{"id":1759,"date":"2009-04-09T00:21:56","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T08:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=1759"},"modified":"2012-10-14T18:30:41","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T02:30:41","slug":"is-fat-really-the-new-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/is-fat-really-the-new-black\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fat Really the New Black?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that Beth Ditto is the new must-have accessory, but now I’m seeing evidence that Fat is the new fake trend in the new fake zeitgeist.<\/p>\n

This model, Crystal Renn, is featured<\/a> in Australian Harper’s Bazaar in a layout that “proves big is beautiful.”<\/p>\n

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Okay, good. She is indeed a beautiful woman, but this photo seems a little cruel. She looks vulnerable and somehow deformed. I don’t know. The same might be said of anorexics, but still. I’m not buying it.<\/p>\n

Now we have American Apparel contributing to “Colossal Clothing<\/a>” instead of just making their own shit in xxx-large.<\/p>\n

Is this part of the New Economy? Will we all be eating junk food to stay alive and\/or anesthetize our fear?<\/p>\n

Now don’t get all mad at me about this; I’m just observing a trend. It’s not me being all size-ist. I’m as fat as the next person, at least in my mind, where it counts most. Here is a picture of a thrift shop dress I got a few months ago, size 4, and yet a Vision of Waistlessness. I am not yet worthy of hanging out with Kate Moss, but no little wisp of a fashion blogger, either.<\/p>\n

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Just be glad I didn’t take six different poses of this dress. And don’t tell me how I’m rocking it.<\/p>\n

All other arguments are welcome!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"