an homage to her connection to Amber, whatever, okay, but this entire piece erases fat people, fat bodies, and a great part of the meaning of this song what is the point of recreating the very image that the show dismantles? (we all know the point) - ThreadSky

schwartzwords.bsky.social • 1 day ago

an homage to her connection to Amber, whatever, okay, but this entire piece erases fat people, fat bodies, and a great part of the meaning of this song

what is the point of recreating the very image that the show dismantles?

(we all know the point)

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schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

And I admit I don’t follow fashion or models so pls lmk if there’s some exciting additional context I’m missing but imagine creating an entire homage to Hairspray and omitting FAT PEOPLE. FROM HAIRSPRAY.

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

They’re being real cute playing with these structured oversize silhouettes

I am very much a fan of these performers here but imagine if this had given some fat queer performers a moment to shine?

These three characters are some of the vanishingly few fat icons for fans of theater or any media

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

But I guess one midsize dancer got to appear way off to the side or way in the back, literally obscured by the thin dancers. I’m sorry but that is not Hairspray.

kimista.bsky.social•1 day ago

And she's wearing black of course. 🙄

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

I HADN’T EVEN CLOCKED THAT💀

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s just a frothy ad, and of course it’s wonderful to see this model given the limelight—I don’t want to erase the incredible importance of that—but the spectacle they built around her is incredibly misguided and part of an intensifying movement to erase the progress we’ve made for fat acceptance.

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

And that actually hurts. I really hoped for a while there things would be different for the young people coming of age with a growing world of role models and opportunities, and it hurts to see these taken like this. Fatphobia tangibly, adversely, systematically affects people’s lives.

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

So each frothy ad, each time a fat anthem gets turned into just another empty self-empowerment ballad over an ad for thin-only fashion or weight loss medication, it hurts real people in real ways.

filmsonwax.bsky.social•1 day ago

GROSS

schwartzwords.bsky.social•1 day ago

it was so much worse than I expected, even seeing people react

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