tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post7018468054712190753..comments2009-04-14T10:42:08.261-07:00Comments on The Zaftig Thespian: Lovable Fatties on TV?!The Zaftig Thespianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04764018195159706828noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-6462675975992092622009-04-06T09:58:00.000-07:002009-04-06T09:58:00.000-07:00Only sizes 12-18, eh? Must be the "acceptable fat...Only sizes 12-18, eh? Must be the "acceptable fat rate" going around lately. Incidentally, when did a size 12 become fat/curvy? Yet another stupid "reality" show. <BR/><BR/>NEXT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-66725918429414709712009-04-01T08:43:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:43:00.000-07:00Joy makes some GREAT points! It's like setting up ...Joy makes some GREAT points! It's like setting up the old cardboard box-stick-and-string thing and hiding behind a bush... how could getting ~20 fat women together--on FOX--possibly be a harmless venture?The Zaftig Thespianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764018195159706828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-18754282702650741382009-04-01T06:48:00.000-07:002009-04-01T06:48:00.000-07:00I think Joy Nash's "Fat Rant" about Reality TV, da...I think Joy Nash's "Fat Rant" about Reality TV, dating shows, and fat women is spot on:<BR/>http://fatrantblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/overweight-date/<BR/><BR/>I'd say it more simply and suggest that, in a misogynous, fatphobic world, there's no *way* this isn't going to be an offensive disaster.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369331047670234886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-6365725762284809182009-03-31T21:27:00.000-07:002009-03-31T21:27:00.000-07:00http://www.doronofircasting.com/The show right bel...http://www.doronofircasting.com/<BR/><BR/>The show right below is the only reason I don't think I can trust this...https://www.blogger.com/profile/17615498182218645251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-84591690214032387542009-03-31T19:28:00.000-07:002009-03-31T19:28:00.000-07:00But here's the thing - they say size 12-18, which ...But here's the thing - they say size 12-18, which elicits the response that they don't want very big women.<BR/><BR/>There are plenty of "real" women who are BOTH bigger AND smaller than their defined size range. By Hollywood standards, at a size 10 I'd be "too fat" to be on a show like The Bachelor, but...oops...I'm too SMALL to be on this show.<BR/><BR/>If I'm neither real nor fake, what the hell am I?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-81157104306090893902009-03-31T19:07:00.000-07:002009-03-31T19:07:00.000-07:00sigh...there goes my chance to become the envy of ...sigh...there goes my chance to become the envy of all others and attain the love of a lifetime...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839998377843909696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-48489472860552154652009-03-31T17:33:00.001-07:002009-03-31T17:33:00.001-07:00I think it's awesome!I think it's awesome!MigiziNse-ikwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10096526211377597403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5411696725068526041.post-19310577139511416832009-03-31T17:33:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:33:00.000-07:00Well, that confirms how big they want...which isn'...Well, that confirms how big they want...which isn't very :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com