What If Celebs Were Actually Full-Figured? (PICS)

While you may view this word as just a technical, clinical word, it's perceived as quite offensive by many. Perhaps you are ignorant to this fact, or if you're not currently "obese" it's difficult to understand just how awful that word actually is. Please allow me to enlighten you with a quote from a friend:

PandaPudges: "There is not a single word in the world, when relating to body image, that pisses me off more than 'obese'. Obese, to me, is being "so big you cannot move without some form of motorized transport." So big you can barely stand anymore and even then it's a nasty, nasty word. I do not see yours or my own body type in my head when I hear that horrible word. We are curvy, we are luscious, we are voluptuous... we sure as *&@( aren't obese.... Excuse my swears O.o"

Perhaps a bit of sensitivity is on order when flinging around such phrases, especially if you yourself are not overweight or obese. I would compare it to calling a black person "colored". Is this technically a true statement? Yes, a black person has more pigmentation and therefore, possesses more color than a lighter skinned person. Is it still completely offensive and inappropriate? Certainly.

I'll see your hypersensitivity over a clinical term that is only deemed negative if *you* choose to perceive it that way, and I'll raise you a dose of "quit finding ways to be offended by everything."

I was morbidly obese. Not just obese, but deathly so. When my doctor very plainly looked me in the eye and threw the term "morbidly obese" at me, I didn't gasp in offense, nor did I sob in the corner over being called something "nasty" and "horrible."

I was not curvy. I was not voluptuous. I was fat. Morbidly obese. And I had ZERO issue conceding that fact. It's a word. A clinical term. Does a diabetic throw a fit when you call them a diabetic? Does a person with anemia flip out when you call them anemic? No. So why on Earth do obese people throw a fit when they're called obese? Would you rather be called fat? Would you rather be called a sack of lard? I mean honestly, stop nitpicking and finding ways to be offended. If you're so utterly offended by the word "obese," perhaps you should look inward and figure out why a clinical term with no prejudice would offend you so much.

And for the love of God, obese =/= curvy or voluptuous. Let's stop trying to hide behind flowery descriptions in an effort to cover up the truth. Good lord.


Oh, and did you REALLY just make the leap of declaring that calling someone obese is akin to calling a black person "colored?" Again, obese is a clinical term with no negative connotations attached. Colored is a term that minorities were called during a time of segregation, oppression, and prejudice. Get over yourself.

I've stumbled upon this whole sub-genre of art called "Weight Gain Morphs" where people photoshop celebrities and morph them to become larger or full figured (and sometimes just fat).

PandaPudges: "There is not a single word in the world, when relating to body image, that pisses me off more than 'obese'. Obese, o me, is being "so big you cannot move without some form of motorized transport." So big you can barely stand anymore and even then it's a nasty, nasty word. I do not see yours or my own body type in my head when I hear that horrible word. We are curvy, we are luscious, we are voluptuous... we sure as *&@( aren't obese.... Excuse my swears O.o"

... And with this, I bow out...

Good timing, OP. :laugh:

You know what's funny? They use the term "obese" because "fat" is considered too cruel. Even though it's the most accurate description. An overabundance of fat on the body. But they decided to use obese to soften the blow.

How about we switch the word obese for round? That's what my 6y.o. says after my "round" aunt and "round" mother lectured her about how it's not nice to tell people they're fat :huh:

Last year I gained back weight - not much but enough - spawn says to me: "mom, you're looking less straight and more round"

Would round be more acceptable?

There are a lot of trolls on MFP. A good thing to do is to make a topic to bait them, and have it all go to crap, the mods will come in and clean it up and get rid of the trolls. Eventually if done enough, the trolls will be striked out and MFP would be a proactive place, how it should be.