Thread: Fat-Bashing: Gabourey Sidibe from Precious

Hollywood and all this crap wants everyone to live in a pool of self-hatred so we will continue to buy things to make ourselves happy. Having said that, I am DONE with this thread

Originally posted by CLCNY20 Originally posted by hennypenny Originally posted by Joja1107 Me being a big girl myself... No one is completely happy with being Super morbidly obese or morbidly obese. I'm not knocking her confidence at all but I do think it's a defense mechanism. I agree with CLC and a few others. No one is going to be looking @ her and be like " I want to be SUPER MORBIDLY OBESE cause Gabby is"....

Originally posted by hennypenny Originally posted by Joja1107 Me being a big girl myself... No one is completely happy with being Super morbidly obese or morbidly obese. I'm not knocking her confidence at all but I do think it's a defense mechanism. I agree with CLC and a few others. No one is going to be looking @ her and be like " I want to be SUPER MORBIDLY OBESE cause Gabby is". GTHeckOHWTCrap. I don't agree that...

Originally posted by camille07 i would like to spend a month eating food from whole foods prepared food section without giving a damn. maybe you can be fat and happy. i know my quality of life would be mucho improved if i ate a pound of whole foods macaroni and cheese every night.  Their mac & cheese is amazing - so is the polenta. Wouldn't it be nice if they weighed the same as lettuce?

Originally posted by gimmeMORE. So f**king what? There are skinny actresses starving themselves just so they can get work. People dont fat bash because they are concerned about your health, they fat bash because in this society excess weight is looked at as a personal failing.  Many people treat overweight people like they are less than human. aint nobody worried about health, thats just a copout people use to excuse themselves of...

Originally posted by ladymzlee I was just waiting for the love affair with this young lady to end. Hollywood will NEVER be comfortable with a fat, Black woman making it big (no pun intended) in Hollywood. It's as if fat people don't exist. Diversity and reality never come into play in Hollywood, that's why I tuned out a long time ago. I've been waiting for this film to be released for quite some time and although I'm...

I share Epitome thoughts...

I was happy, fat and unhealthy once upon a time

Originally posted by NadiaPost I was happy, fat and unhealthy once upon a time   Impossible Nadia! STOP LYING! (sarcasm) 

Hennypenny IA with the fact that her weight shouldn't overshadow her acting skills but let's not forget the real world out there ,your or my opinion doesn't apply for everyone and is blatantly obvious that the mainstream put a lot of emphasis in appearance ,kids and young women all over the world pick celebrities as their idol and imitate their behaviour.