Comments on: Congrats, Rachel and Mo!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 16 May 2009 02:21:28 +0000

don’t drink things with calories?

so…
only water and green tea?
….

soy milk? i have to give up my soy milk?

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Fat virus? « A Day in the (Fat) Life — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:46:43 +0000

[...] that I eat things on occasion that are ”bad” for me, such as candy and cookies and white things like milk and cauliflower and (watch the video if you’ve not already seen it)… And yet, do we care [...]

By: kell1976

kell1976 — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:00:28 +0000

You both looked so fantastic up there on the screen – absolutely glowing! You guys make me feel a whole lot better about being the size I am (well, was – I’m currently heavily pregnant, so I’m a different shape and size right now than I usually am!). After battling with my weight almost my entire adult life, I was worrying about post-baby poundage, but now I’m just thinking about overall health instead. :)

By: Reverence Lily

Reverence Lily — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:55:01 +0000

“Rachel’s results were incredible!”

Uh, dudes? She was SUFFERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER!

Oh my GOD.

This is just mind-blowing how stupid Meme Roth is. BLEEEP. BLEEEEEEEEP. BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP.

Rachel, you were amazing, and so beautiful and strong and SMART and ELOQUENT.

“So again, you want ACCEPTANCE?”

No shit asshole, YOU try being called names and made the butt of jokes and hating yourself every fucking day of your life!

By: spacedcowgirl

spacedcowgirl — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:09:23 +0000

“What really kills me is why on earth would she assume that all brides are stick thin? What kind of circles does she travel in anyway?”

I know, she is so delusional. Though Lesley’s comment about how many brides starve themselves before their weddings (the lame-ass bridal shop lady that took my measurements claimed she didn’t want to tell me what they were because she didn’t want me to freak out and start dieting, basically, and told me I should remember that my fiance loved me the way I was. I KNOW, you bitch) makes the “challenge” even crueler.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:25:47 +0000

Sandra, Rachel identifies as fat, is "obese" according to the BMI (and is therefore part of the scare statistics), and is generally considered fat. See this post for more on why "you're not fat" is something we try to avoid here, no matter how well it's meant.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:41:47 +0000

When I saw Rachel’s pre-recorded piece, my first thought was: “she’s considered FAT?” Dude, seriously not fat — seriously normal looking. Why were they getting into such a brou-ha-ha about two normal women? WTF?

By: Peg

Peg — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:03:00 +0000

This is the first time I’ve seen MeMe Roth and I thought that she seemed totally overwhelmed by Rachel and Mo. I wonder how often she is in situations where she is challenged face-to-face. I don’t think she can handle it.

Seeing these clips gave me hope that maybe fat acceptance actually could become mainstream someday. Thanks, Rachel and Mo for being so articulate and confident and brave!

By: AnnieeMcPhee

AnnieeMcPhee — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:36:54 +0000

I see very few real wedding pictures with brides who fit Meme’s version of thin, Lesley. I wish she’d get that through her thick skull. In fact I’d venture to say a majority I’ve seen throughout my life were at the least robust :) I’m googling wedding pictures (images) and thankfully, plenty of the brides are not what Meme has in mind for her wedding dress challenge. Give it a try – page two is coming up with some beautiful pictues in the Smokey cabins and in Toronto, etc.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:25:59 +0000

AnnieeMcPhee: There’s a funny little portion of Wendy Shanker’s The Fat Girl’s Guide to Life (a flawed book, but it has some good parts) called “Bony Bride Syndrome.” Shanker comments on the crazed need for so many women to lose as much weight as possible before their wedding day, only to gain it all back plus more afterward (but hey, at least they’re immortalized as thin in their wedding pictures and can spend the next 50-60 years wondering why they don’t look like that anymore!)

Sadly, I think more and more women are making it their life goal to be the thinnest (and, in their minds, “most beautiful”) that they can possibly be to fit into those tight, sleeveless wedding dresses that have somehow become de rigueur. I assume MeMe Roth assumes that most women aspire to this sort of thing (but overall, like others, I assume she assumes most brides are thin because no man wants to marry a fatty).