Re: round

[Guest guest]

Ive always referred to myself (at least since ive been fat) as ' a

woman of size'.. lol .. sounds dignified and ladylike..)

> I have usually found that when I am going to meet someone new and

where it

> really counts... like in a job interview... that I am best off to

pre-inform

> that person with a definition of myself that is more pleasing,

rather than

> to leave it up to their pre-defined definition of " fat " people.

>

> I usually state something like, " I'm a little round lady. "

>

> Or, when meeting someone in a much more casual situation...

depending on

> their age and whatever contact we've had previously (laf, such as

with my

> husband who I met on the internet)... I say something like, " I'm

very short,

> and very round. I'm a hobbit! "

>

> Anyway, you can't sway everyone, and I don't think one should HAVE

to

> predefine one's self, but I prefer to be able to pick my own

definition and

> try to make it other people's as well.

>

> Elle **

> laf... soon hopefully gonna be a " former " hobbit!

>

> >Re: Being called Fat

> > I have a different opinion here. As long as we, the MO, accept

the

> > view that it is insulting to be called " fat " then we are

promulgating

> > the cultural view of fat as wrong, ugly, or embarassing. Oh I

know

> > that people have called us that wiht full intention of hurting us

and

> > putting us down. But unless we take control of the defination,

then > we

> continue to support the problem.