This blog post from journalist Maura Kelly is getting a lot of internet play, Should Fatties Get a Room? (Even on TV). Kelly says all of these vile cruel things about how she's disgusted by obese people, "I think I'd be grossed out if I had to watch two characters with rolls and rolls of fat kissing each other and they shouldn't be on tv" etc.It's shocking in it's insensitivity and tone-deafness. Jezebel has a great take-down of it here.
I don't care about Kelly's hatred of fat people. She sounds mentally unwell and obsessed with thinness. If she wants to live that angst and hate everyday in her life then so be it. She's judgemental, smug, and mean. She's shown who she is and she can never take that back. And while her apology sounds relatively heartfelt I certainly don't believe it. She meant every word she said. Those are her feelings.
What I personally hate about this article is the severe condescension in the weight-loss advice. "...Eat more fresh and unprocessed foods, read labels and avoid foods with any kind of processed sweetener...get some kind of exercise for 30 minutes at least five times a week." Are you fucking kidding me with this? Really, Maura? Rilly? Eat less, move more. That's your advice that no one's asked for. It's that kind of reductive bullshit that just kills me. You think half of America is overweight just because they've never heard of your fucking tidbits? You don't think there's more complex reasons for obesity in America?
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