(Okay, only one of them is a model.)<\/p>\n
First, Big Fat Blog<\/a> has a “three quick questions” interview with Lindsay Hollister<\/a>, a very cool American actress who has a size-acceptance mentality. From the interview:<\/p>\n [First,] I’m constantly torn between wanting to work and not wanting to perpetuate the myth of fat people. That we are lazy, sad, pathetic, etc. kind of people. Second, it affects me as a fat woman who has to watch these programs that portray fat people in a negative light. I am fat but also happen to be a successful, well dressed, outgoing woman who has been in a loving relationship for three years. Somehow, Hollywood fails to put that on screen and instead continues to write stereotypical roles for fat women. It’s an injustice to say the least, mostly due to the fact that the majority of Americans are overweight and deserve to see some real representation of their lives on the big (or small) screen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Second, the Sydney Morning Herald’s “Entertainment Blog” has an interview with Paris-based model\/actress Velvet d’Amour<\/a>, who recently made a splash walking the runway wearing lingerie designed by Jean Paul Gaultier. What makes this interview interesting is that the blogger\/interviewer keeps on asking mainstream anti-fat questions like “What do you think about TV programs such as ‘The Biggest Loser’? Do you think that they’re a good idea in encouraging people to lose weight?” Velvet does a great job answering these questions while (amazingly) keeping her cool. She also refuses to get drawn into dissing thin woman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Okay, only one of them is a model.) First, Big Fat Blog has a “three quick questions” interview with Lindsay Hollister, a very cool American actress who has a size-acceptance mentality. From the interview: [First,] I’m constantly torn between wanting … Continue reading