Posted on 12/06/2007 11:14:36 AM PST by PercivalWalks
Feminists are up in arms over the "Jennifer Love Hewitt looks fat in a bikini" controversy, and I'm inclined to agree with them. TMZ.com recently ran a photo of Hewitt in a bikini (above left) with the observation "We know what you ate this summer, Love--everything!" Hewitt fired back at critics who poked fun at her bikini body, saying:
"I’ve sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women’s bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image. A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn’t make you beautiful. What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles. To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini - put it on and stay strong."
The prominent feminist blog Feminist writes:
"Hewitt had the audacity to appear in public in a bikini while also in possession of a body that hadn’t been dieted and exercised down to nothing or airbrushed to smooth perfection...I’m very pleased that she recognizes that fat-shaming is designed to keep women in line."
A few observations:
1) As Hewitt notes, it's not the most flattering picture, but as a whole Hewitt still looks damn good to me. I can see why women would think "If even that's too fat, what hope is there for the rest of us?" There is such a thing as fat and unattractive, but this ain't it.
2) The photo above right is an example of what I don't like--the Auschwitz look. The blond woman in green at the bottom of the photo looks like she hasn't eaten in weeks. I never understand why so many people want to do away with women with womanly curves and replace them with women with skinny, 15 year-old boy bodies. My wife says it's because fashion designers can design clothes easier for women with flat bodies that aren't curvaceous.
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100% correct.
She’s a size TWO for chrissakes! She’s 5’2 so I’d estimate she weighs about 120, give or take a few. That’s in NO WAY fat at all...what’s with these people?
Notice how the Beach Grass from the area where the photographer was told to shoot, conveniently covers up the cankles? Talk about pre-planned.
Jennifer Love Hewitt (born February 21, 1979) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is well-known for her television and film roles in the Fox television series Party of Five, as Sarah Reeves, and also starred in I Know What You Did Last Summer and its sequel, as Julie James. Hewitt can currently be seen on the CBS television series Ghost Whisperer, as Melinda Gordon, a young newlywed who communicates with the dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Love_Hewitt
sure hope Hillary’s balls don’t fall out of that bathing suit.
It’s a burka campaign; basically, even though the philosophy is different from Islam, the ends are the same - unless we deem you acceptable, don’t you dare uncover yourself in public.
I know many women who will never go to a beach again, because they never want to be seen in a swimsuit - not because they are fat, but because they are no longer PERFECT. I am one of them. I would rather never be seen uncovered in public again than run the risk that some man, somewhere, might think me offensive merely by the fact that I am not 18 and anorexic.
I know it’s overly sensitive, but it only takes one comment to make a woman wish she had never had the audacity to enjoy the sun and sand like the “beautiful people” do. Cover up, from head to toe, ye wizened 26-year old hag, that ye may not block the view of the anorexic 18-year-old for the fat middle-aged guy in a speedo!!
For some reason, I don’t fathom why, middle-aged fat guys in speedos are exempt from any introspection regarding *their* appearance...
I'm just a little creeped out by men that find that attractive. As to Jenny L-H: I'd wreck that chick...8P
It’s comic that as Americans get fatter the concept of what is “fat” gets slimmer than ever. Hewitt looks good in that photo, a normal healthy young girl. You’re doing alright if that photo falls on your “unflattering” pile.
She’s not a size 2. Not even close. Not even with today’s “vanity sizing”. She’s probably a size 10. There’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with being a 10 or 12. But I keep reading that quote of hers, about how a “size 2 is not fat”...and I can’t figure out what that has to do with her - a size 2 is very small and while she may be petite at 5’2”, she isn’t “size 2” small. I know sizes, I know fashion, I know clothes. I’m a woman. :)
I call them "Standard Issue Blondes".
Exactly, every time I read a "She's a cow!" post or "What a fat sow!" post, I KNOW that guy thinks he looks like Gerard Butler in 300 instead of what he looks like--- A butler who weighs 300.
Well what do I know.
Either way she’s not fat. Not at ALL.
Perhaps she was speaking in hyperbole or something? I dunno.
My favorite phrase was always “like a screen door in a hurricane...”
LOL!
Someone recently called these girls 'fat' chicks. :) And I know for a fact, there ain't a size 2 in the group.
My hair started thinning at 20. I’m 30 now and it’s gone aside from a few wisps and the “horseshoe” around my head, so I take a Gillette to it every morning. Either way, I just got married in September...(so I better behave on this thread ;-) ) and my wife doesn’t seem bothered by my hairline.
“On the flip side for men, you’d think from the advertisements that if your hair falls out she’s going to leave you.”
