Fat girl is campaigning for body positivity

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Fat dancer Whitney Thore has become a star - shaking her 25-stone booty in online videos. The 29-year-old radio producer’s clip A Fat Girl Dancing showcasing her incredible dance skills went viral and earned her fans the world over. Whitney, who has Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, wants to destigmatise the word ‘fat'. Six months ago she launched the No Body Shame Campaign fight fat phobia and teach people to love their bodies.

http://uk.screen.yahoo.com/video/playlist/barcroft-media-videos/fat-dancer-campaigning-body-positivity-105804392.html?vp=1

 
If one is obese because of an illness that is very sad. However being fat is NOT to be recommended because of the health issues surrounding overweight, so it should not be celebrated.
 
I saw this young girl on the news yesterday. She had brain surgery to remove a tumor, and it made a change in her brain where she was constantly hungry and gaining weight. She went from a thin normal looking youngster, to being obese, gaining 2 pounds a week from the condition. They went in to do lap band surgery for her, but her liver was so large that they didn't do the planned procedure...http://news.yahoo.com/obese-texas-girl-had-tumor-surgery-ohio-175838788.html
 
I agree with Justme and Rkunsaw, obesity causes health problems and shouldn't be encouraged. If it's from a medical condition, then it's completely different. I remember in grade school, there was a student who was obese, and he had a medical condition with his thyroid. The other kids were very mean to him, always calling him names, he was very sad. I found myself always defending him, and telling some kids privately that he couldn't help it, and calling him names every day was very mean. A few of them backed off, so that was a good thing.
 
Justme said:
If one is obese because of an illness that is very sad. However being fat is NOT to be recommended because of the health issues surrounding overweight, so it should not be celebrated.
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I don't think she's celebrating being fat. She's trying to stand up to the media driven images of thin girls that actually ahve resulted in health issues/eating disorders.

It takes guts to get out and refuse to act like an inferior female because you're overweight.

She’s the face of the No Body Shame Campaign, and she lives up to every word and image she shares. In her movement against the promotion of unrealistic body image messaging, she challenges viewers and readers to effect positive change in themselves, without excuses or shame. Her focus may be weight, but her message can be applied to other causes, too. For example, your focus might be self-confidence or inner beauty — whatever holds you back from loving and appreciating yourself completely is the hurdle you must fight to conquer.
​It’s not the kind of message that says being obese is OK or justifying it into something that it isn’t. There’s no pretense or hidden desire for an unachievable definition of perfection. It’s the kind of message that says life is about more than weight; maybe you want to lose it, maybe you don’t, but by all means, like who you are while you’re doing whatever you’re doing.
 
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