UPDATE: To anyone who has come here after watching Today Tonight’s report on the ‘fat fury’, I would like to apologise. I’d like to apologise for what THEY said. How THEY made it sound like I had called overweight people names. Or had allowed other people on this website to call them names. I didn’t and I wouldn’t. Ever. The idea of that is repugnant to me. I watched the report last night in shock. To me, it felt like all the work I’ve done for almost 20 years in the area of positive body image, fighting against prejudice and media stubborness to acknowledge that women come in all shapes and sizes and should be reflected in the media….well, it felt like TT tried to destroy it last night. I desperately hope that is not the case.
I was mortified by the way they portrayed me and twisted words. I still am. Anyway. Please take the time to read what I’ve written below to explain what REALLY happened….
The biggest storms are often the ones you don’t see coming. That’s exactly how it’s been with this seemingly innocuous post I did on Monday about the phenomenon of Gainer blogs. Somehow, it has deteriorated into national news in the Herald Sun, talkback radio and tonight’s episodes of A Current Affair and Today Tonight.
I’ve spent a surreal day answering calls from media, responding to comments and wondering how the hell this all happened.
Let me be clear, I’m not asking that you cry for me. Or send flowers. Or even sympathy. That’s not why I’m writing what I hope will be the final post on this subject. I’m simply doing what I’ve always done here and pretty much in every other place I write: tell you how it is. For me.
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