MetaChat - Lets talk about fat chicks. http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:40:39 +0000 c605622@http://metachat.org I can't run listening to Jann Arden. I can't run listening to Jann Arden.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605622 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:08:51 +0000 c605623@http://metachat.org The always-interesting Gin and Tacos blog has a great post about this video. Gin and Tacos blog has a great post about this video.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605623 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:46:14 +0000 c605638@http://metachat.org thanks for that Gin and Tacos post, BP, it is useful and something to think on. I hope people don't dismiss it as being white-privileged apologia or dismissive of the problem. It IS a problem, a huge problem, and one I grew up with as a kid in a very backwards region of the country. It takes having these sorts of open, uncomfortable admissions in order to help further understanding of where so much of the ongoing, pervasive discrimination that continues to this day is coming from. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605638 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:21:11 +0000 c605645@http://metachat.org I love Jann Arden; read her autobio if you get a chance. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605645 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:44:37 +0000 c605654@http://metachat.org Oh for crying out loud, why does an anchorwoman owe it to the community to be at a certain weight and to "set an example"? http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605654 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:29:18 +0000 c605661@http://metachat.org FYI, that anchorwoman is the sister of Ron Livingston of Office Space (and also from Cedar Rapids like my husband). http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605661 In response to: Lets talk about fat chicks. Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:14:31 +0000 c605703@http://metachat.org yeah Orange Swan I didn't quite listen with full attention when I saw it but I think she kinda sitestepped the question a bit she should have dismantled that idea too http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/10/03/lets_talk_about_fat_chicks#c605703