Comments on: The Root of All Evil

By: eli

eli — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:24:27 +0000

I just mean, why make assumptions about this pretty fat woman’s inner life the exact same way that fat-haters make assumptions about us. This shit is bad enough without us doing it to each other, you know?

Also I saw no sign that OTM realised that doing it might be insulting.

By: shinobi42

shinobi42 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:15:07 +0000

Uhhh, yeah. But it is SO not a slow news day. They could have written about a billion other things that are going on right now. The G8 conference for instance, or unrest in Iran and Hondouras, or political maneuvering around health care or… y’know. ANYTHING ELSE ACTUALLY RELEVANT TO THE CONDITION OF THE WORLD.

Now I don’t mind a little fluff, but please keep in mind that the pile of papers that some might call a “news paper” that I am discussing here is about 95% fluff.

By: sioneve

sioneve — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:30:24 +0000

Try to see it from the journalists’ perspective…slow news day…deadline approaching…I know I’ll write another story on fattening food – this time disguised as evils in the workplace!! Uncanny!

By: shinobi42

shinobi42 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:05:47 +0000

I mean. She wanting to do something and realizing that doing it might be insulting isn’t the same as actually doing it.

By: eli

eli — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:45:46 +0000

You know, OTM, I recognise that your heart is in the right place, but, it’s about as insulting to assume that that pretty fat women doesn’t already know about FA or that she needs edification as it is to want to snatch a cupcake out of a fat person’s hand and talk to them about nutrition.

By: OTM

OTM — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:58:13 +0000

The Red Eye is such a pile of shit. I saw a very pretty fat woman reading this issue on the train this morning and I wanted to snatch it out of her hand and tell her all about FA, or at least encourage her to read something a little more edifying in the morning.

My shameful confession is that I was really happy that they didn’t put a fat, donut-eating woman on the cover. I don’t think I could have handled returning to work after a very necessary three day weekend AND feeling like everybody was checking out the Red Eye and they giving me the side eye with a little, “Hmmm… must have a lot of snacks in HER office” internal judgment thrown in.

Fucking Red Eye.

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:53:28 +0000

When I saw the cover of the office geek holding a pastry with the look of guilt/fear on his face as I was coming in on the train this morning, I knew I really didn’t need to crack it open to know it was going to be a flowing fount of stupidity.

By: Tari

Tari — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:02:34 +0000

Ye gods, this article crawled up my sphincter. I was particularly fond of the fact that all the “burn notice” bits made sure to show that women should eat less, ’cause we always have to work harder to fend off those nasty calories!! Also, really loved the way exercise (including gardening!) was characterized not as something we might do anyway because it’s fun, but only something we might do as pennance for eating the fucking pizza.

I usually avoid the RedEye (unless I’m in the mood for a crossword), but I was curious about what aspect of the “Fat Office” was worthy of making the cover. Shoulda known.