Fat
So, I was recently spending my evening in an unusual way: I was playing on the computer while the cable was on in the background. OK, so this is how I spend every night since I had wireless set up in my apartment. Anyway, it was on SHOtime, and I was not paying real attention, when suddenly I hear one of my favorite songs, one that is QUITE obscure, coming fromt the TV. For those of you unfamiliar with the Violent Femmes' "Fat," you are really missing out.
Of course, who is really reading this, other than Jay and Patrick. Nevertheless, Jay, Patrick, if you don't know "Fat," you've got to go download it now. It's one of the best songs ever.
Anyway, the reason I'm bringing this up is because I don't understand why straight men don't find fat women attractive more often. The connection is because the song is on a commercial for Kirstie Alley's new show "Fat Actress." Well, Kirstie is freakin' gorgeous! She looks absolutely beautiful and I love that she's owning her fatness. I've also been watching HBO's Carnivale, which is an amazing show, by the way. (The whole first season is currently on HBO On Demand, and you should check it out if you can.) Point is, one of the main characters is the Cooch dancer Rita Sue, who is a big woman and also beautiful.
So I'm seeing more and more big, beautiful women on TV, and I think it's great. Maybe we're finally moving away from this idea that women should have the body of a 12-year-old boy to be attractive.
posted by Adam @ 10:28 PM
2 Comments:
Hey buddy, you will NEVER hear me complain if a woman is plus sized. I for one enjoy a lady with 'more to give' than a skinny minnie. If a girl is stick thin, I just look at her as someone who doesn't know how to have a good time. If I take someone out to dinner, I want them to eat, not pick at their salad and starve afterwards. If you come with me to dine, by God you had better bring your A Game because I'm not holding back and I don't expect you to either.
I think Kirstie Alley is still pretty, and I would never put someone down because they are fat. For one, it would be an extreame case of pot/kettle/blackness and secondly it's just something I'm not hung up on. If a person is fat, so what? That just means they enjoy food and their couch, probably at the same time. And that's something I can relate to. :-)
Jay is not lying. I can attest to being called a lightweight on many occasions. The thing is, I didn't pick at my food, I have literally eaten until I got that "oh my God, I need to unbutton my jeans, maybe I would feel better if I threw up" level of full, and Jay just looks at me and says "that's it?".
I also think more women are accepting who they are and how they look. How many 30 year old women really want to walk around with a thong pulled up their crack to the point of giving their butt crack rug burn and their pants down around their hips? It's all about comfort and confidence in who you are, not what type of undies you have on.
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