I'm glad you don't tire of it, because I certainly do, even though I agree with you 100%.
And reading the posts in question, as well as comments here, I see that it's not just "fat" that is used to keep American women down, it's also "unhealthy." In fact I think health-judging is starting to become even more of a problem than appearance-judging (although they're related), because so many otherwise perspicacious feminists have swallowed the notion that it's appropriate to judge other people on their health or lack thereof.
And also - "But I'm not being antifeminist. I'm losing weight for ME." Um, I would believe that if more than 1 percent of women ever said "I'm gaining weight for ME." But since they're almost all "losing weight for ME," I have a hard time believing they aren't being influenced by societal weight hysteria.
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Date: 2004-03-03 08:12 am (UTC)And reading the posts in question, as well as comments here, I see that it's not just "fat" that is used to keep American women down, it's also "unhealthy." In fact I think health-judging is starting to become even more of a problem than appearance-judging (although they're related), because so many otherwise perspicacious feminists have swallowed the notion that it's appropriate to judge other people on their health or lack thereof.
And also - "But I'm not being antifeminist. I'm losing weight for ME." Um, I would believe that if more than 1 percent of women ever said "I'm gaining weight for ME." But since they're almost all "losing weight for ME," I have a hard time believing they aren't being influenced by societal weight hysteria.