Did anyone read the Marie Claire obesity article?

Rebekah1021

I will admit, I didn't read it, but I watched some of the backlash this morning on the Today show.

I need to read the article. I like the Mike & Molly show. 

shouldbworkin

Here's the article: https://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/dating-blog/overweight-couples-on-television

 I take issue with someone who is "grossed out" by watching anyone make out.  if it bothers you, turn off the TV.  And, grow up a little.

I haven't watch the show so I have no idea if it does what she says it does.  But the idea of a show about a couple that met at over-eaters anonymous doesn't really strike me as glorifying obesity.  And, don't we all have a little something about ourselves that isn't perfect, that we're working on and that we can maybe laugh at in the meantime?

Jermysgirl

I read it.  It was really nasty and mean-spirited and I don't believe her "apology" for a second.

I can just imagine some girl reading that crap and thinking "Fat people are gross...I don't want to be gross....maybe I'll skip dinner tonight."

Rebekah1021

Thanks for posting the article. That was disgusting and she totally misspelled heroin.

Very nasty. I'd like to shove a doughnut down her throat. 

jessicaclare

What I don't get is how she didn't anticipate that backlash. Fat people read fashion magazines too, and it only takes one blogger to be pissed off for that crap to spread like wildfire. How did she not know this would be hurtful and create a sh!tstorm?

SMHWife

For someone who claims not to be a "size-ist", her article was full of her opinions on plus-sized people. 

I loved the comment someone made about how she hopes that the friends she refered to as "plump" aren't her friends anymore. 

That was a rough article to read.  I've seen the show (Mike and Molly).  It's pretty entertaining... and I'm saying that just from the fact that I laugh at the relationship Molly has with her sister and her mom... it's pretty funny to watch their back and forth conversations!!!

EMT

First off, I think her writing sucks. It sounded like a post I would read on here.Secondly, LOVownow because she has a couple of chunky friends, what she said is okay. She was super insenstive...I do agree that society sometimes promotes the idea that we should all be okay with whatever size we are. It is a fact that being obese is unhealthy.

OnlySeeBeauty

DaiLyght

I'm sorry I just read that article. It was horrendous and mean.

summerbrideDC

The "article" is so poorly written it's amazing to me that any reasonably reputable publication would have even used it in their magazine in the first place.  

A great counterpoint argument is on Jennifer Lancaster's Blog: 

https://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/2010/10/ive-got-your-counterpoint-right-here-marie-claire.html

sorry, don't know how to make it clicky.  Her post pretty much sums up how I feel about the Marie Claire article, so I won't bother ranting about it here; that would be redundant and less well-written than Lancaster's response.  

Rebekah1021

summerbrideDC:

The "article" is so poorly written it's amazing to me that any reasonably reputable publication would have even used it in their magazine in the first place.  

A great counterpoint argument is on Jennifer Lancaster's Blog: 

https://www.jennsylvania.com/jennsylvania/2010/10/ive-got-your-counterpoint-right-here-marie-claire.html

sorry, don't know how to make it clicky.  Her post pretty much sums up how I feel about the Marie Claire article, so I won't bother ranting about it here; that would be redundant and less well-written than Lancaster's response.  

I agree. I Jen Lancaster 

JOEBunny

That isn't journalism, that is the rantings of an ignorant child who knows nothing about her subject.  I kind of wonder whose spoiled kid she is that she a) was employed in the first place b) still has a job. 

veloelle

I read it, and she sounds like a totally out of touch snotty b1tch. I love Marie Claire, and they should be ashamed.