For reals??

Ok, we really need to have a talk and air out some stuff.

Anyone who knows me also knows that I make fun of fat people. A lot. It's not that I'm a coldhearted bitch (ok, maybe I am). It's just that I know for a fact that no one has to be fat. It's not some curse put on you by whoever made us. It's your laziness. It's true that some people are lucky and have metabolisms that fly faster than Superman, but even if you're not one of the lucky ones, you can make changes to your diet/exercise routine.

And don't complain about having to spend hours a day in the gym and having to stick to a strict diet in order to stay in shape. If you really want to look good, you'll do it. You'll be happy about it, too.

Anyway, back to the point. Yes, I make fun of fat people. I am probably going to Hell (if there is one). But fat people do not bother me as much as their cousins, the obese people.

Case in point: Gabourey Sidibe, the "actress" who played Precious Jones in the 2009 movie Precious.

As I was flipping through the 25th anniversary edition of Elle, I had my eyes assaulted by a photo of this cow. She was chosen, along with 24 other women prominent in the media, to represent America's women in their mid-twenties for this special edition. Honestly, my only thought was WHY???

I realize that today's media is trying to undo a lot of the damage it has done to the female psyche in the past few years. They feel that, by throwing a nice photo of a "real" woman here and there, they are taking back the non-verbal statement they've been making for years: You can never be too thin. In that case, Elle might have a point. With the obesity rate rising past 30% in some states, Miss Sidibe certianly does fit the image of a "real" woman.

Is this what we want, though? Should we really be throwing our hands up in surrender and saying "this is ok"??

I hate to be nasty and mean (ok, I don't really hate it), but Gabourey Sidibe has no business being in a magazine. We should not be glorifying her hideous disease, which is consuming more and more Americans with each passing year. She is not beautiful in any sense of the word. I wouldn't even attest to her so-called "inner beauty"; how can you consider someone "beautiful" when they are slowly killing themselves and promoting it? Besides, she probably gets a lot of "pity press".

Come on, guys. I hate stick-thin, anorexic models and actresses just as much as the next girl. But I hate obese ones even more.

Sorry, Elle. You can stick a hippo in a dress, but it's still a hippo.

Side note: The Mo'Nique show is playing in the background. I hate Mo'Nique almost as much as I hate Gabourey Sidibe, simply because of the fact that she promotes fat as being beautiful.

It's not beautiful. It's killing you.

*Sigh*

I'm drained.

Smooches. xoxo.