"Pictures Of People Who Mock Me" — Page 2

Namo, I can only imagine she projects on herself a size that is larger than reality.

Years ago, when I was struggling with some of these issues, I was asked to point people who were the same size as me (I was probably 20-30 pounds overweight at the time, alas, a little bit more now), and I would look for 300 pound women and larger. I was a two sport varsity athlete, and in my head, I was the size of Divine.

I have no argument that weight shaming/mocking exists and some of the crap that gets dealt to the overweight (having been on the receiving end) - I am just not sure this particular exercise is a good example.

Had she been dressed as an adult (she seems to be dressed like a teenager), in work clothes, behaving like someone who is not either lost or unstable, and garnered the same reactions, I think it would be more valid sample set.

But yeah, she is large, but not someone out of the ordinary in any given WalMart.

And Taz, I just think she has internalized all of the weight messaging you get when you are overweight to the point of assuming everything is about weight. Sometimes, it just isn't.

Updated On: 4/24/13 at 01:40 PM

I do think she would have gotten better reactions if she would have substituted the gelato for a turkey leg.

I'm feeling pretty dismissive of this photo set. In many photos, it's hard to judge WHAT the supposed "mockers" are looking at- and impossible to determine what they are thinking. They mostly look like people living their lives, carrying on their way and conversations, who just happened to be caught gazing in the vague direction of the subject. If I had just seen nearly all of these photos without her "context," I wouldn't even know what I was particularly supposed to be looking for or considering.

The only one that cleanly fits her narrative is the swing photo- and even then, she's a grown woman looking lost and confused having her photo taken on a swingset.

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And then there's the OTHER set of photos on her site, where she puts herself in situations where she's uncomfortable for lord knows whatever reason. The one where she's standing with a sad Emmett Kelly face in front of a dessert case is just too fraught for words.

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As I said, I see enormous people every day walking the streets of NY. And I mean people who you would expect to receive negative reactions. But you know what, I never see anyone staring, jeering, or otherwise making fun of them. Maybe NYers are just not fazed by very much.

So, her little experiment has no value to me. fail.

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Her little experiment is poorly conceived and biased.

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Plus, everyone in the doughnut shop with her is overweight too.

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"I'll have what she's having"

Oh she cray cray. Absolutely cray cray. Ain't nobody worrying bout that fat lady. Hell, I'm fatter than her and ain't nobody eye balling me like that. Throwing shade at every fat girl on the street? Ain't nobody got time for that.

Girl, you fat. Get yourself to Lane Bryant for some decent clothes, build a bridge and get over it.

Updated On: 4/24/13 at 05:10 PM

I really want a doughnut now.

I once had a guy in Amsterdam ask me for some of my ice cream cone. When I refused him, he said "To share is to make not fat".

No question there's a lot of people out there who make fun of and are openly disgusted by fat people, but I'm with the rest of you on this woman, though. These people are staring because of her attitude, not her weight.

The officer, in particular, was just being a wise guy - like holding up rabbit ears behind someone's head before a photo.

Ha! Could be, Phyl. He actually was cute in a scruffy sort of way. If I'd been eating a sandwich, I probably would have given him half - but an ice cream cone? Sorry, it's a little too soon in the relationship, pal.

But she has five pictures that we haven't seen that prove it!