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hi guys-so this morning i logged into youtube, and found my friend's video. it is in response to susan powter's video "F*** the right to fat girls". apparently, howard stern said some DISGUSTING, HORRID, things about gabby seurey (the actress from "precious") he said "she's as big as a planet." "she will die in three years." "she will never get a role in hollywood again."...
howard stern's a jackass. the whole world knows that. so i wasn't surprised by his sub-human comments. in defense of this talented young lady, a group that advocates for equality and self-acceptance at any size, (the acronym escapes me, but it is in taunia's video.) came out and said in a nutshell heaviness does not equate to sickness. nor does thinness equate to health.
so then SUSAN POWTER comes out with this video and says that this group is wrong. you can't be fat and be happy....ugg it was gross you guys. i realize she probably had the best intentions, but it was said in such a rude way. it came out like she was saying she's better than all the heavy people because she is thin. she said howard stern was right.
sure susan! let's tell this beautiful, talented, happy young woman she's not "ok" so she can go from being heavy to being anorexic!
SHE DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HOW HATEFUL HE WAS!!!!!!!!!!!
i was so angry at her because she was saying that the fat acceptance movement is wrong. i'm not saying it's ok to be 500 pounds, but at some point, you have to let people love themselves. and besides, how do any of them know if gabby is or is not losing weight already?
i'm so sick of the craziness you guys! i mean, when will people shut up? you get crucified if you're thin. (celine dion has been accused of being anorexic before.) and lovely women like gabby and mandisa get crucified for being overweight.
throughout all this, almost NO ONE is talking about the fact that this talented woman was MOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S CELEBRATE THAT AND STOP LOOKING AT WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER SHALL WE?-fallon
hi guys-so this morning i logged into youtube, and found my friend's video. it is in response to susan powter's video "F*** the right to fat girls". apparently, howard stern said some DISGUSTING, HORRID, things about gabby seurey (the actress from "precious") he said "she's as big as a planet." "she will die in three years." "she will never get a role in hollywood again."...
howard stern's a jackass. the whole world knows that. so i wasn't surprised by his sub-human comments. in defense of this talented young lady, a group that advocates for equality and self-acceptance at any size, (the acronym escapes me, but it is in taunia's video.) came out and said in a nutshell heaviness does not equate to sickness. nor does thinness equate to health.
so then SUSAN POWTER comes out with this video and says that this group is wrong. you can't be fat and be happy....ugg it was gross you guys. i realize she probably had the best intentions, but it was said in such a rude way. it came out like she was saying she's better than all the heavy people because she is thin. she said howard stern was right.
sure susan! let's tell this beautiful, talented, happy young woman she's not "ok" so she can go from being heavy to being anorexic!
SHE DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE HOW HATEFUL HE WAS!!!!!!!!!!!
i was so angry at her because she was saying that the fat acceptance movement is wrong. i'm not saying it's ok to be 500 pounds, but at some point, you have to let people love themselves. and besides, how do any of them know if gabby is or is not losing weight already?
i'm so sick of the craziness you guys! i mean, when will people shut up? you get crucified if you're thin. (celine dion has been accused of being anorexic before.) and lovely women like gabby and mandisa get crucified for being overweight.
throughout all this, almost NO ONE is talking about the fact that this talented woman was MOMINATED FOR AN OSCAR!!!!!!!!!!
LET'S CELEBRATE THAT AND STOP LOOKING AT WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER SHALL WE?-fallon
Obviously there's a point where other people need to intervene in how you're treating your body (weight wise), and that point is an eating disorder. Besides that everybody stfukthxkbai.
If you really listen to Howard stern, he is not an ass. hes actually a good guy. Ive been a fan for over 15 years.
I was obese. I dont believe you can be obese and truly happy. sorry. Its like saying an anorexic can be under 100 pounds and never eat and be truly happy... or a drunk being happy... food is an addiction. Are any of us not in recovery truly happy? no we all struggle.
now i know im very black and white, there are greys areas out there.
yes she is talented... very talented.. whether she gets future work will remain to be seen. but we all know the media, hollywood...etc...
Media is media and Hollywood will always be Hollywood and they are shallow and judgemental. If a 120lbs girl gets told she has to lose weight, a 300 something lbs girl will as well. I DON'T wish this illness on anyone else cuz it has ruined me and left me in a place I wouldn't want my worse enemy to bein, BUT I made the choice to throw up, not anyone else no matter how much I was bullied. Media, bullies, family, "friends" are not to blame for MY choces. And no one should be at blame for the choices she made. She would not have been in this movie if she was at a normal weight so I really do not know what the hype is all about.
OK I'm rambling now, but we are all in charge of our mind ad bodies, even though ED is VERY strong and the longer we are sick the stronger ED gets. I hope for her own health she could get down to weight wheer she will no longer be in the riskzone for increased chances of weight related illnesses.
Ok, I'm done, sorry if I offended anyone
And I'm not saying that to down the original post. It's just I've been a fan for years also, and I personally never really found offense in what he speaks about, because half is said in mock-truth, and some is said just to appeal to some peoples humor...
anyone who is as overweight as the woman who plays "Precious" isn't happy. How can they be? It's not that they're "ugly" ...it's that food was such an addiction that she became that huge...I bet she's happy she got an award, but I doubt she's a happy person about herself...She's unhealthy. Just like anyone who is skin and bones with no weight, anorexic or bulimic is probably not very happy either. It's all about balance. And they just spoke on it quite harshly, maybe but it's mostly true...
sorry if I offended anyone...
How much did it hurt her that someone made those comments in the first place? What if the magazines got a pic of you when you were either way, too thin or too fat, and tore you up so the whole world could see? NOT COOL. I dont like how others can get off by taring anyone down. It dose not solve anything but create hate and encourage societies "ideal image" of what a women should look like
I agree with Giselle's first post. It's a personal choice to love or hate your body. Who the hell cares about weight? Okay, those with EDs do, but my point is that we shouldn't base our love/hate on weight.
trust me, i was obese.. and i was "fine" and "happy" with my weight... again it has NOTHING to do with the weight.. like you all said. its about eating and eating and drowning ones feelings in food... if ppl were truly happy they wouldnt do that... food make them feel good, and they cant stop eating or make healthy choices..
please understand, Im one of them !
you can't tell just by LOOKING if someone is sick. this includes food addiction. food addiction has to do not only with weight, but also with the person's BEHAVIOR regarding food. what are we going to do? have a camera follow her 24/7 and document every bite that she eats? maybe you are right. maybe she has a food addiction. maybe she has binge eating disorder, or some other ED. but we don't KNOW that. and how would you feel if tiu weight and ED history was suddenly big news? it could very well be that she comes from a family of heavy people. it could be that thete are other factors contributing to her weight. my mom has thyroid problems that make it harder for her to lose weight.
have you ever seen an interview with her? she always laughs and seems to be a very bubbley, happy person. more than anything, it's about your general ATTITUDE. if you have a generally good attitude, then you can be happy at any size. you can also have a good attitude, and be unhappy about one thing. (in my case, my ED). being unhappy about that ONE thing does not mean i am not a happy or optomistic person. it just means i don't like having an ED.
fallon