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hereprophetsliei am posting this from my mobile so bear with me. i miss having the radio as a medium to speak out about things but i'm in hospital and all i have that works are my fucking thumbs. i know some of you listeners out there read me on here though, so it'll work.
i cant get specific, but a friend of mine came to me today and told me she had been told if she didn't lose weight, she could lose an opportunity to do something she really loves. my friend is in shape and beautiful and not a bit overweight, but that isn't even the point. the point is that no one who isn't a doctor or a nutritionist should be telling anyone what to do regarding their weight. and to blackmail people by threatening to take away something important to them is beyond disgusting.
our culture of 'thinner thinner thinner' disgusts me. the idea that all people in the public eye have to look like mannequins is ridiculous. do you know what's beautiful? a person just being themselves. a woman who eats instead of picking at a salad or apologising for eating a bite of some kind of dessert confection. everyone should try to exercise and eat well at least some of the time simply because it's best for your health, but no one has the right to tell someone else what they should or shouldn't look like. human beings aren't play-doh. we aren't supposed to be moulded into whatever shape some manager or marketing advertiser or parent or lover or friend decides we should be. weight should only be a matter of health and not aesthetics. and it's just as possible to be underweight as it is to be overweight. if my dear friend did what these people are telling her to do, that is what would happen to her. she would be underweight and it wouldn't be healthy. im so angry it's probably a good thing i am bed-ridden...
but you're not. those of you out there who read this, ring up my comrade at the radio. his name is kevin and he'll be thrilled. speak out. and dont stand idly by when you hear someone being judged on the basis of their weight. its not okay. it's disgusting.
i cant get specific, but a friend of mine came to me today and told me she had been told if she didn't lose weight, she could lose an opportunity to do something she really loves. my friend is in shape and beautiful and not a bit overweight, but that isn't even the point. the point is that no one who isn't a doctor or a nutritionist should be telling anyone what to do regarding their weight. and to blackmail people by threatening to take away something important to them is beyond disgusting.
our culture of 'thinner thinner thinner' disgusts me. the idea that all people in the public eye have to look like mannequins is ridiculous. do you know what's beautiful? a person just being themselves. a woman who eats instead of picking at a salad or apologising for eating a bite of some kind of dessert confection. everyone should try to exercise and eat well at least some of the time simply because it's best for your health, but no one has the right to tell someone else what they should or shouldn't look like. human beings aren't play-doh. we aren't supposed to be moulded into whatever shape some manager or marketing advertiser or parent or lover or friend decides we should be. weight should only be a matter of health and not aesthetics. and it's just as possible to be underweight as it is to be overweight. if my dear friend did what these people are telling her to do, that is what would happen to her. she would be underweight and it wouldn't be healthy. im so angry it's probably a good thing i am bed-ridden...
but you're not. those of you out there who read this, ring up my comrade at the radio. his name is kevin and he'll be thrilled. speak out. and dont stand idly by when you hear someone being judged on the basis of their weight. its not okay. it's disgusting.
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:13 am (UTC)Fuck.
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:14 am (UTC)Screened
Date: 2010-05-09 06:15 am (UTC)....this is about Serenity, right?
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:17 am (UTC)I can't believe they would do that to her. Hell, Spectre and I look like we do because we spent most of our lives eating unhealthily. Not...out of choice, but still. And Deirdre is Deirdre... Timothy and Serenity are the only healthy-looking ones out of all of us, and of course they didn't pick on Timothy.
It is disgusting.
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:18 am (UTC)Screened
Date: 2010-05-09 06:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:21 am (UTC)I can contact my friend Victor Rosenberg who writes a column for the London Times. I'm sure he'd love to write an article condemning this kind of thing.
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:23 am (UTC)where have you been, peter?
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:25 am (UTC)Recovering, mostly. And spoiling my children. Would you like me to stop by?
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:25 am (UTC)only if you want to.
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:34 am (UTC)Is stopping by in a half an hour okay?
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Date: 2010-05-09 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 06:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-05-09 07:20 am (UTC)I've just called up Kev, and he'd just read this and was all "yeah we've been placing bets about how long it's going to take you to call us" and we formulated a plan. On the show tonight about the time I used to be on, we can call in, both of us on separate phones, and talk to him on air. Then you can rant all you like. And so can I. It can be a big angry awesome discussion forum, like the good old days.
Kevin said "I'm not going to get a word in sideways am I?"
It's good he knows how it is.
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Date: 2010-05-09 07:45 am (UTC)...daria... thank you. getting to do this with you...just thank you. i hope, together, we give voice to a lot of people out there.
he's a good sport, that kevin!
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Date: 2010-05-09 09:08 am (UTC)I'm gonna give the girls their bath then come and see you once they're down for the night, we can go over stuff.
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Date: 2010-05-09 09:15 am (UTC)and i can kiss you?
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