Comments on: Museum of Fat Love

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:24:12 +0000

Wonderful website, and I appreciate that the focus is love rather than fat.
On an unrelated note…
While I’m all about this sort of ‘fat’ acceptance and ‘plus-size’ model thing, when you see technically obese people go on about how they LOVE THEIR CURVES, it bothers me, because I doubt if given the choice between being size 4 and size 14 ANYONE would choose size 14.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:00:37 +0000

Well said, Zoe.

By: Zoe

Zoe — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:57:12 +0000

Victoria – Just because someone is bigger doesn’t necessarily mean they’re eating themselves into a grave. I have several friends that are bigger and eat healthy and exercise regularly, they’re just born with a larger build. It often breaks my heart that they have low self-esteems because of the stigma that goes along with being bigger or curvier.

Big or small everyone deserves and is worthy of being loved. Bravo to these couples that didn’t let anyone tell them differently.

P.s You appearance isn’t an important factor of being a role model to your children, loving them and being the best parent is.

By: RedHeadFashionista

RedHeadFashionista — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:46:35 +0000

I’m clearly a monster because the first thing I noticed about this letter was the unfortunate inclusion of the words ‘vast’ and ‘fullest’. I bet they did it on purpose. But this is cute.
Victoria’s right, and it’s the first thing that comes to my mind when I see Beth bloody Ditto rolling around everywhere. But at the same time, it’s people like me with that attitude that inspire the attitude E talks about. I’m normal-sized and I used to think I wasn’t worthy of love. This is about self-esteem, and I can imagine that is harder for a person less happy in their appearance to find. That people who don’t conform to society’s body beautiful can still love themselves enough for other people to love them too is nice, but is trivialised by being made a ‘two fingers up to the establishment’ issue. Everyone deserves happiness.

By: Cricket9

Cricket9 — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:40:50 +0000

Nice to see pictures of happy, smiling couples; why some of them would consider themselves fat is beyond me. Theory: Americans are insanely conflicted/brainwashed on the issue of body image? (no offense to Americans).

By: Liz!!

Liz!! — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:40:30 +0000

I’m usually not all about fat-acceptance websites* but that website seriously made me smile. And it brought tears to my eyes.

The point is that today’s American Hollywood celebutante society tells us that we have to look one way to be secure and happy. This website shatters that, simply because people are not the “ideal.” They look like they’re in love and very happy.

*I am not against fat people…I’m one of them, I just think that the concept of accepting morbid obesity is a bit strange. I have insanely high cholesterol and triglycerides…I kind of have to lose weight in order to be healthy. I’m hoping that only a few pounds will lower the numbers, because I would love to accept my body as is, and I’m tired of pandering to our 5’5″ 105 society.

So anyway, I do understand accepting our bodies, and if they don’t have any health problems, good for them. But if you’re morbidly obese- I hope that the acceptance doesn’t cost them their health. That’s all.

By: dust

dust — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:26:54 +0000

They certainly look happier than me with my skinny little figure.
If I’d say that I’m skinny-fat, would that improve my chances for happiness?

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:52:23 +0000

That is such a fantastic wedding photo, smiling and laughing down the aisle. I’ve been at a couple of weddings like that, and such joy is contagious.

By: Elona

Elona — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:09:42 +0000

Victoria, its such a shame that thats all you see.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:35:07 +0000

More like “Museum of Diseases of Obesity’…coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, etc, etc. Sadly all I see is the cost to their health later on on. Not to mention what sort of role model they make for their kids…