High Noon: Jessica Simpson’s Fat?!

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  jazzyvandal on February 13 at 12:11 p.m.

  She’s not fat, just wears unflattering clothes.

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  Transplanted_Texan on February 13 at 12:19 p.m.

  I don’t think the media has the right to dicate to celebs (or anyone else) what they must weigh (especially for aesthetic’s sake rather than health), or the authority to order them to maintain their present weight.

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  Cis on February 13 at 12:43 p.m.

  No, now she looks like a woman…. not a mannequin…
  It worked for Marilyn Monroe, why not Simpson?

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  JeanieSpokane on February 13 at 12:54 p.m.

  It bothers me that media spend so much time hovering and fixating on celebrities. Jessica’s weight; Angelina’s children; Angelina’s lips; Angelina’s anorexia; Angelina anything, actually. It bothers me that it relegates the rest of us, the normal everyday run-of-the-mill people to a back shelf, and seems to put those celebrities in front of us as an example of how we should REALLY look. The media defines our body shapes, our faces, our clothes. According to the media, I am short, dowdy, fat, and plain. And it seems to be that this is critically important to others. Or at least to the media. So, our teen daughters are striving for thin waists, full breasts, long eyelashes; and if you don’t have ALL of these attributes, you are not worthy. You are fat – fat being defined as a disagreeable characteristic. Years ago, Rembrandt painted curvy women who had voluptuous bodies (meaning a little extra ‘fat’). Today they would be described as fat. Then they were described as beautiful.

  I am going for the Rembrandt look and am very comfortable in my beautiful body and will not let shallow cameramen decide what beauty really means. Pox on them.

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  Escapee on February 13 at 1:14 p.m.

  Soul Singer James Brown screamed out on one of his records, “The more you got…The more I want”. That pretty-much says it all…

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  misc on February 13 at 1:24 p.m.

  She looks about right to me.

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  Cabbage Boy on February 13 at 1:50 p.m.

  She has put on weight, but as Cis said, now she looks natural. And the clothes choices don’t help.

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  Charlie on February 13 at 2:01 p.m.

  Now she looks healthy, unlike the super models who if they stood sideways and stuck out their tongue they would look like a zipper.

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  toadman on February 13 at 2:15 p.m.

  ” And the clothes choices don’t help.” - CB

  Then maybe she should appear without clothing more often. That way we can ascertain whether the clothes were indeed covering up something else. I, for one, would need more visual evidence.

  ;-)

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  Liz on February 13 at 2:58 p.m.

  my first response was ah, Jessica Simpson..who the heck cares???
  but yes, the media are sooo fixated on celebrities bodies. If Jessica Simpson is “fat” then I would really encourage a nice long look at reality.
  Does anyone else think there might be a connection between the ridiculous notions of what constitutes “fat” in the US and the very real incidence of serious medically dangerous obesity??? Like maybe people figure they are fat anyway so they may as well just give up and shovel it in???

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  Transplanted_Texan on February 13 at 11:55 p.m.

  Good questions, Liz. I wonder how many people in the entertainment media are “fat” by such standards themselves, but figure they’d better just go along for the ride? Journalists, especially cultural journalists, tend to have more power then they realize, methinks.

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