Revenge of the fat movie stars!
Has anyone else noticed that those actresses who were once the "butt" of Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien's jokes have decided to fight back? And who wouldn't? We all would love to get back at our personal nemesis, the relentless school bully. For Star Jones, Conan was her personal "El Guappo", and for Kirstie Alley, Jay Leno. Well they've both decided that they had enough. Well me too! I don't have a school bully, per se, but do men ever look at me? People assume I'm jolly because of my size. I can't participate in the same activities that all the other "kids" participate in. I think the bigger I got the more I became invisible. It's nature's cruel irony. Well I'm sick of being bullied. I'm 45 pounds closer to becoming free of my nemesis, but there's been some unexpected changes with my newfound freedom.
There's discomfort in becoming visible again. Who would have thought that I, of all people, would have a problem with attention. For so many years I've relied on my huge personality for people to see me. Now that they're seeing me in a different light I'm having to back off on my personality. This scares me beyond anything else. I'm having to re-learn how to talk to people. I wish there was a book for this kind of thing.
There's discomfort in becoming visible again. Who would have thought that I, of all people, would have a problem with attention. For so many years I've relied on my huge personality for people to see me. Now that they're seeing me in a different light I'm having to back off on my personality. This scares me beyond anything else. I'm having to re-learn how to talk to people. I wish there was a book for this kind of thing.
posted by Georgie Porgie @ 11:45 AM
2 Comments:
At 7:52 AM,
Marion Jensen said…
Now that is very interesting...
I mean really, very interesting.
I'm gonna have to think about that one.
And you've never been invisible to me, so you'd better not be changing your personality when I'm around. Or I'll have to open a can of 'harm thee' on you. (That is the Amish version of whoopass... (pronounced Whoo Pass (which is a pass that gets you into Whooville (which is just north and south of Whoville, but is much roudier))))
At 12:25 PM,
Serena said…
You know I think it is a shame that people are still allowed to harrass and make fun of overweight and obese people. They sure can't do it with any other disability and still be politically correct. But the general populace is still able to shame us into thinking we, as fat people, are second class citizens. I mean we buy into it that we aren't good enough. It is the rare fat person who will stand up and say, "I won't allow you to treat me this way."
Serena
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