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Why Aren’t Fat People Allowed to Be Trendy?
InStyle ^ | July 22, 2020 | Amanda Richards

Posted on 07/23/2020 8:58:10 AM PDT by C19fan

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To: 1Old Pro

We used to go see root boy slim and the sex change band (with the fabulous rootettes) in the late sixties and early seventies.
They played around DC a lot.
If that obit is current - his age is wrong.


42 posted on 07/23/2020 10:41:39 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: Palio di Siena

Article from 1993. I think Root used to play in Albany NY as well, pretty sure I remember ads from the 70’s

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/06/10/rocker-root-boy-slim-dies/c9c0512b-3ef5-478f-aa12-e5becffa50ec/

He probably died of Covid


43 posted on 07/23/2020 10:49:13 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (#openupstateny)
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To: Perseverando

24. Feminism was established so as to allow unattractive women access to the mainstream of society.

- Rush Limbaugh’s undeniable truths...


44 posted on 07/23/2020 11:07:38 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: C19fan

Search Sweet Adelines’ sites, plenty of standout tubby ladies.


45 posted on 07/23/2020 11:09:23 AM PDT by Bethaneidh
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I don’t see any of them in either picture to be trendy.

The woman in the black bicycle shorts in the first photo comes closes to “being trendy” but doesn’t pull it off and has a slouched appearance.


46 posted on 07/23/2020 11:09:46 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: oldplayer

>>How about 20,000 years of experience? Healthy women don’t look like that and healthy women are desired by red-blooded healthy men.

In past eras there have been movements that emphasized girth. For some it was a sign of wealth. For some a sign of a hearty homemaker with the strength (or maybe a good cook).


47 posted on 07/23/2020 11:12:21 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“I’ve been attending NYFW for over 12 years & I’ve lost count how many times I’ve seen photographers pass by an impeccably stylish fat person to photograph a skinny model in a plain white t-shirt & jeans. “

Which photo will be printer or sold more?


48 posted on 07/23/2020 11:15:06 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: C19fan
This is why:


49 posted on 07/23/2020 11:33:30 AM PDT by maddog55 (Only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it.)
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To: 1Old Pro

21 years longer than the beautiful rock icons who all died at 27.


50 posted on 07/23/2020 11:35:53 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: a fool in paradise

-—”In past eras there have been movements that emphasized girth.”-—

That’s true of course, . . . there are always exceptions to the general rule. But, there are good reasons that those “movements” were mostly short-lived. In the main, women with some defined shape akin to an hourglass are more desirable to most men than those shaped like a pear. Many cross-cultural studies over the past 100 years or so have demonstrated the same thing.


51 posted on 07/23/2020 11:41:43 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Impalas vs. Clydesdales.


52 posted on 07/23/2020 11:41:53 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: JimRed

Except Clydesdales are strong and were bred to pull a plow. The best those hogs can do is hoist a fork to their mouths.


53 posted on 07/23/2020 11:43:12 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: C19fan

Well people who are more in shape, tend to be more active and able to do and enjoy a lot more things that require you to be in better physical health.

for starters...


54 posted on 07/23/2020 1:17:51 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: C19fan

Being annoyed at things you notice and mentioning it to others, is not a career.

That’s being a nosy self-important b1tch.


55 posted on 07/23/2020 1:19:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Perseverando

“This is what a cat lady looks like”

“Body by Lean Cuisine and Weight Watchers”


56 posted on 07/23/2020 1:20:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Perseverando

And this gal thinks all men want to rape her.


57 posted on 07/23/2020 1:21:07 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

see here’s why

in photo 1, you know what they want you to focus on trending

in photo 2 you have no clue what they want you to figure out what the focus is


58 posted on 07/23/2020 1:22:26 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Boogieman

nobody wants to look fat

nobody wants to BE fat either


59 posted on 07/23/2020 1:23:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: central_va

yeah who doesn’t want a front butt.


60 posted on 07/23/2020 1:23:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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