Michael Prager on Wisconsin news anchor Jennifer Livingston:
In her response, Livingston said, “that man’s words mean nothing to me.” But seeing her repeatedly punctuate her points with pointed finger, it was impossible to believe her.
I believe the truth is that she was very hurt by it. They were hurtful comments, and hurtful comments hurt. And, significantly, they hurt more when the recipient already believes the criticism, which we know Livingston does because she told us. “Do you think I don’t know that, that your cruel words are pointing out something I don’t see?”
I don’t agree with Michael that it’s always the case that “it is not good to be fat.” But I tend to agree with him that the more-or-less bully/victim media reporting of the Livingston story obscures other, more subtle, aspects to weight and weight stigma.
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I had a similar response. I was surprised that she framed it as a bullying issue. What struck me first off was the sexism of it. For some reason, male television personalities get to be as old and heavy as they wanna be, but all the women have to be trim and blonde. But the second thought that soon followed was how much we still relate to weight as a moral issue. As in, how dare she be a bad role model! I think it will be a great day when we finally realize it is a health issue as well as a cultural issue. It is not just a problem for the person who is overweight — we are all complicit.