for all the fat shamers out there...

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  • wrentrotter
    wrentrotter Posts: 36
    Snap, it also might be a bit stolen. Looks like someone has paraphrased this :http://flintland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html
    and just made it a bit more offensive.

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    I've never read something that was offensive in its attempt to be positive and uplifting. I get where it's coming from but at the same time, I can't stop shaking my head at it.
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  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    I'm really not sure how I feel about this.

    Wouldn't a "Guy out running and struggling............hey, you got this" be better than all that stuff in the middle that just sounds like shaming disguised as a compliment?

    I don't really think in terms like this when I see other people working out. I get more fleeting thoughts of "I love seeing other people work out" but not all the schlepping and trudging business.

    But if it makes others feel good, then, um, yay, I guess.

    I think it is okay. The statement doesn't make sense unless you acknowledge the struggle and the stereotype. And, really, the sentiment is not intended to buoy up someone who runs and is heavy, it is to remind the rest of us being judgmental is wrong and stupid.
  • selina884
    selina884 Posts: 826 Member
    There is a really large man at the gym who works out religiously, every morning as the gym opens, he is the clutching onto that treadmill.

    He can easily outrun me (seriously) and I smile to myself every time I see him. I have this urge to go up to him, pat him on the back and tell him what a motivation he is but I think it might come across creepy and patronizing.

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