Skinny women, fat suits
What is up with all these skinny folks donning "fat suits," and going out into the world as "fat people?"
In the latest fat experiement, two twigs from the show, Deal or No Deal, climbed into suits sizes 22-24, and made them look like they weighed 300 pounds.
The women, who are normally a size 2, walked around as fat people.
That must've sucked for them.
On the other hand, though, they probably were able to eat something besides dry crackers and mints, so they may have had some fun.
Why does the world keep doing the "fat suit" experiment?
These two, in particular, were on my last nerve.
Twig #1, otherwise known as Brooke Long, said she cried when she saw herself in the suit.
I almost cried when I saw her, too. She looked ridicuous, and was giving us good-looking fat chicks a bad name.
Twig #2, Leyla Milani, looked no better in her fat suit, and her greasy hair and skin didn't help the look, either.
Like Tyra Banks and other twigs before them, the two put on the fat suits for - you guessed it - a television show.
The most recent twigs were on Entertainment Tonight this month.
On the ET.com web site, as part of their promotion for the show, it reads:
"The pair were each rigged with hidden cameras and donned padded suits and latex makeup to look like they were packing on over 300 pounds to see how it feels to live like 66 percent of America -- overweight and often mocked and ostracized by total strangers."
Twig #1 said, "It gave me great appreciation for my body." (They left out the part where she said, "Thank goodness I'm not a REAL fattie!!!"
Twig #2 said after the experience, "It made me understand what overweight people go through."
Really?
Tell me, twigs who got to go back to being twigs after being "fat," how bad was it to be fat?
What did you learn from the experience? Did it make you think twice before making a fat joke? Picking on a fat person? Laughing at a fat joke?
Did it change your perspective? Make some great point?
No.
You got to be on television, again, and help tell people how awful it is to be fat.
I'm sure they are so proud, and feel like they accomplished something (besides really ticking me and other fat folks off - see this blog post on it from fatblog.com)
They didn't.
People who have extra weight know it can be tough to be fat. Society is cruel, and fat folks are the last group left that it's still politically correct to pick on publicly.
We don't need Twig #1 and Twig #2 telling us how bad it can be, or the sitcoms in this blog post, making light of it.
We get it, thanks, so stop it already.
(This concludes Michele's rant for the day. Please stay tuned for more happy, wonderfully funny blog posts.)
Betty Lou · March 13, 2008 12:20 AM
EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS WITH A FAT SUIT:
Dear Michele,
This may seem like a very stupid question, and I am trying to choose my words words carefully, but why do they have to go to extremes ? ? ?
The fat suits should make the wearer look as though they have doubled in size.
No more.
No less.
Maybe a size 18 or even a size 24.
They should be dressed by a real fat woman, who can make them look attractive with the proper hairstyle and make-up.
Stretch jeans.
White tennies.
And . . . a simple cotton blouse perhaps.
They need to learn how to accept their new size and be proud of who they have become . . .
A BIG BEAUTIFUL WOMAN ! ! !
They need to go shopping.
They need to buy clothes.
They need to be educated.
They need to spend enough time being fat to get the right view how fat people are treated.
Sadly, John Travolta made a better looking fat lady than these two.
If you are going to dress yourself up in a fat suit and go out, make sure you do it right.
Have fun.
Enjoy yourself.
And . . . stop giving us fat girls a bad name :o) ! ! !
megan · November 13, 2007 12:01 PM
Michele, I completely agree with this post. Everytime I see promos for "twigs in fat suits," I can't help but wonder the purpose it serves. The biggest offense was that when I saw the promos for this episode, the women's once perfectly coifed hair and flawless makeup was reduced to frizzy rats' nests and greasy complexions once the fat suits were on. So, just because you are fat, you can't fix your own hair? It's just stupid. There must be a better, less sensational way to raise awareness about obesity.