1. http://healthland.time.com/2011/03/31/girl-you-are-so-not-fat-does-fat-talk-make-anyone-feel-better/
2. http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2010/11/09/separate-but-equal-the-politics-of-plus-size/
3. http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f15/fat-chicks-stunning-new-revelation-425652/ (this was a tough one- i couldn't decide whether it was the study itself or the ignorant comments that frustrated me more)
4. Yay Scale
there's probably more, but that's more than enough. :) hope everyone has a great weekend!
Just to add one more--apparently the need to slim down is rampant even in the "classic" toy category. Mr Potato Head, for example:
ReplyDeletehttp://healthland.time.com/2011/02/24/mr-potato-head-gets-off-the-couch-meet-hasbros-skinnier-spud/
i tried to attach images, but evidently i'm not that savvy. i have them, though, and i'd love to know what you all think!
ReplyDeletei thought of the "separate but equal" article when a friend and i stopped by forever 21. not only are the (obligatory two racks of) "21+" clothes frumpy and hideous- the MANNEQUINS were ridiculous. the one in the plus size section stands alone. she has a small waist (so even though she's "plus-sized," she's still normative) perched atop skinny legs, but her shoulders are hunched forward in an awkward, almost defensive, "mannish" kind of way (i say that knowing it's problematic).
the "regular" models, though, were huddled in some kind of weird cluster- there's three of them, as if their thinness permits them to be social. and although i'm not quite sure how to interpret their weird poses or what that means- they're not alone, and they don't look as disgruntled as that mannequin seemed to.
i knew that mannequins can- perhaps are intended to- evoke feelings about clothing, but i hadn't anticipated you could make a mannequin convey the shame of being large. wow.