[HPFGU-OTChatter] Oppressing the overdog

[Ali Wildgoose]

Sorry, just felt the urge to comment on this...

>As well as being stridently opposed to homophobia in all its horrid guises, 
>I am also opposed to oppressing the overdog.   Hence my comments about 
>physical beauty being a mixed blessing for women a few months ago.

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>The same goes for savaging men on the grounds that it's their turn to 
>suffer for a change (for God's sake, doesn't female chauvinism come under 
>the "two wrongs don't make a right" category?), being horrible to thin 
>women (um, isn't the issue we're fighting about body image?

*sighs*  Well, living in New York City, I am constantly bombarded with 
armies of thin, perfect women as I walk down the street.  And being a 
college student, most of the girls my age are thin, perfect girls.  
Personally, I'm what you'd probably call "comfortable" - by no means fat, 
but not thin either.  5'9" and a women's size 12.  Which I think is a 
perfectly reasonable size to be, though being a 10 would be nice.  But when 
surrounded by size 2's on a daily basis, it's a little hard not to be 
bitter.

Thank god I have a boyfriend.  The competition here is a kinda steep.

Makes me miss the suburbs.  Too much TV and driving everywhere make for a 
nicely rounded herd. ;}

Ali
(who's not really sure why this post was needed, but felt like making it 
anyway)

http://home.nyu.edu/~amw243 :: Diagon Alley
Harry Potter for Slightly Older Folk

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