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Drew Barrymore's boyfriend is apparently trying to fatten her up because after she lost weight, her boobs shrunk. That's vaguely creepy, yet somewhat encouraging.
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posted by anne at 11:00 AM
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
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9 Comments:
She already had breast reduction surgery in her teens, so I doubt she's too concerned about fattening up her boobs again.
Seeing the magazine covers trumpeting "Drew Barrymore's Amazing Weight Loss-oh-my-god-she-looks-SO-much-better-now!!" was another one of those depressing freakout moments for me (like finding out that Sex in the City's teeny-tiny Kristen Davis is widely considered...well, wide). I'm glad someone is worried about her being too skinny, but the ta-ta thing is kind of creepy.
I never had the fat girl boob bonus. Even at 300 lbs I had no boobs worth speaking of. It's funny though - I've always thought the big ass-little boob figure (very popular w/the Georgians) is quite aesthetically pleasing. I wonder if it will ever be back in fashion again?
Heather -
Yes! They do! And I so totally don't get it. She was listed as one of the attractive porkers in that Maxim article a while back (mo blogged about it here, but I can't remember the date). That was the SECOND time I had seen her referred to as a Big Girl.
I actually read an interview with her once where she answered questions about being the token Big Girl on Sex-City with the air of someone who has been asked over and over again and has gotten used to answering the question as if it were reasonable rather than saying "are you f-ing out of your mind????" and slapping the reporter silly. I swear to god, there are some women the media just decides to label "fat" expressly to mess with their heads.
Kristen Davis is curvy... I think she has a low waist-to-hip ratio, but yeah... Maxim and whomever else are definitely smoking the crack if they're calling her wide.
I've never thought of Kristen Davis as curvy at all - she just looks thin to me. But then maybe that is a finer distinction than someone who has always been at least as fat as I am now (or close to it) is likely to make. I really don't see any difference between a skinny woman (Kim Cattrall, for example) and a skinny woman with a slightly greater hip-to-waist ratio. In fact, if you took a picture of all four of those women from that show and switched their heads, I probably would not notice the difference.
Mo, I think it's just creepy - there's nothing vague about it, and there's nothing encouraging about it. It's about Drew's boyfriend trying to control the way she eats and the way she looks to please him. I didn't see anything about his worrying about her being too thin for her health. I had someone pressing food on me at one point because he thought I was too thin, but he was worried about my health, not my looks. Alack, I am no longer "thin" by any stretch of the imagination (and unfortunately, the health didn't pick up any. :P)
uh..gee...do ya think Drew's boyfriend is tired of getting razzed by his buddies about the droopy boobs situation (which Drew herself parodied on SNL)? Sounds to me like he's working damage control...ew
Anonymous 10:58, in what possible way could Drew's boyfriend's "forcing fatty foods down her throat" be considered "doing damage control"? First of all: not his boobs, not his problem. Second, unless he's coming at her with a scalpel and some sutures, weight gain isn't going to miraculously shift her boobs upward. Believe it or not, fat is not an anti-gravity device; that's why you don't see fat folks floating around in the air above you. An increase in her weight might very well increase her bust size, but it's not going to move her bust up. It might, in fact, move her bust further downward. The only thing he could do to aid in "damage control," if he's not a qualified plastic surgeon, is buy her a good bra which fits properly.
Again, however, her body is not his problem. And if his buddies are razzing him, that's his problem, not hers. If the razzing bothers him so much, why doesn't he grow a pair and tell them to shut the f*ck up? Let him try to control his buddies, instead of his girlfriend. And if that doesn't work, he could always just walk away from his "buddies," if their comments bother him so much. After all, he's not sleeping with them.
Mary and Dolley, you all are nailing it, so I'll just sit back and watch.
Carry on.
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