I'm fat (well, I like to think fattish).
I'm not proud of it, and I'd rather be thin, but still...
There's one thing that really annoys me about the way fat people are shown on TV (especially on the news).
When there's an item on (eg) obesity, they illustrate it with a picture of some fat people-walking along, eating, maybe...
The thing is, though, they never show their faces, and they quite often just show the torso.
What are they saying by doing this?
Two things: firstly, fat people don't have a face, an identity. They don't have jobs, families, interests, etc, like other people: they're just a big, consuming gut.
Secondly, they should be ashamed. It's shameful to be fat, so we won't show their faces, so as not to embarass them.
End of rant!
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