was actually The Daily Mail website, which we all know has its fair share of resident morons. The site allows other users to vote on people’s comments. The comment above is the worst rated comment, and for once, I totally agree with the 300 people (and counting) who think ‘FK’ from London needs to get a grip on reality.
When size 12 is fat, we’re all in trouble.
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February 1st, 2010 at 3:46 pm
I really think that people have forgotten what “normal” is. We’re so used to seeing people like Whitney Port and Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Ritchie (who I know must look even thinner in real life) that I’m sure it’s warped us into thinking that’s normal.
I’m not criticising naturally thin women – but the trend of dieting from a size 12 to an 8 (or lower) disturbs me. As does the trend of calling size 12s and even 10s “curvy” (wth?!)
Of course, when I was size 12 in my early 20s, I thought I was hideous… Looking back, I looked great.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:52 pm
I completely agree. The fact that someone is voluptuous and curvy, doesn’t mean she’s overweight/fat. I wasn’t much of a fan of Hendrick’s Golden Globes dress, but only because it seemed her breasts could pop out any second (rest of the dress was gorgeous and a great choice).
@Diane: I do think people with size 10 or 12 can still be curvy. Curvyness has nothing to do with size, I think.
February 2nd, 2010 at 7:36 pm
@Melinda: I think maybe we have different definitions in mind… I think curvy, I think plus-size. JLo and Scarlett Johannssen (sp?) and Eva Mendes I just see as… perfectly normal, in fact probably really thin in real life. Curvy used to mean something outside of that, now it means thin women who have boobs. Plus I think when places like the Mail say “curvy” they’re using it as a synonym for “overweight”, giving perfectly healthy women the impression they’re fat.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:44 am
Something is really out of whack here. Real obesity is a growing public health problem–you can see it everywhere in the U.S. It’s not as though we don’t know what ‘overweight’ looks like. To refer to Ms. Hendricks as such is beyond ridiculous. I suspect the commenter has issues of his/her own they are projecting onto this beautiful woman.