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‘Thicker, curvy’ women denied entry to bar; rant goes viral on social media
DC News Now ^ | 11/11/2022 | Vivian Chow

Posted on 11/12/2022 12:16:46 PM PST by rod5591

(KTLA) – Two female ... social media influencers say they were denied entry into a popular Los Angeles nightclub because of their size.

Ella Halikas said a bouncer told her and fellow “curvy model" Alexa Jay they couldn’t follow their friends into The Highlight Room in Hollywood.

“(Alexa) asked him, ‘Hey what’s going on? I’m with that party you just let in,’ and he said, ‘I know,’ and looked her up and down and said, ‘Not tonight,’”

The women shared their story on social media and said it has resonated with women all over the country.

“It was so dehumanizing,” said Jay. “It was like we were being looked through. If you experienced any type of discrimination like this, you know exactly how horrible and disgusting it feels.”

The women believe this problem goes beyond one nightclub. Halikas said she has received thousands of messages from other plus-sized women sharing similar stories of being turned away from bars and nightclubs.

“One of my plus-sized friends went to a club in New York City and they said, ‘Everyone else can come in,'” said Halikas. “They let in all her thin friends, got to her and said, ‘You can’t get in.’

Halikas [claimed] her career as a model had put her on runways and on the pages of Sports Illustrated magazine, but it still didn’t stop her from being turned away.

The Tao Group, operators of The Highlight Room, responded to the incident by saying:

“We are aware of their experience. The doorman on this evening worked for a third-party promotion company and we’ve removed this individual from the door effective immediately."

The women say ... they don’t believe just firing one doorman is enough. They’re hoping to work on systemic change in the industry while inspiring and empowering other plus-sized women.

(Excerpt) Read more at dcnewsnow.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Political Humor/Cartoons
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To: rod5591

so are we talking abut ‘Thicker, curvy’ women or elephantine porkers here?


61 posted on 11/12/2022 2:17:23 PM PST by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Abathar
She is not fat in any bygone era but now she is considered obese.

We put women on display with a 3% body fat as what a healthy pretty woman should look like now, but 150 years ago they would not have made it through a single harsh winter.

Bull.

Women were smaller in the past, obese women like these two wouldn't live very long due to substandard health care. Go to any museum with clothes from the 1800's and look at the size of the waists, most women were tiny back then and the men not much bigger. They didn't work out and weren't as muscular as today, but they also didn't have all the body fat hanging on them that today's women have.

Show me a woman that's idolized today with 3% body fat. A female bodybuilding freak taking testosterone that looks like a man will be 8-9% body fat. Most women that look good in a bikini today are going to be in the 18-20% body fat range.

62 posted on 11/12/2022 2:35:49 PM PST by GaryCrow
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To: bk1000

Maybe the fire safety limit was a certain number of people and fat girl counted as two. So need to keep her out so two skinny chicks can enjoy the evening.


63 posted on 11/12/2022 2:47:06 PM PST by FalloutShelterGirl (Cool! I found my original screen name!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

But, are men ever rejected from a club because of their looks? I don’t know what people do today. I haven’t been club-age for 30 years, but back in my day (long, long ago), women would’ve been more angry about being left outside by their friends. Either your whole group got into a club, or your whole group didn’t go in.


64 posted on 11/12/2022 2:47:41 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: All

When I was dating, I used one of those websites. I learned the lingo after my first encounter with a heifer. Round=fat, curvy=fat, rubenesque=fat, average=fat, normal=fat, soft=fat, husky=fat, buxom=fat, full-figure=fat, well endowed=fat, comfortable=fat, voluptuous=fat.


65 posted on 11/12/2022 3:00:44 PM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Start at 1:10

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v0MJiDOuXP4


66 posted on 11/12/2022 3:04:09 PM PST by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Tired of Taxes

Men are rejected for a whole host of reasons. Even if they can pay. Bouncers will say “occupancy limit” if they have to. Then they let a couple hot guys or gals in, but the hot guys still pay.


67 posted on 11/12/2022 3:04:11 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: null and void; Lazamataz

yea...there was always Laz’s house.
those big girls would of had a far better time..


68 posted on 11/12/2022 3:06:02 PM PST by mowowie
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To: doorgunner69

“Being a chubbo lover makes you a real man”

I had a buddy in the Army he always said “the fatter the better”. He always got laid especially at his apt complex.


69 posted on 11/12/2022 3:08:22 PM PST by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: rod5591
Hey, they let fat, ugly men into nightclubs and bars all the time.


70 posted on 11/12/2022 3:12:01 PM PST by Cinnamontea
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To: Secret Agent Man

“These same women don’t mind all men have to pay entry into these clubs. These sme women don’t mind judging men on looks all night at the clubs.”

The men not only have to pay but have to have “the Look” as in the money look.

I once, over 30 years ago, worked with a couple of guys who had grown up in NYC. They told us what it took to get into the better clubs in NYC and it was INSANE.
Hand made Italian shoes that cost more than my entire wardrobe. Jacket and trousers with whose cost Mother Theresa could have operated with for a year. And a guy had to have the bearing of being one who “belonged” with the upper crust, no social climbers allowed.
And one Club Suit wasn’t enough. He said if you showed up at the same club twice wearing the same suit you didn’t get in. These guys each had at least three different suits they would cycle through. Guys spent thousands just to have the pleasure of buying overpriced drinks for snotty wenches.

I’m glad I grew up in the country without all that nonsense.


71 posted on 11/12/2022 3:13:50 PM PST by oldvirginian (When I was a kid I wanted to be older…this is not what I expected)
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To: oldvirginian

Thank you, great information and stories.


72 posted on 11/12/2022 3:16:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: jjotto

LOL. And his friend left him out there! :-(


73 posted on 11/12/2022 3:35:37 PM PST by Tired of Taxes
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To: doorgunner69

No, just reveals the size of you wank. Small d-ck, fat old men go for small women. Men with big ones go for the large women.


74 posted on 11/12/2022 3:35:37 PM PST by dragonblustar (Romans 12:12)
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To: dragonblustar

Keep telling yourself that


75 posted on 11/12/2022 3:58:15 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: GaryCrow

Right moment I can see pictures of my mom and grandmother (born in mid 1920s and 1890s) and neither of them were even remotely that big, not even close


76 posted on 11/12/2022 3:59:55 PM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: rod5591
There goes half the pages of the Kama Sutra that cannot be tried with these women.
77 posted on 11/12/2022 4:01:43 PM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: rod5591

Are women “dehumanizing” short men when they say, “not tonight,” when they reject his advances?

Get use to it tubbies. These fatties would get a dose of reality at a European night club where fatties are not allowed at all, of either sex.


78 posted on 11/12/2022 4:07:37 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: null and void

Well, there is plus sized, and there is PLUS+ sized (heifer).


79 posted on 11/12/2022 4:19:48 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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To: Allegra

Yes itis. She appears to be a hoarder as well.


80 posted on 11/12/2022 4:22:30 PM PST by sauropod (Fascists also buy Comcast cable packages" - Olby - Wanna buy mine?)
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