Weight watchers

[ailbhe]

I am speechless and inarticulate after seeing an ad in which a woman's husband, beautician and neighbours comment on her weight for the camera.

Buh?

Comments

[hfnuala.livejournal.com]

I just can't talk about how fucked up-ness about food and bodies surrounds us and strangles us.

edited because grammar is hard

[ailbhe]

More bonding over diets today. Nyargh. Grr.

[barakta]

Huh? *Do not compute* *fear* *rant* *grr* *argh*

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

don't you *know* that (unless you can demonstrate possession of a Y-chromosome) your body is public property?

We all have rights in it, and don't forget that.

[merryhouse.livejournal.com]

(I myself am trying hard not to be pissed off by my sister commenting that I was "always the slimmest of all of us".... as if it's my fault! OK, she didn't say it like that, which is why I'm trying hard...)

[elissaann.livejournal.com]

What was the context?

[ailbhe]

A weight-watchers advert.

[k425.livejournal.com]

It's awful, isn't it. I hate it every time I see it.