It wasn’t an asuumption lolololol

I think it is totally the point. You could replace my chef example with a career or skill that is more unlearnable. A senior engineer at NASA or an Olympic basketball player or something that I’ll never have the body or the brain for. I could learn to be alright at one of those things, and she could lose some weight.…

Completely agree. :)

I don’t doubt that for a second!

I think we have gotten to the willful ignorance portion of this comment thread so I will agree to disagree and move on!

My comment is specifically with regard to couture fashion samples, which seems to be what this “photoshoot” was about. I’d imagine that sample sizes for a plus size fashion show are not a size 0, or at least I would seriously hope not. Couture runway shows will never be a place for fat women, in the same way that a…

1. You’re assuming the writer is knowledgeable about the subject / coming from an objective place. I tend to think she’s not.

I think the point of the photoshoot was to prove that sample sizes are ridiculous because they don’t fit a woman of her size. Sample sizes may be ridiculous when mass marketed, but they have a specific use in the fashion industry which others have explained very well down the thread. The couture fashion world is meant…

It might do you some good to read the fashion folks’ comments around what a sample size is meant to be further down the thread.

Agree! I just meant that holding up something super small against something big will make it look even smaller.

Yeah. It’s not a value judgment. She’s not fat “compared to my preference”, in the same way a woman who is 6'5 isn’t tall as compared to my preference - she just IS tall. It’s just a thing that exists. You can take something outlandishly taller or bigger to use as a comparative point (she’s not fat compared to this…

not struggling with my weight, always struggling to get a date :)

I mean, I can see the picture :/ She’s fat in the same way the water bottle I’m looking at is, in fact, a water bottle, this laptop is silver, my shirt is a shirt. It’s obviously making you emotional which wasn’t my intention. I don’t particularly care how she looks to be honest with you. Per my original analogy, I…

Her health is a non-issue in this very aesthetic-centric article. I would have no idea as to whether or not she is healthy as she could easily be overweight and in good health. But, she is fat. The sample sizes are teeny. She might be average sized in terms of the amount of people in America who are her size, but that…

This is a visibly overweight woman holding up teeny tiny clothing to her body. It’s like a holding a chihuahua up to a great dane and being like “it looks small!!” This experiment may have been more meaningful had an average sized woman taken her place.

It’s crazy how much they look like toddlers from the side.

Valid point