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Does Urban Outfitters hate fat people?
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Does Urban Outfitters hate fat people?
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| Courtesy of Urban Outfitters |
| "Eat Less" tee on a skinny girl? Awkward. |
Check out this "Eat Less" tee sold by Philly-based company Urban Outfitters. Kinda has an anti-fat women/Mean Girls vibe to it, eh? And maybe, just maybe it would feel more anti-American-overconsumption (vs. anti-eating-anything-even-ice-cubes) if it wasn't on a very, very thin young woman?
Or maybe not. What are your thoughts, Clogees?
(h/t Huffington Post)
I don't think it's necessarily a bad message. As a nation, we do tend to overeat. And, in Philly, we've elevated gorging to an annual spectacle with Wing Bowl. Even 20-somethings here are "rockin' the flab". Having said that, I think "Exercise More" is a better message, though not quite as pithy.
The thing is, it's not about eating "less" but eating "better." Yeah, we have the Wing Bowl, and are the home of the cheesesteak, etc...but the message of "eat less" has gotten distorted in our society to encourage various eating disorders.
Have you ever shopped at Urban outfitters? Even normal sized people have a hard time fitting in there!
To their credit, *everybody* hates fat people.
hey jimbo, i probably get laid more than you!!!
If more bike lanes everywhere means more bicyclists will use them and get off the sidewalks, please do it. Even though that will still continue given how easy it is to get way with it and the current police attitude on enforcement. I would be against
Uh... no question, this sh*t is weird and disturbing. Hate fat people? I don't know. Love anorexia? YES.
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