I was listening to the new popular singer from the UK, Adele recently with some of my friends. Like times before, for some reason whenever anyone feels the need to comment on how much they "love her music" and "love her" , they tend to include "even though she's a big girl, even though she's fat", or they "prefer her as a big girl". It's great that people from all over seem to love her music and heck yea its great to see a talented woman in music that doesn't depend upon selling sex and that isn't a size 0. This is a woman many women can relate to. Physically speaking she is relatable to the everyday woman. This is perhaps part of her charm.
Why do people feel the need to talk about a singer's body as part of liking her as a musician? What she looks like, in particular, her weight, has nothing to do with her talent or why you like her music. Also, qualifying a statement by saying you like her even though she's a "big girl" is very demeaning to the talent of this artist.
The stigma of FAT is everywhere around us. We are constantly told that someone is beautiful in spite of her FATness or is talented or successful even though she is fat. Lets nip this social scapegoating in the bud once and for all and recognize it for what it is. A way to make some feel better than others through demeaning , a means to sell cosmetics, beauty and diet products.
Lets embrace ourselves and others who are "big girls". And love them because of who they are , not in spite of.
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