Rant

I have a rant - you've been warned.

There is a plus-size (God I hate that phrase) model who shows the skinny size 0 model wearing XYZ on the left and then she wears it on the right. She thinks she is showcasing that at her size you can wear everything they do no matter your size. For the most part she does that exactly. She is also protesting clothing not being made above a size 12. I get that and applaud that. Everyone should be able to buy clothes no matter their size. Not just cheap Lane Bryant clothing but really very nice clothing and designer clothing. That normally doesn't go above a size 8. 

I could never wear some of the things she will wear when showing she is the same as that twig model.  I think it's great that she thinks a half-shirt looks nice and she's not self-conscious. Good for people who can do that. 

I can't. I am nowhere near her size but even when I was 110lbs I would never. So I have my own issues. LOL.
She is correct in all of this.

Then she posted something about the new Renee Zellwegger movie. 
It's a true story called 'The Thing About Pam.' 

After Renee's last Bridget Jones movie, Renee swore she was not gaining and losing the weight again, it was too hard on her body as she has gotten older. This woman, Pam, in real life was quite heavy so they used a fat suit and padded her face and body. 

Well, apparently the plus-size people are all up in arms. 
One actually wrote that this is the equivalent of white people using black face. Oh for the love of God, not even close!!   

You're fat, it's not the same. Everyone was bitching that they should only use fat actresses. Seriously? Isn't it called acting? The person who played the elephant man did not have that disease, he was ACTING. Tom Hanks was not a real pilot when he played Sully on the Hudson. Julie Roberts did not have boobs big enough when playing Erin Brockovich so they padded the hell out of her she said.  Maybe I should have played Erin, I could fill out that bra. 

I am exhausted by the PC community sometimes. Honestly, are there more than 3 fat actresses? The young woman on This is Us, Kirstie I am Scientology hear me roar Alley and Melissa McCarthy. So there is that fact. Out of those 3, only Melissa is any good in my opinion. 

But honestly, I just began watching Inventing Anna on Netflix, another true story. The woman was Russian. The actress is not Russian, she is also on the TV show Ozark. They didn't get up in arms because she wasn't Russian. What is with this fat society? Apparently, I am the minority and the other thousand or so thought this was a HUGE deal and they would be protesting the movie. Oh yeah, that will hurt them. 

I also understand seeing representation. When my nieces were little I loved that they saw people who looked like them on Disney and movies. It meant a lot to them too because they were raised by white Grandparents. We made a point of doing all of that. Representation is very important. But in a movie, if it calls for someone to be obese, I think it's just perfectly fine to use an actress they think is excellent and pad her if necessary.

With this logic of theirs no man should try out for Chippendales unless you are a real dancer - Six pack be damned, you must really be a dancer. You are taking a job away from a real dancer. I know it's not fair because there are fat men and no one says a thing to John Goodman but he also isn't given roles that go to Hugh Jackman either.
When Halle Berry was a Bond girl the script did not say, give me a black girl to come out of the water in an orange bikini. No, she auditioned for the part and just got it.

The commentators kept saying, there are a lot of fat actresses who can't get work. Okay, I get that and I understand that. Not a big call for a big actress, but where are they? Did they audition? Did their agent even get a script for them? Did they suck so they went with a good actress who happened to be skinny?

I get this to a point but overall it annoys me and makes me ticked off. 

It's called Acting!!   

In the meantime let me get my fat ass into my size 12 jeans. 

Yep, that makes me plus size. All such a waste of energy doesn't it?