The ‘Jennifer Love Hewitt Looks Fat in a Bikini’ Controversy
Feminists are up in arms over the “Jennifer Love Hewitt looks fat in a bikini” controversy, and I’m inclined to agree with them. TMZ.com recently ran a photo of Hewitt in a bikini (above left) with the observation ”We know what you ate this summer, Love–everything!” Hewitt fired back at critics who poked fun at her bikini body, saying:
“I’ve sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women’s bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image. A size 2 is not fat! Nor will it ever be. And being a size 0 doesn’t make you beautiful. What I should be doing is celebrating some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams, instead of having to deal with photographers taking invasive pictures from bad angles. To all girls with butts, boobs, hips and a waist, put on a bikini – put it on and stay strong.”
The prominent feminist blog Feminist writes:
“Hewitt had the audacity to appear in public in a bikini while also in possession of a body that hadn’t been dieted and exercised down to nothing or airbrushed to smooth perfection…I’m very pleased that she recognizes that fat-shaming is designed to keep women in line.”
A few observations:
1) As Hewitt notes, it’s not the most flattering picture, but as a whole Hewitt still looks damn good to me. I can see why women would think “If even that’s too fat, what hope is there for the rest of us?” There is such a thing as fat and unattractive, but this ain’t it.
2) The photo above right is an example of what I don’t like–the Auschwitz look. The blond woman in green at the bottom of the photo looks like she hasn’t eaten in weeks. I never understand why so many people want to do away with women with womanly curves and replace them with women with skinny, 15 year-old boy bodies. My wife says it’s because fashion designers can design clothes easier for women with flat bodies that aren’t curvaceous.
3) I doubt that “fat-shaming” is a patriarchal conspiracy designed to “keep women in line,” but the feminist bloggers are much smarter at detecting said conspiracies than I am.
4) I’m happy that Hewitt says she wants to “celebrate some of the best days of my life and my engagement to the man of my dreams”–isn’t that what the whole mating game is is supposed to be about anyway?
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December 7th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Once again the feminists are wrong. Clearly, it should occur to these mentally challenged feminists that she is overweight. Not overweight for an average person, but for a celebrity and actress, most definitely. As a celebrity/actress (marginal actress at best) her primary responsibility is to be pleasing to the eye in an above average way. She receives a vast amount of money to stand in front of a camera and recite other people’s thoughts and ideas. Certainly she can go to a gym and lose those extra pounds? Would these same feminist cry foul for a football player who gains extra pounds and can no longer compete on the gridiron, I think not. This is another example of ill-logical, mindless feminist group think.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:42 pm
Aren’t women’s magazines chock full of women that other women and gay men find attractive? I.e. I don’t think it’s much of a surprise to me that they all look like 15 year old boys…
How many straight men work at Cosmo anyway?
As for “fat shaming”, when the average US woman is a size 14, perhaps some shaming is necessary and appropriate. When the average woman is 7″ shorter than I but weighs just 25 pounds less, that’s a problem, both for them and their husbands.
December 7th, 2007 at 11:44 pm
Glenn, wake up please. Too many American women are overfed porkers who cannot keep their hands off the Haagen-Daz and the Kentucky Fried Chicken buckets.
When you’re finished agreeing with the feminists that women should not give a rat’s *ss about their tendency to balloon out in our society without fear that anyone might dare to speak up for fear of offending them, consider how women in Asian and Latin American societies, to name just a couple, REFUSE to play along with such nonsense.
As much as I value your stories, I wonder whether you actually have a set of testicles, Glenn. Or in other words, while you bring value to men’s rights activists, your opinion sometimes sucks. This is one of those times. Get a grip, please.
And now to debunk Hewitt’s nonsense: “”I’ve sat by in silence for a long time now about the way women’s bodies are constantly scrutinized. To set the record straight, I’m not upset for me, but for all the girls out there that are struggling with their body image.”
Well, Jennifer, when you were younger, thinner, and hotter, you apparently did not mind a bit how you body was “constantly scrutinized”, since it was your ticket to fame and fortune,
Now that you’ve porked up a bit….. now you’re concerned about how women’s bodies are scrutinized? How convenient……….
And “to set the record straight”, you are most certainly upset for your own sake. Like most American women, you are first and primarily concerned about you, you, you, not concerned about others, even other women. So cut the nonsense, please.