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Unless you’re anti-celebrity gossip, you’ve heard or read the uproar about Jessica Simpson’s weight gain. Sure, Ms. Simpson has packed on a few extra pounds and chose to display her curves with the most unflattering pair of high-waisted jeans. But what’s the big deal? Is the weight gain of a celebrity that big news that not only is it being written about, but other celebrities are responding to it? It seems as though we’ll never be free of hearing about the latest weight-gaining celebrity.
The case is the same in the wonderful world K-pop, and I would conclude that people are even harsher in Korea. There are celebrities who have even taken their own lives due to harsh criticism about their looks. Just last month, a K-pop blogger I enjoy reading wrote how BoA seems to have gained weight while doing some promo work in the US. Again, what’s the big deal?
Aren’t there days YOU overeat and you pack on a few? Aren’t there days YOU did not look your best? I mean come on, celebrities gain weight too — how would you like it if each time you gained weight, people plastered photos of you with a mean blurb about how you’re such a tub of lard and then encouraged others to write mean comments about how fat you’ve gotten? To borrow Shakespeare’s words, do they not bleed if you prick them?
I think I take every stab and put-down about celebrities’ weight gain more personally, as I grew up in an Asian household surrounded by extremely petite women. I went to college and lived with very petite sized Asian gals, all the while having my grandfather’s not so typical Asian frame (he was Korean, but he was quite well built for a man born in his generation). I’m short — 5’2” short to be exact — but I’m bigger boned, and pleasantly chubby, unlike the petite Asian women I was surrounded by; it was natural for me to think I was overweight, large and in charge. And because I have a fairly blunt family, I was told I was big at every family gathering, getting criticism about my size and weight for as long as I can remember. Truthfully, it can really tear you down; each time someone rants about a certain celebrities’ weight gain, I hear it directed at me.
Big, small, plump, or stick, let’s just embrace the size we were made to be and stay healthy in whatever size we are. I think it would be scary to be surrounded by stick skinny women; I’m not sure if its lies, but I do hear that some men actually prefer a woman with some meat on her bones.
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Jee,
There definitely is something attractive about the big boned, but not fat woman. Now, naturally she's going to have more padding around her thick bones, but it's all about balance--I hate skinny-fat women. The one's who are deceptively thin, but have tons of cellulite flapping off a skinny frame from too much Snickers bars--they look thin in clothes, but once they come off you see the body they have reaped from their poor self control and discipline. I hate lazy women. Anyways, my ideal woman is between 5'6" and 5'10", and has got a nice pair of strong legs on her. Breasts are a plus, but are most likely to come in a decent fashion simply due to the extra weight anyways.
I call it a 'motherly look'. And there is something very alluring about it.
Classical beauty is hot, my ideal woman:
http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/...
I love pasty redheads, with some extra pounds on them--not elephants though!
Jee,
There definitely is something attractive about the big boned, but not fat woman. Now, naturally she's going to have more padding around her thick bones, but it's all about balance--I hate skinny-fat women. The one's who are deceptively thin, but have tons of cellulite flapping off a skinny frame from too much Snickers bars--they look thin in clothes, but once they come off you see the body they have reaped from their poor self control and discipline. I hate lazy women. Anyways, my ideal woman is between 5'6" and 5'10", and has got a nice pair of strong legs on her. Breasts are a plus, but are most likely to come in a decent fashion simply due to the extra weight anyways.
I call it a 'motherly look'. And there is something very alluring about it.
Classical beauty is hot, my ideal woman:
http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/...
I love pasty redheads, with some extra pounds on them--not elephants though!
Jee,
There definitely is something attractive about the big boned, but not fat woman. Now, naturally she's going to have more padding around her thick bones, but it's all about balance--I hate skinny-fat women. The one's who are deceptively thin, but have tons of cellulite flapping off a skinny frame from too much Snickers bars--they look thin in clothes, but once they come off you see the body they have reaped from their poor self control and discipline. I hate lazy women. Anyways, my ideal woman is between 5'6" and 5'10", and has got a nice pair of strong legs on her. Breasts are a plus, but are most likely to come in a decent fashion simply due to the extra weight anyways.
I call it a 'motherly look'. And there is something very alluring about it.
Classical beauty is hot, my ideal woman:
http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/...
