I’m beginning to think that ‘Loose Women’ should be
re-named ‘Loose Cannons’.
I gave up watching some time ago but when one of their
panelists spouts venom, bigoted views or claptrap it always hits Twitter and
you find yourself thinking, ‘Whose career is in need of a boost now?’
Surely that can be the only
reason these women come out with such contentious views. We’ve seen the Vile One (Hopkins) do it time and time again (her
empire is built on it), we cringed at Judy Finnigan’s rape comments and now we
have Jamelia with this beauty:
“I think everyone should have access to lovely clothes, BUT I do not
think it’s right to facilitate people living an unhealthy lifestyle … I don’t
believe stores should stock clothes below or above a certain weight. They
should be made to feel uncomfortable when they go in and can’t find a size.”
What was she
thinking? And what will she be thinking
this morning now that the dust has settled?
Yes, she’s entitled to her opinion but has she really
considered the implications of what she said?
- What is this ‘certain weight’ she’s talking about? Do we have scales at the doors to ascertain who can and can’t be allowed to enter? Or maybe we have a radar that automatically brings down a shutter if it detects non-perfection? Who decides on the ideal weight? A doctor? A catwalk model? A chat-show panelist?
- How should these people be made to feel uncomfortable? Pointing? Jeering? Making them try clothes on whilst standing on the shop floor rather than in the privacy of a changing room? Maybe a Tannoy could be used to announce the arrival of a fatty or a skinny? A fanfare perhaps?
- Who says that being overweight or underweight is due to an ‘unhealthy lifestyle’? There are many medical conditions which cause weight gain or loss, just as there are many people carrying a little extra weight or not enough who are totally healthy, happy and fit. Your mind is as narrow as your hips, Ms J.
- What message are you giving your daughters? ‘Oh, the scales have tipped over the perfect weight! Greedy girl! or ‘Too skinny, sweetheart! Sick girl!’
- What right do you have to enter women’s living rooms and make them feel bad about themselves? I’m not talking about the ones who are happy and confident in their skins (be that large or small), I’m talking the ones who are already struggling - the young mum who’s lonely and trying to shift a few extra pounds, the uni student who’s battling bulimia. Did you think about them?
- Where exactly should these ‘freaks’ go to buy their clothes? Must we keep them all behind closed doors and only allow them to shop on the internet? If so, why draw the line at clothes shops? Let’s keep them inside all of the time so that they don’t offend your sensitivities.
- Start saying your prayers to the Beauty Gods. May your bottom never sag, your metabolism never change, your health never throw you a curve ball that affects the holy scales and may you always be allowed in the hallowed shops.
On a final note, dear readers, let me leave you with the
perfect body - yes, I do mean the
rabbit.
She's so out of order!! It's similar thinking that left black people struggling to find appropriate skin care for decades - if they can't find what they need they'll notice how different they are and be uncomfortable. Or the disabled, or elderly - who have a completely different shape from young women. I don't watch Loose Women (would rather read) - but why does anyone take someone seriously when they come out with stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteBlimey. Everyone who doesn't look like Jamelia comes out of the shop naked. Is that how it works?
ReplyDeleteSounds more like a philosohpical remark than a dictators decree. However you look at it, being too skinny or too fat is directly hazardous to your health, but, blimey let them eat/starve themselves to Death in the name of ignorance of the Holy Individual.
ReplyDeleteThere are of course people who are 'too' skinny or 'too' fat who are perfectly healthy. Her comments were wrong, whichever way they're viewed.
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