{"id":6137,"date":"2009-01-05T17:47:57","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T00:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barrydeutsch.wordpress.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2009-01-05T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T00:47:57","slug":"many-cringe-when-they-see-how-their-article-was-edited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=6137","title":{"rendered":"Many Cringe When They See How Their Article Was Edited"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I was reading an article called “Size Doesn’t Matter” by Samme Chittum, published by Diversity Woman<\/a>. The article doesn’t seem to be online, alas.<\/p>\n

The article is solidly pro-fat, which made it strange that, rather than using the word “fat,” Chittum used “plus-size.” I dislike “plus-size” for the same reason I dislike “overweight”; the term implies that there is an objectively correct size over which people shouldn’t go. Fuck that shit.<\/p>\n

Then I came to this passage (emphasis in original), and realized that Chittum wasn’t to blame:<\/p>\n

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While many cringe when they hear the term plus-size<\/em>, Wann, Lyons, and other activists believe it is time to take back the f<\/em> word. \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t like the term overweight because it assumes weight is in itself a problem,\u201d says Lyons. \u201cUsing the term plus-size<\/em> has been very freeing for many women.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It appears the editor missed the point — but found the search and replace key. Yipes.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: And from elsewhere in the same article:<\/p>\n

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Outside the office, she performs as a belly dancer and helped organize the first Plus-sizeitude Festival, sponsored by the National Association to Advance Plus-size Acceptance (NAAPA).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Plus-suzitude? Puh-leeeze!<\/p>\n

The weird thing is, someone did edit closely enough to change the “F” in “NAAFA” to “P” — apparently they don’t mind getting the name of the organization wrong, but they do want the acronym to match.<\/p>\n

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