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| Posted by: showtunesoprano 10:03 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What word is that? - Chromolume 04:35 pm EDT 07/18/23 | |
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| Regarding all of these words, they can be used as descriptors of facts and they can also be used as insults. Are they facts about appearance that doesn't conform to society's notion of "beauty?" Yes. But they are facts (facts known to the people to whom they apply, btw) and stated as such should not have the power to offend. The body-positivity/fat-positivity movement is attempting just that. We are fat, we know we are fat, "fat" is the most appropriate way to describe our body-type. It is not an insult, it is not intended to offend, it is just a fact. | |
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| re: What word is that? | |
| Posted by: Michael_212 10:06 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What word is that? - showtunesoprano 10:03 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| You may be fat. I am overweight. That's what I'm comfortable with. | |
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| re: What word is that? | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 02:02 pm EDT 07/19/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What word is that? - Michael_212 10:06 am EDT 07/19/23 | |
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| I'm fine with either word. Just that "overweight" wouldn't scan right at that point in the song. :-) (Though of course Amalia does also use that word earlier in the show, in dialogue.) | |
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