Posted on 10/28/2009 7:31:54 PM PDT by Saije
American nightclubs catering specifically for fat people are proving a hit with plus-sized partygoers looking for acceptance.
Venues like Club Bounce and The Butterfly Lounge in California are aimed at people who may be made to feel unwelcome at certain fashionable nightspots because of their size.
Such clubs are a relatively new development, with a handful scattered across California, mainly in coastal cities such as San Diego and San Francisco.
Lisa Marie Garbo, who opened Club Bounce five years ago, said she did it for herself and others who were tired of being "the only fat girl at the local nightclub".
She said: "I don't think fat is a bad word any more. I think a lot of people embrace it now.
"I'm not a gain-weight advocate or anything like that. My message to people is live your life no matter what size you are."
Club Bounce, with a capacity of 400, attracts relatively equal numbers of men and women. However, while about three-quarters of the women tend to be heavy, only a quarter of the men are.
The existence of such venues has raised health questions in a country where, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third of adults are already obese.
But Lynn McAfe, of the Council On Size and Weight Discrimination, said: "It's nice to have a place to go where you can do a little flirting and maybe bring your thin sister or somebody from work who isn't fat, and they'll be in your world for a while."
"That's an amazing experience for a lot of people who aren't fat, to spend a day or night in a world of fat people."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Let me get this straight....the CDC has an issue with fat people actually having a place where they are willing to go and DANCE (note to sebelius - that is what we call exercise).
LOL dude that was just wrong.
Looks like they ran out of ink on that “fence”.
Sounds like a place one is guaranteed to score. I like fat chicks. They are good cooks!
“Chubs”
That would the name of my club......
good for them!!! Dance and have a good time girls!
They saw a market and catered to it. Capitalism, we need more of it. The irony will be if it gets shut down due to “health concerns” while gay bath houses don’t.
“The existence of such venues has raised health questions in a country where, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one-third of adults are already obese. “
Yeah, don’t want people getting the wrong idea like fat people having a good time and stuff. We need to keep beating the message that if you fat, you deserve to be utterly miserable alone with lots of cats.
And somehow I don’t think bringing your thin sister is going to be a problem because I’d imagine the men who would go there aren’t looking for the skinnies.
“while gay bath houses don’t...”
Smokers and fat people. Two groups that can be criticized, ridiculed and discriminated against with impunity. Unless they’re Muslim. Then it’s wise not to say anything.
Livin’ large.
Heh heh heh...
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