The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44249 Message #651305
Posted By: GUEST,BigDaddy
15-Feb-02 - 11:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why did god make me fat?
Subject: RE: BS: Why did god make me fat?
A number of well-known women tend to carry more pounds than is currently fashionable. Among these are Wynonna Judd, Mary Chapin-Carpenter and Linda Ronstadt. They sometimes get around it by being photographed with special lighting. You are not alone in being larger than what is currently fashionable. Linda Ronstadt even said in an interview something to the effect that she realizes she's not fat, she was just born in the wrong century, having viewed the paintings of Reubens. If you take a look at the women portrayed in art through the ages, you will see that thin was not the ideal throughout much (perhaps most) of history. More to follow...