Read this article? If not, take a moment. It’s REALLY offensive, and I’m offended. (First, a caveat (isn’t there ALWAYS a caveat?!) Marie Claire can publish what they want, and the author can write what she wants- this rant is about the ATTITUDE associated with the article not the actual writing of it).

If you haven’t noticed there is now a caste system in place in the United States. The upper caste gets better jobs, better pay, better boyfriends, and better clothes. The lower cast is treated as if they are lazy (no matter how hard working they are), incompetent (regardless of degree or career), and ugly (no matter how beautiful they are inside or out). I’m talking about the thin vs. ‘fat’ castes. For most of us, there are no such divisions. We are grown-up and mature enough to not see those divisions and see the beauty in everyone. But not Marie Claire. Maire Claire thinks we are ‘fatties’ and we shouldn’t be seen in public. EVER. And that’s not the BEST PART. The best part is the author likes to hide her prejudice behind the the nonsense of concern over her ‘health’. God, that drives me nuts. You can be healthy at any size and sick at any size. Your health is between your doctor and you, not for some shallow magazine writer to lament over. I call bullshit. (And for record, I am a ‘fattie’ and have my blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol are checked yearly and I have better numbers than some of you, so SUCK IT Marie Claire.)

Dear Marie Claire, why doesn’t your prejudice get a room? And why don’t you celebrate women of all sizes? That you put this under your magazine banner and printed shows that your editorial standards have dropped and you have forgotten the average size of the woman you write for. Fix it. Now.

I’m linking this with my Blogger Body Calendar project where we are writing about this as a group. I encourage you to do the same. If you’re not a writer or you have other things to write about then participate in our Flickr Project. It’s awesome.

And your awesome, not matter what size you are.

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