Meh. People are chronically offended. I personally don't find this offensive (yes, I'm fat), and I suspect more than half of the loud internet voices who are virtue signaling don't really find this offensive either. I feel bad for businesses sometimes.
I wouldn't call it fat shaming, but I think it's a bad image for people who are already prone to undereating. You can have a whole plate of food and still wear skinny jeans - you don't have to - and shouldn't - starve yourself.
It doesn't offend me, but it does annoy me. Purely because it's so facile and wrong. The style of jeans you can wear has very little to do with size, and a lot to do with shape.
Anyone trying to serve me off one of those plates would have to endure an hour-long rant about why I can never find jeans to fit, whatever the number my scales show.
It doesn't offend me, but it's also not particularly funny or clever and it doesn't actually make sense - wouldn't you rather wear your "favourite jeans" over your skinny jeans?
They clearly haven't seen my dinners during weight loss phase. Usually involves one large plate and a bowl (I eat a LOT of vegetables - big volume eater).
Rather than fat shaming I find it more problematic that these support the all-or-nothing mindset propped up by the diet/fitness industry that being overly restrictive is the only way to be skinny and therefore only way to be happy.
Unfortunately, it wasn't an attempt to rile up the crowds for the sake of marketing, they really did think they were making a light-hearted joke to hint at a real issue (portion control) without being too serious. They pulled them off the shelves as soon as people started complaining.
i think i would have less issues if it were equally marketed towards men as women, but it wasn't and there is where i have issue with - its potentially exploiting a vulnerabilty that many women have about body image to make a buck (FWIW - i eat about the same amount as mom jeans but def. don't need them)
i think i would have less issues if it were equally marketed towards men as women, but it wasn't and there is where i have issue with - its potentially exploiting a vulnerabilty that many women have about body image to make a buck (FWIW - i eat about the same amount as mom jeans but def. don't need them)
It's part of a collection with the same design. There was another plate in the collection that had something about men in it.
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Anyone trying to serve me off one of those plates would have to endure an hour-long rant about why I can never find jeans to fit, whatever the number my scales show.
Unfortunately, it wasn't an attempt to rile up the crowds for the sake of marketing, they really did think they were making a light-hearted joke to hint at a real issue (portion control) without being too serious. They pulled them off the shelves as soon as people started complaining.
It's part of a collection with the same design. There was another plate in the collection that had something about men in it.