"Too Fat For Sex"
I saw the new People magazine in our mailroom (on the "extra magazines" rack) and I had to snag it. It's the new one with Kirstie Alley on the cover, with the quote about how she had fun getting fat and now it's time to diet. She seems pretty honest, I'll give her that, and some of the quotes are funny. But it's sort of a sad article too. And she repeated that quote I saw in a Star headline that blared "TOO FAT FOR SEX."
"I'm not going to have sex while I am fat.... It's probably not right. I should probably be happy with the way I look and happy with the way my body is and happy that someone would want to have sex with me, but I'm not."
Putting your life on hold and thinking you're "too fat" to do something is one of the most depressing side effects of being overweight. It's unfortunate that she's perpetuating that idea to the world; on the other hand, I've been there.
"I'm not going to have sex while I am fat.... It's probably not right. I should probably be happy with the way I look and happy with the way my body is and happy that someone would want to have sex with me, but I'm not."
Putting your life on hold and thinking you're "too fat" to do something is one of the most depressing side effects of being overweight. It's unfortunate that she's perpetuating that idea to the world; on the other hand, I've been there.
posted by mo pie at 3:06 PM
8 Comments:
Oh, yeah, I've been there, too. Feeling too fat to do anything. Feeling like when I go out in public, people are staring at me, thinking, "That girl is FAT!!" It's horrible really. I am the same as you, though: I appreciate Kirstie Alley's honesty while at the same time kind of wanting her to shut up so that it doesn't put the wrong myths out there in the public.
I am, however, looking forward to her show "Fat Actress" on Showtime. But if she loses weight, can she still do it? I know she's an actress, but can you "act" fat if you're not?
I read that article, too. I tried to resist, and I sort of wish I had. I just found it very sad, and also sort of angering...though as you said I DID appreciate her honesty. I think they are making too big a deal out of this...no pun intended. I mean, she isn't THAT huge. What did she says she weighs in at these days, around 200? And I still think she looks beautiful. I just don't want this to make other larger people feel even worse about themselves, and think, "If she's a glamourous actress and not all that huge and too fat for sex (so she says), what about ME? Am I lovable, am I sexy, am I okay?" I just feel it sends the wrong message, and sexiness is all about a state of mind and how you feel anyway, and hopefully about a loving partner who thinks you're beautiful no matter what, not the size you wear. I hope this doesn't give anyone the wrong idea. (p.s. this is Heidi, but I can't remember my password so had to log on as anonymous).
Poor Kirstie! I really feel for her. What is she? Rich and beautiful and successful? What suffering. Well, I suppose that those things still don't make up for being fat.
I also have been too fat for sex--though you couldn't tell any of the guys who came after me when I was 368 pounds that. And, oddly enough, now that I've dropped over 220 pounds, I think of myself as waaay too skinny for sex. Well, now that I have Kirstie's take on things, I suppose I can relax a bit.
I had the feeling that she was trying to reassure the thin people that she's not for real fat, and that she'll be back to being on their side in no time. Something about the article really pissed me off - like "Oh no, I'm not one of them. I just ate a little too much over the holidays. I'm done already, see? I am not one of the fatties!"
Anyone else get them? Am I some sore of delusional paranoid?
Yea I have been there to sumtimes but I no i'm a pretty person in my own way I still be getting boiz big or not dey like me 4 me
I haven't read the article on kirstie Alley but I do feel that I'am way too overweight. I'm only 21 yrs. old and 5'0 and over 200 pounds and it is soooo depressing I feel too fat for sex. I don't even leave my house for the simple fact that when I do people gawk and stare like I'm gonna eat them or something. I haven't left my apartment in 7 months for just this reason and I don't know how or where to even start with confidence. It's different when you are big and beautiful cuz you know it, but when it's me, short and fat, society acts completely different towards you like your some kind of freak or giant bear gonna attack...
Yes, that "too fat for sex" line actually inspired me to start my own blog, the prevailing theme of which is my endless efforts to get laid... I don't think I'm too fat for sex, but I seem to be running into a lot of men who do.
I too, read that article. It was a defining moment in my life. Since that minute I have hated Kirstie Alley. She actually said words to the effect that "I had fun gaining all this weight. It wa great. But now it's time to lose it. I won't have any problem doing that. I'm not really a fat person."
The nerve of her to insult everyone who is overweight; insinuating that we all are lesser people that the almighty kirstie.
It's funny, her overindulgent, rich and pampered lifestyle hasn't helped her lose the weight. Perhaps the only reason she wasn't obese earlier in her career was her magnificent cocaine habit?
She disgusts me, and not only her looks (she is a homely fat person btw). She is a disgusting specimen of humanity.
I hope she dies fat and broke.
Have a great day!
Brian
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