Fattness in the media....

I think our in class discussion on Wednesday was really interesting about issues with weight and what messages the media and such are sending to kids as influences. I think that it would not be such a bad things to stop glorifying women who are deemed overweight in the media as “just being themselves.” Because I do think that it sends a negative image to kids saying that it is ok if you are overweight and it doesn’t matter. However on the flip side I do also think that there are people who cannot physically help that they may be overweight. Some people are built in larger proportions and some people have slower metabolisms and other such conditions that make it nearly impossible to be thin. I really can’t make up my mind about the situation but it seems that instead of telling kids, yes, be fat, it’s ok, we should be telling them to get exercise, stop sitting in front of the tv and such. Kids should be able to be themselves and they should be happy, along with teens, and adults, but I have not met anyone who is overweight that is happy about being big. Some people accept it, but that doesn’t mean they like it. So I just think that this Meme Roth character may have some rightness to her cause. Criticize me if you must, but consider do you want your children to be unhealthy and overweight? I certainly don’t. Roth takes some extremes but her overall cause is not totally crazy.