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batskeetsOkay, so, I have to weigh in on the most recent PETA thing. I've already long held the opinion that PETA is run by insensitive, hateful morons, but this whole "Save The Whales" thing? Oh my LORD. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
phrassie pointed to this video from CNN, and god, I thought my eyes would roll so far back into my head they'd come right around front again.
(I have to note this as an aside: I do find it rather ridiculous that the Fat! So? repeatedly refers to "the Fat Community." I get that there's a lot of hate towards fat people, having once been one, but does there really need to be a "Community" for people with larger bodies? Isn't that just painting an even larger target on your own head?)
The hateful attitude towards overweight people is really, really infuriating to me. Fat people are shunned and made fun of, and somehow that remains socially acceptable. It's filled with generalizations like, "fat people are lazy," or, "fat people have no self-control." Overweight people are automatically deemed uglier than skinny people, and people still believe that overweight people can't possibly be healthy or physically fit.
Why does PETA need to shut up? Well, in this instance, because being fat has nothing to do with eating animal products. Yes, animal products contain fat, but dietary fat is not the problem. I've met plenty of people who are vegetarian or vegan, and they do a pretty stellar job of staying fat. There are all kinds of cookies, cakes, and other sugar-laden garbage that is vegan, and those things will still ruin your health!
Meat isn't making us fat. Cheese isn't making us fat. THIS ENTIRE CULTURE is making us fat. Refined and processed food is everywhere, it's cleverly hidden in our so-called "foods" in the name of making money, and it's basically government-sanctioned. (just ask the corn industry) We short ourselves on sleep, we peak and crash constantly on stress, we work ourselves to the bone, and we fill up on drugs we don't need. And then we sit on our asses and put processed junk into our bodies.
AND, we create this constant feeling of inadequacy and fear about our appearances. People put themselves on idiotic diets, take dangerous supplements, and kill themselves in the gym, because they're so terrified of getting fat, or staying fat. And why wouldn't they be? We put such a massive stigma on being fat, and preach the belief that being fat makes you a horrible person, and of COURSE nobody wants to deal with that.
I wish these idiot talking heads would actually learn something about health and nutrition, before talking out their asses about how fat people have no self control.
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And now, because it's SO appropriate, here are some skinny bitches in hot fashion photos! Hahaha. ;p
I loved working with these girls on Sunday; they were both great movers and good people. The girl in the second one even baked us some amaaaaazing gluten-free peanut butter cookies! I had to touch these up super-quick so the designer could send them off to Boston, but I like a LOT of the images from this shoot.
In other news, I can't decide if I want to do swimming or yoga tonight. I already biked to work, and yoga sounds really nice, but so does hitting the water. Of course, now I realize the only thing I have to swim in is a 2-piece, which isn't exactly my #1 choice for lap swimming. :p
Anyhoo, I'm off like a dirty shirt.
phrassie pointed to this video from CNN, and god, I thought my eyes would roll so far back into my head they'd come right around front again.(I have to note this as an aside: I do find it rather ridiculous that the Fat! So? repeatedly refers to "the Fat Community." I get that there's a lot of hate towards fat people, having once been one, but does there really need to be a "Community" for people with larger bodies? Isn't that just painting an even larger target on your own head?)
The hateful attitude towards overweight people is really, really infuriating to me. Fat people are shunned and made fun of, and somehow that remains socially acceptable. It's filled with generalizations like, "fat people are lazy," or, "fat people have no self-control." Overweight people are automatically deemed uglier than skinny people, and people still believe that overweight people can't possibly be healthy or physically fit.
Why does PETA need to shut up? Well, in this instance, because being fat has nothing to do with eating animal products. Yes, animal products contain fat, but dietary fat is not the problem. I've met plenty of people who are vegetarian or vegan, and they do a pretty stellar job of staying fat. There are all kinds of cookies, cakes, and other sugar-laden garbage that is vegan, and those things will still ruin your health!
Meat isn't making us fat. Cheese isn't making us fat. THIS ENTIRE CULTURE is making us fat. Refined and processed food is everywhere, it's cleverly hidden in our so-called "foods" in the name of making money, and it's basically government-sanctioned. (just ask the corn industry) We short ourselves on sleep, we peak and crash constantly on stress, we work ourselves to the bone, and we fill up on drugs we don't need. And then we sit on our asses and put processed junk into our bodies.
AND, we create this constant feeling of inadequacy and fear about our appearances. People put themselves on idiotic diets, take dangerous supplements, and kill themselves in the gym, because they're so terrified of getting fat, or staying fat. And why wouldn't they be? We put such a massive stigma on being fat, and preach the belief that being fat makes you a horrible person, and of COURSE nobody wants to deal with that.
I wish these idiot talking heads would actually learn something about health and nutrition, before talking out their asses about how fat people have no self control.
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And now, because it's SO appropriate, here are some skinny bitches in hot fashion photos! Hahaha. ;p
I loved working with these girls on Sunday; they were both great movers and good people. The girl in the second one even baked us some amaaaaazing gluten-free peanut butter cookies! I had to touch these up super-quick so the designer could send them off to Boston, but I like a LOT of the images from this shoot.
In other news, I can't decide if I want to do swimming or yoga tonight. I already biked to work, and yoga sounds really nice, but so does hitting the water. Of course, now I realize the only thing I have to swim in is a 2-piece, which isn't exactly my #1 choice for lap swimming. :p
Anyhoo, I'm off like a dirty shirt.
