Comments on: Cheeseburger Rule #11: Fat is not a dirty word

By: batates777

batates777 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:46:18 +0000

so nice one !

By: Taydizzle

Taydizzle — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:18:44 +0000

nice post.

By: AnnieMcPhee

AnnieMcPhee — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:16:16 +0000

For what it’s worth, there is a whole civil rights movement going on against fat discrimination (and it has been for about 30 years.) People who are fighting it do not want to be called “overweight” (over WHAT weight? over WHOSE weight?) or even worse, “obese.” That’s a medicalized term that dehumanizes fat people. They call themselves fat acceptance, or fat rights, or fat liberation – not obesity acceptance, or obesity rights, or obesity liberation. Much the same way gay people prefer to be called “gay” or “lesbian” instead of the medicalized “homosexual,” or little people want to be called little people instead of dwarves or midgets.

Er – I’m fat

By: tiffabee

tiffabee — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:13:19 +0000

I was unaware that the GLBT community had done that. But yes, it’s kind of like that. That’s really what our Cheeseburger Rules and our Cheeseburger Definitions of the week are all about, re-defining the status quo and making it something different. Hope to see you again.

-Tiffabee

By: Asad

Asad — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:20:37 +0000

Isn’t what you’re suggesting the same thing the GLBT community did with the word gay? They took a word that used to be an insult, took ownership of it and redefined it.

By: Milfilicious78

Milfilicious78 — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:21 +0000

Wow! That was great and I do agree to an extent. Some fat is good, too much, for me, personally is not a road I want to go back down, again.

Very well written and thought out, tho..

By: t-sizzle

t-sizzle — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:02:08 +0000

I was just studying about fat cells today bottom line we need them. Now what to say when someone tells you it looks like you have gained weight?!

By: poolgrl

poolgrl — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:58:50 +0000

Great post!