Originally Posted by thirtiesgirl

Beth definitely stands by her beliefs, which is something I admire. She's one of the few fat women in popular media who I seriously doubt we'll ever see taking money from Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers to lose weight and claim she hated herself when she was fatter. I find your comment about her face interesting since so many fat women are often told "you have such a pretty face," as if that's the only thing one can find attractive about a fat woman. A fat woman can be attractive, imo, whether she has a "pretty face" or not. Personally, I think Beth's face is just fine.



Here's the thing, though: you can no more judge a person's health based on their body size than you can judge the size of a person's bank account based on the clothes on their back. When you make such an assumption about someone's health based on body size, it dehumanizes them because it takes their voice out of the equation. Rather than allowing them their own autonomy to speak about their health - or not, as they see fit - you take that autonomy away when you make an assumption simply based on body size. It's sizeist and continues to support the dominant social paradigm that health = a body shape that the popular media and general public find sexually attractive/socially acceptable.