I love pasty redheads, with some extra pounds on them--not elephants though!
Jee,
There definitely is something attractive about the big boned, but not fat woman. Now, naturally she's going to have more padding around her thick bones, but it's all about balance--I hate skinny-fat women. The one's who are deceptively thin, but have tons of cellulite flapping off a skinny frame from too much Snickers bars--they look thin in clothes, but once they come off you see the body they have reaped from their poor self control and discipline. I hate lazy women. Anyways, my ideal woman is between 5'6" and 5'10", and has got a nice pair of strong legs on her. Breasts are a plus, but are most likely to come in a decent fashion simply due to the extra weight anyways.
I call it a 'motherly look'. And there is something very alluring about it.
Classical beauty is hot, my ideal woman:
http://www.oceansbridge.com/paintings/collections/...
I love pasty redheads, with some extra pounds on them--not elephants though!
who's the perfect sister now? oh, how the tables have turned...
who's the perfect sister now? oh, how the tables have turned...
I agree with you 100 percent. Mostly because I have the exact same problem. When people make a commotion about gaining weight, I tend to feel bad too, because I also am the biggest person in my family.
Everyone else is just more petite than me, and it doesn't help when my mom and sister [playfully] call me the family "giant" or when my sister [jokingly] calls me "ogre".
Im right with you, there is nothing wrong with being bigger.
I agree with you 100 percent. Mostly because I have the exact same problem. When people make a commotion about gaining weight, I tend to feel bad too, because I also am the biggest person in my family.
Everyone else is just more petite than me, and it doesn't help when my mom and sister [playfully] call me the family "giant" or when my sister [jokingly] calls me "ogre".
Im right with you, there is nothing wrong with being bigger.
I think celebrity obsession comes from some deeply embedded habit of gossip and common figures to gossip about. Since we don't live in small hunter-gatherer tribes any more, celebrities are common figures that people talk about.
That said, I really wish talk would just stick to cool accomplishments of celebrities, such as their humor, seasoned acting skill, or notable athletic feats. The drivel in a lot of entertainment sites is just awful.
I think celebrity obsession comes from some deeply embedded habit of gossip and common figures to gossip about. Since we don't live in small hunter-gatherer tribes any more, celebrities are common figures that people talk about.
That said, I really wish talk would just stick to cool accomplishments of celebrities, such as their humor, seasoned acting skill, or notable athletic feats. The drivel in a lot of entertainment sites is just awful.
Yes! Well said. We should definitely all embrace our unique sizes. I've been thin my whole life and yes, I did actually get made fun of. My thinness came with small boobs and when I was in 8th grade guys would say I was a pirate's dream because I had a sunken chest.
Yes! Well said. We should definitely all embrace our unique sizes. I've been thin my whole life and yes, I did actually get made fun of. My thinness came with small boobs and when I was in 8th grade guys would say I was a pirate's dream because I had a sunken chest.
that's not her best picture, because her outfit isn't flattering to her figure. yes she's gained a few pounds, but she's hardly "fat".
oh, and the post about the korean singer... what an a-hole. i saw the video and she's nowhere even close to being overweight. some people are trifling as hell.
that's not her best picture, because her outfit isn't flattering to her figure. yes she's gained a few pounds, but she's hardly "fat".
oh, and the post about the korean singer... what an a-hole. i saw the video and she's nowhere even close to being overweight. some people are trifling as hell.
"Jessica Simpson".....
Anytime someone does a celebrity reference it makes my blood boil.
"Jessica Simpson".....
Anytime someone does a celebrity reference it makes my blood boil.
I can never be the size 0 that most Asian girls are like. Actually, some people LIKE my chubbiness. Now it's accented by muscles from exercise. :)
Jessica Simpson's situation kind of disturbs me, though. She had already been obsessive with her weight before. I hope this media attention won't trigger that again.
Besides, I don't think that outfit really does her figure justice, anyway.
I can never be the size 0 that most Asian girls are like. Actually, some people LIKE my chubbiness. Now it's accented by muscles from exercise. :)
Jessica Simpson's situation kind of disturbs me, though. She had already been obsessive with her weight before. I hope this media attention won't trigger that again.
Besides, I don't think that outfit really does her figure justice, anyway.
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