As a fat person, yes I said it. I am fat. But does this define me as a person? NO! I can be a good person or the biggest jackass around. Size has nothing to do with my character.
I came across a recent picture of Janet Jackson who just months ago was very slim. She now looks like she has gained all the weight she worked so hard to lose. But in this picture, she looks like she has even added more pounds. Am I going to bash her for her weight gain? NO! Does being fat lessen her talent! NO! It would, I suspect, limit her dancing and wearng tight jeans. I just want to point out what our culture puts people through if they are fat, ESPECIALLY if you are a woman!
Many people in and out of the lime light have fought the battle of the bugle and lost. Oprah Winfrey to be sure. This woman, who has money to buy everything needed to win the fight, has failed. So there must be more to this formidable foe than just wanting to win. Yet she and others are the butt of fat jokes on a regular basis. How hard it is to be a young girl in this society and mirrored to people like the Olsen twins and Nicole Richie and told this is what beauty is supposed to be.
Well this nonsense needs to stop! Everyone can’t binge and purge to stay a waif. We need to be judged by our character and not our waist size. Yo-yo dieting is unhealthy and can be just as dangerous as being to fat. So when Janet goes on her next diet, and I know she will, I hope she will do it the smart, healthy way and become a spokesperson for young girls everywhere.
Janet Jackson leaving a London eatery
