Posted on 10/08/2022 7:36:09 PM PDT by simpson96
A consumer-generated image of a plus-sized woman posted to Abercrombie & Fitch’s social media account ignited a debate on whether the retail company was “normalizing” obesity and unhealthy eating habits in the name of body diversity and inclusion.
The image was initially posted last week on the company’s official Instagram account and went viral over the weekend, with Twitter commenters offering overwhelmingly negative reactions.
“New Abercrombie & Fitch ad just dropped…. This season they are featuring diabetes and heart attacks,” tweeted Natalie Danelishen.
“She has a pretty face, too bad society told her not only was it healthy to look like this but it was also brave and empowering,” wrote another Twitter user.
The company said the image was not an ad.
“Abercrombie is often tagged by our customers on social media and we love to celebrate them by reposting their images to our channels,” a company spokesperson told The Post on Monday. “This is one of those occasions.”
Some Twitter users defended the posting, with one commenting: “Making clothes for people who are obese is a bad thing now?”
“No,” responded one Twitter user. “But Selling obesity as sexy/ attractive is counterproductive to the medical advisors selling obesity as extremely unhealthy.”
“And if it’s not unhealthy why don’t McDonalds, KFC etc use obese people in ads? Probably because it’s not attractive enough to be assoc. w/food.”
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from heroin chic to slam piggies in less than ten years...
I used to shop at Abercrombie & Fitch but I decided their clothes made me look like a fatty. And no one likes a fatty.
Then, more recently, leftists came out against "fat shaming".
Now they are back on their health thing again.
Do they spend their entire lives whining about such things?
There goes my libido for the next 24 hours....
She would be hot if she wasn’t so fat.
Okaaaaay. But even given her confident pride of size, that outfit is not at all flattering.
Some people are just sick. She needs mental help like all libs.
anybody ever been to Swim Week all over Miami? Around 100 swimsuit and bikini shows in 7 days, every day and they have at least 2 or 3 of these zepellins to show they have a fat chick collection.
Awful.
There’s some video on Netflix or Amazon Video about how horrible Abercrombie is because they only hire beautiful people or something?
Abercrombie is doing penance and trying to up their ESG score or something because they angered the woke gods.
It seems they can’t win.
https://news.yahoo.com/abercrombie-documentary-netflix-highlights-discriminatory-141451123.html
When I was a teen, I was very, very heavy. 5’2” and 205lbs. at my heaviest. My blood pressure was insane, even with meds. I’d come out of PE with my face purple, a screaming migraine and a BP of 250/110. I was sixteen.
Now, it wasn’t body weight. An autoimmune disorder caused renal insufficiency, which caused proteinuria and massive edema. 100lbs.’ worth. I lost more than one cubic foot of water (about 80lbs.). I lost the weight fast, in about a year, with about 80% of it over the first 6 months.
I would eat a bullet before going back to that size. I understand having self-confidence no matter one’s size, but pushing the idea that it is a sexually attractive and healthy ideal to reach for is bullsh¡t. Outside of a small niche, that isn’t hot. No. I’m bisexual and I’m not attracted to that. No. No way. Did I say, “No”?
I was on dialysis for six years, and many of the patients were this woman’s size. It was about 50/50 on my shift - bad luck with health in one half and morbid obesity with diabetes in the other. Dialysis isn’t something one wants to have to do, and if these women stay this size, it’s where they’re headed, either through diabetes or high blood pressure.
Do they spend their entire lives whining about such things?
They spend their entire lives whining.
Who wants to….do…a hippopotamus? Another hippopotamus.
Who wants to…do..a baboon? Another baboon.
Or something that identifies as a hippopotamus or baboon.
Why would one take a picture of oneself looking like this?
I’m glad you are healthier now
So you are no longer on diabetes? Congratulations. Did you regain kidney function, or just never lose any of that? I thought loss of kidney function was the reason for dialysis in the first place.
Too many burnt offerings and drink offerings.
Needs to concentrate on heave & wave offerings for a while.
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