Is there no pleasing anyone anymore?

melham
melham Posts: 233 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/gwen-stefani-s-comments-about-her--chunky--body-make-us-sad-200122143.html

Nutshell: Gwen Stefani tweets a pic of herself and refers to herself as "chunky". People proceed to get all butthurt.

Are we entering an age where we can't even call OURSELVES chubby or heavy or plump or whatever without it offending others? Really?

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  • tyrsnbdr
    tyrsnbdr Posts: 234 Member
    your awesome is some one else's pathetic.
  • waltcote
    waltcote Posts: 372 Member
    people worry too much about what so called celebrities do. Just because they are entertainment talent doesn't make them worldly wise or role models. :huh:
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
    No, she was referring to a photo of herself from 1983. She was probably 20 lbs heavier then than she is now.

    http://www.uproxx.com/music/2014/02/check-picture-chunky-gwen-stefani-getting-stings-autograph-1983/
  • AnnaMarieDinVa
    AnnaMarieDinVa Posts: 162 Member
    http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/gwen-stefani-s-comments-about-her--chunky--body-make-us-sad-200122143.html

    Nutshell: Gwen Stefani tweets a pic of herself and refers to herself as "chunky". People proceed to get all butthurt.

    Are we entering an age where we can't even call OURSELVES chubby or heavy or plump or whatever without it offending others? Really?

    I totally agree with you.
  • SexKittenlovesitrough
    SexKittenlovesitrough Posts: 486
    http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/gwen-stefani-s-comments-about-her--chunky--body-make-us-sad-200122143.html

    Nutshell: Gwen Stefani tweets a pic of herself and refers to herself as "chunky". People proceed to get all butthurt.

    Are we entering an age where we can't even call OURSELVES chubby or heavy or plump or whatever without it offending others? Really?

    what bothers me about it is the word association

    those that are getting butthurt...obviously have issues with the word chunky and how it makes them feel...

    so they got all butthurt...

    i don't know that Gwen feels all that upset about calling herself chunky.....it's how she sees herself and maybe it doesn't hurt her own feelings to say that...

    so why get butthurt on her behalf...

    she was posting her reality, and I highly doubt it was going to send her running for the razor blades or stick a finger up her throat...
  • mboromom
    mboromom Posts: 85 Member
    A hit dog will always holler! If the word chunky makes you feel some type of way, stop crying and do something about it geesh! People pluck my nerves sometimes...smh.
  • maybeazure
    maybeazure Posts: 301 Member
    She looks a little "chunky" to me too, especially compared to current photographs. Still cute though. I get the point about people not putting themselves down, but at the same time it doesn't do anyone any good to say she "clearly wasn't overweight," when she probably was. She doesn't appear to be now though, so good for her.
  • Kurrsteee
    Kurrsteee Posts: 72 Member
    I don't get this. They're just the same as us, they have hang ups, so why aren't they allowed to talk about it? To me, it shows that they're a real person, just the same as us, and that having hang ups is going to happen, even if the rest of the world thinks you're beautiful.
  • sudmom
    sudmom Posts: 202 Member
    Agreed! I get tired of being "Politicaly correct!"
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    Another version of "fat shaming". It's stupid. She can call herself whatever she wants.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Ridiculous!
  • DamianaKitten
    DamianaKitten Posts: 479 Member
    http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/gwen-stefani-s-comments-about-her--chunky--body-make-us-sad-200122143.html

    Nutshell: Gwen Stefani tweets a pic of herself and refers to herself as "chunky". People proceed to get all butthurt.

    Are we entering an age where we can't even call OURSELVES chubby or heavy or plump or whatever without it offending others? Really?

    Yup.

    I -am- fat. The scale, my measurements, my pants size, my health... I'm fat. I don't actually care and my weightloss desires don't stem from being unhappy with my body. However, whenever I mention my fats to people, I always get the "you're not fat!" or "you're so beautiful!" The fist is a lie, the second is not. However, I'm not even allowed to make an honest statement about my size without someone having to give me a compliment or tell me that it's not true. <_< It's maddening.

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