Fantastic, I love reading headlines that shame women that aren't "skinny".
In a feature profile of Jackie Warner, the Jillian Michaels wannabe that hosts Bravo's Thintervention, the 42 year old admits to being "overweight in college". She called her self, "Miserable and out of control" , becuase she had ballooned to 169 pounds.
169 pounds. That's it. I have no idea how tall Warner is or what her current or former BMI or body fat percentage is, however no matter what, one hundred and sixty nine pounds is not a bad thing. In fact, it is pretty close to the average weight of women in the US.
I don't think mainstream media outlets should be shaming the average women in this country and using words to describe a person that is not 118 pounds like , "miserable", "lazy", and "out of control". When written and talked about in that light, it makes every woman that isn't super skinny, naturally or otherwise, seem less than worthy of attention and it dehumanizes them.
The show on Bravo is sure to be an hour of total bullshit. I mean, the title is dangerously close to a pro-ana term "thinsperation"- images those suffering from an eating disorder look at in order to motivate themselves not to eat- and frankly I'm not so sure how this show is going to be much different than that. No doubt there will be borderline abusive trainers shown guilting and manipulating (willing) contestants into losing weight.
I hate these weight loss shows and I hate how they portray women. I understand Warner is doing press for the show and promoting it to her heart's content, but she does not need to stigmatize and shame women that don't look like her.
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