I especially hate the fact that they’ll show some perfectly good looking guy with a decent head of hair as a candidate for Rogaine. Or that “no play for Mr. Gray” thing... I mean, come ON, that guy’s pretty good looking even with the gray beard!
Fat?
No frickin’ way.
It’s funny...as we become heavier as a nation our societal “ideal” becomes more and more anorexic.
It’s mind-boggling. Just be healthy! I know I could stand to lose a few pounds, but I don’t even want to get to where the “experts” say I should be...I’d look like an AIDS patient at those weights. Short bald men do NOT look good if they’re really skinny...
she's not fat. but she could use some TONING! i was so in love with her 10 years ago!
Richard Gere never had problems being gray.
Now, the gerbil thing is another story...LOL...
Look,
I know from years of experience that the slightly over the standard of ‘normal’ weight (both male and female) usually look better and are healthier in the long run.
Those who are thin, or morbidly obese do not fare well in crisis situations (post trauma, illness etc). Though in a LTC setting, my money is always on the fat little old lady over the skinny one when flu season rolls around.
Still never heard of her, but that’s my problem since I generally pay little or no attention to the entertainment industry. That said, who ever published her photo like that needs their ass kicked.
LOL! That was quick.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is beautiful. She made the common mistake of wearing a bathing suit that didn’t fit properly, but didn’t look bad.
Good for her celebrating her engagement. Congratulations. She is very successful so far in her career and should be around for a long time with her talents (actress, producer, director among other roles she has played).
It’s a shame that so many women have bought into the image of the ideal woman — AS DEFINED BY THE GAY MALE DOMINATED FASHION INDUSTRY!!!
Ladies, I can tell you, most men don’t WANT you to look like Paris Hilton or Kiera Sedgewick (sp?), or whatever version of Twiggy is out there today.
Ooops. I didn’t mean to sound like I was attacking you personally. I just don’t get her size 2 claim.
I know I'm playing armchair psychiatrist, but I have a suspicion that most of the criticism of your appearance comes from you and not from other people.
I know it’s overly sensitive, but it only takes one comment to make a woman wish she had never had the audacity to enjoy the sun and sand like the “beautiful people” do.
It shouldn't. If there's a lot of people on the beach, the law of averages says there's going to be at least one idiot.
For some reason, I don’t fathom why, middle-aged fat guys in speedos are exempt from any introspection regarding *their* appearance...
I'm a middle-aged fat guy. I don't wear speedos and I am not that shallow.
She happens to carry her weight in her butt like that latino Jennifer Lopez. Lopez is truly a fatty but covers it well by covering up her fat A. You put a tight pair of pants on her and it shows how truly fat she is. As far as Jennifer Love-H...her butt is not near as large as Lopez...
That has obviously been photoshopped. If it were real then Hillary would be leading...
It is really sick. I have told every woman in my life the same thing when they start obsessing on weight. Look at the cover of “womens” magazines and then look at the covers of “mens” magazines.
The stick figure women on the womens magazines are what other women and gay men tell you men are looking for.
The curvy women on mens magazines are what millions of men buy pictures of on a regular basis. They may be slimmer and younger than most of the women around them, but they aren’t the bony little girls that most women tend to view as “desirable”.
Men, as a whole, want something to hold onto and don’t want to be poked by bones when we hug a girl. Hewitt looks fine in those photos. She has never been at the top of my “Wow!” list, but her body would definately not be a negative if I were in a relationship with her.
Dumbass.
Because middle-age fat guys don't give a crap what people say about them. Particularly people they will never see again and will totally forget about within a few hours.
A rule for every woman: there are men who will love your body and men who will hate your body. Why give credibility to those who hate it and dismiss the opinions of those who love it?
Figure out that answer and you will be comfortable with yourself no matter what you look like.
Because they are rich...and that's the exclusionary criterion for men. ;)
She’s stating a fact. Size 2 is not fat. Is she claiming to be a size 2?
Or just reminding us that size 2 is not fat. < /sarc >
Check out post 39....
I think that is where a lot of normal women cringe....
when a woman that looks like them, or is even smaller than them is called a ‘fatty’ by a male...
Here especially.
Suddenly, you know the standard, and you know you can’t meet it, even in an ‘intellectual’ setting where we are supposed to be valued for our smarts. :)
Instantly, you’re sub-par.
I missed the ‘r’ the first time I read that...
Oddly,
Rich doesn’t do it for me (trauma in my early dating years I guess).
Sheesh,
I just want someone with a job who can pay the electric bill.
I do hate sitting in the dark.
That’s wicked hot.
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