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FAT or PHAT?

March 11, 2010
By abbey92 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
abbey92 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
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she smiles like she&#039;s so tough<br /> she&#039;s just someones daughter waiting for some one to love her<br /> <br /> never leave the one you love for the one you like because the one you like will leave you for the one they love


When did the the size 16 become XL? Going to the Good-Will the other day and looking at jeans I saw a tag that read XL and the size was 16. can you believe that? When did we get so abscessed with being skinny. 17 and cosmo tell us that size 0-5 is healthy and hot. Is it really? If you are a size 2 with a bra size of 23 A are you really hot? Everyone is anorexic and belimic these days and so unhealthy. I'm not saying that being 250 lb is good ether (even though I'm 189) but at least be healthy. And I do not think that when you go into a store and realize that a size 11 is large is right. What about all the girls that have hips? Thighs?butts? Are they all fat and ugly? That's what TV. Is showing us you can't be happy unless you r a size 3,and you can see there ribs. So much pressure is on us to be what is in and hot. I love Queen Latifah. She empowers girls like me and the rest of us who were size 14 and up, well I think that anyways. She is proud to be big and bold.


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this is going to get poor rating and its ok but some time's i get so mad about this stuff and what we are susposed to be.

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on May. 2 2010 at 8:47 am
magic-esi PLATINUM, Hyde Park, New York
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&quot;The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.&quot; <br /> &quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.&quot;

Even though it's short, and the grammar and spelling needs improvement, I love what you're saying and the words that you choose to say it make a statement. 

Sarbear GOLD said...
on Mar. 31 2010 at 7:30 pm
Sarbear GOLD, Milan, Ohio
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--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you&#039;re a mile away from them and you have their shoes.<br /> --When life gives you lemons, squirt them in people&#039;s eyes.

i agree with everything you wrote. there is so much pressure on girls to be perfect by the media because everyone starves themselves these days. i'm only 95 lbs, but i still always think that i'm not skinny enough. just recently i realized that the way i am is fine because i'm actually a healthy weight for my height.

abbey92 GOLD said...
on Mar. 27 2010 at 1:17 pm
abbey92 GOLD, Fremont, Nebraska
10 articles 0 photos 35 comments

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she smiles like she&#039;s so tough<br /> she&#039;s just someones daughter waiting for some one to love her<br /> <br /> never leave the one you love for the one you like because the one you like will leave you for the one they love

arctic, i get what you are saying and you have every right to think that as i do. and i respect that. and when you said that some people can't gain wait i know thats true b/c my bff is like that. but i appreciate your feed back

Arctic said...
on Mar. 22 2010 at 2:17 pm
Arctic, Klawock, Alaska
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A ship in a harbor is safe, but that&#039;s not why ships are built.

While I appreciate your aim and purpose, I have to disagree with you on several points. While it may be unhealthy to be underweight, it can be even unhealthier to be overweight. As the sizes – most women and young adult women are not a size sixteen. Therefore, it will be considered large or extra-large. It may not be fair, but it's not calling anyone “extra-fat”. It's simply a number, a size. While it may seem that everyone is bulimic or anorexic, that's simply misleading. America is the most overweight country in the world, and Mississippi alone is 33.3% obese – not just overweight, but obese.
Some girls are naturally sizes 0-5, and it wasn't their choice. Some actually go to the gym and exercise, taking care of themselves. As for “hot” or “ sexy ” – that's a whole other topic. Attractiveness is determined by several thing, not just weight alone. Again, I understand the point you were trying to make, but I must say it wasn't accurate. That's just my opinion.