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[–] LessRealsMoreFeels 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Apparently no matter how many articles you write stating otherwise, an apple is not a banana. If anything the body-positivity movement has made things worse for fatties, with its anti-improvement mantra.

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[–] GutterTrash 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

No fucking shit. When you have articles like this that state esteem is on the decline in the same year/time frame where other articles state that the rates of obesity have gotten so high that now 1 in 4 women are obese you would have to be completely retarded to not see the link.

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[–] Adi-opposed ago 

I think it might have been Milo that said that one of the reasons women in this day and age are so miserable about themselves is that they're basically being TOLD that they're beautiful "no matter what" and that being fat is alright so they just go full ham, wreck their bodies/health and then wonder why when they look in the mirror that they don't see the pristine goddess that their hugbox has been telling them they are.

I've been watching one of my friends slowly get fatter (she works in a chocolate store now, god help her) and her boyfriend, who used to be super rail thin, is now starting to get a gut. My shitlord boyfriend actually noticed the last time she came over for a party and wore a crop-top. Her fuckin gut was hanging out, and everything. She claims to be a size 8, but I'd say she's closer to a 12/14 now.

I bet she is still in the phase of denial where all of the body positive bullshit is floating around her head and her boyfriend is along for the ride, doesn't want to be alone, so tolerates her weight gain because he's getting puss on the reg (gag). I have a lot of my old fat clothes, and I'm going to give her my size 8s (because I'm absolutely sure she won't fit into them since they're from before vanity sizing started getting insane) and just watch her whole world collapse.

I was fat because people in Texas told me I was "skinny" and that I "shouldn't worry about dieting". I was 160 fucking pounds at 5'6". I look back at "sexy" pictures I used to take, and recoil in horror. I haven't even taken any sexy pictures (since I'm not in the dating pool anymore) in about a year but the way I look in the mirror now, as compared to then, is shockingly different. I always knew there was something wrong with the way I looked and felt back then, but I couldn't put my finger on it. The bucket of crabs mentality is fierce and all-consuming (teehee).