Ok not sure where to post this, but I guess this is as good a place as any.
I was reading a story last night that was written fairly well. I was enjoying it, but I got to a line that set my teeth on edge it infuriated me so much. I quit reading the story. The line was talking about an older woman who was 5 feet 8 inches and mentioned how she had never lost the weight she had gained from her pregnancy. The woman weighed 140 pounds and the reader was given the impression that she was overweight!
A woman who measures 5 feet 8 inches and weighs 140 pounds is not overweight!!!!! GEEZ! In my book and Woodsman's, she is probably too thin.
Just what is fat? What do Americans consider fat? I don't understand it.
This perverted (in my opinion) notion of beauty is why my daughter starves herself and is self conscious about her weight, even though she is beautiful and much too thin as far as I am concerned. She walks down the street and 95% of the males turn to look at her in awe (I have observed this), yet she thinks she is too heavy. Damn it!
OK That's my rant. I'm still angry.