Too fat to cheer?

[taratru]

That someone did this makes me want to punch people. 

www.blogher.com/too-fat-be-cheerleader-cbs-houston-polls-readers-weight-okc-thunder-girl 

[NitaX]

This is the said "chunky" cheerleader.

Folks need to get some dayum business. 

[Velar Fricative]

OMG we have the most fucked up perceptions of what is fat and what isn't in this country.

[Deleted]

I thought this was going to be a 200lb girl that wanted to be a high school flyer, not some grown woman with pom poms.

[iammalcolmx]

She looks great, I feel so bad she is being subjected to this.

[Kristinmo]

Apr 25, 2013 11:24:15 GMT -5 @septimus said:

I thought this was going to be a 200lb girl that wanted to be a high school flyer, not some grown woman with pom poms.

This.

[smock]

I can't even come up with a response to this shit.

[mominatrix]

Am I the only one who thought of Carmen Ferrera on Popular?

The amazing thing is that this woman looks like the not-fattie cheerleaders on that show.

This is effing rediculous.



oh, and @iammalcomx that (ETA: your siggy, which I love) was on the day I was born!

[mominatrix]

Carmen, on Popular...


plotline: fat, but she can move.  Too fat to cheer?

[mominatrix]

Holy shit.

Not FAT. Fucking abdominal muscles. She has a fucking six pack.

[foundmylazybum]

Apr 25, 2013 11:44:57 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Holy shit.

Not FAT. Fucking abdominal muscles. She has a fucking six pack.

I feel bad for her, but that six pack looks air brushed on.

[NitaX]

Apr 25, 2013 11:33:42 GMT -5 smock said:

I can't even come up with a response to this shit.

Because there isn't one. Don't waste your professor intelligence on this smock. 
Like I said, folks needs some dayum business. Ain't got shit else better to do than blast this lady on the interwebz. 

[Velar Fricative]

What's crazy is that she's probably one of the skinniest people in Oklahoma.

[mominatrix]

Apr 25, 2013 11:46:38 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Apr 25, 2013 11:44:57 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Holy shit.

Not FAT. Fucking abdominal muscles. She has a fucking six pack.

That photo is photoshopped.  Clearly.  Her boobs aren't that big in real life either.  

She's not fat and you can see that in the IRL picture nitaw posted.  But that picture you posted means about as much as a picture of a dolphin.

fair enough.


but not effing fat.



in looking around, there was another issue a couple of months back, involving a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader who was benched for the Superbowl, she claims it was because of her weight.  Check her out:




the amazing thing is that in looking for pics of her online, there are things like this:




...which makes me weep for humanity.

[eclaires]

oh yeah, she's so fat. disgusting!

Seriously, people need to get a goddamn grip.

[elleblue]

Apr 25, 2013 11:24:15 GMT -5 @septimus said:

I thought this was going to be a 200lb girl that wanted to be a high school flyer, not some grown woman with pom poms.

Same here - and I don't see at all what's fat about the woman in the picture.

eta: we're so screwed up about our perceptions of fat/overweight

[taratru]

Apr 25, 2013 12:00:42 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Allow me to use this opportunity to register a complaint about the current state of cheerleading attire.

That woman is not fat, but she is... what... marginally bigger than the other girls on the squad.  This is something you would not notice at. fucking. all. if these women were not dressed like strippers.  I miss the days of box pleat "tennis" skirts and cute sweaters.



This shit needs to stop:







I'm really kind of fucking tired of the competition to see who can get the closest to naked while still finding a place to sport the team logo.

Preach on, sister.  You guys should see some of the options the cheer uniform guy brought to the high school fitting this week.  If my kid had to wear those, she wouldn't be cheering. 

[frlcb]

My aunt was a Dallas cowboy cheerleader in the early 80s, and she probably looked like this woman. But back then the uniforms weren't so skimpy and everyone looked like that.

[foundmylazybum]

Apr 25, 2013 11:55:13 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Apr 25, 2013 11:46:38 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

That photo is photoshopped.  Clearly.  Her boobs aren't that big in real life either.  

She's not fat and you can see that in the IRL picture nitaw posted.  But that picture you posted means about as much as a picture of a dolphin.

fair enough.


but not effing fat.



in looking around, there was another issue a couple of months back, involving a Baltimore Ravens cheerleader who was benched for the Superbowl, she claims it was because of her weight.  Check her out:




the amazing thing is that in looking for pics of her online, there are things like this:




...which makes me weep for humanity.

So here's the difference between these two issues:

Wait: before I start out here, I just have to say that neither one of these girls is fat.

Moving forward;

In the first case--the blond girl...It seems like this CBS blogger just called her out for being fat..like attacked her over nothing..and it almost seemed like she is slandering the cheerleader. Her TEAM thinks she's fine. She's within their standards for performance etc.  It's just this random bitch and her opinions spouting out like diarrhea.


In the second case--which I admittedly know nothing about except what you just posted...her team thought she wasn't making the standards--laid out BY HER TEAM. Look, do I think it's ridiculous? Yeah. I do..but being a Ravens cheerleader is a job based on looks. They have a standard for performance and if she wasn't making it..then see the bench..you will be on it. It's not my code but it is the job code. 

[bugandbibs]

The current state of cheerleading uniforms is why I won't let J join a squad even though she really wants too. It's hard for her to grasp why she can be on swim team running around in a swim suit, but not in a "skirt" and "top".

I'm perfectly okay rejecting lots of swim suits I find inappropriate as well. Even if all the other kids are wearing them.

[msmerymac]

1) the way she's posed in that photo just makes her stomach look like it's sticking out. It's just an unflattering pose for anyone.
2) I would take being as fat as she is in a heartbeat.
3) This IS NOT what we are talking about when we talk about the obesity epidemic in America. A cheerleader with a little extra padding on her hips is still healthier and gets more exercise than 90% of Americans.
4) In relation to number 3 SHAME ON THE NEWSPAPER for stirring this up. I don't give a shit if newspaper readers think she's fat. As explained above, she is certainly not unhealthy. She has a curvy body type. So don't give me any bullshit about how you "only care about her health." You care about the traditional, fucked up standard of American beauty, which = skinny.

[ringstrue]

It's just proof that our society isn't used to seeing what a strong, healthy woman actually looks like. It's pretty much the only reason I wish Xena was still on the air.

[emilyj]

I am going to go on a shaming campaign against this reporter. Instead of slut-shaming, I'm going to call it my own personal idiot-shaming crusade. I'm not even kidding. I am so pissed over this.

[wawa]

Apr 25, 2013 13:09:23 GMT -5 ringstrue said:

It's just proof that our society isn't used to seeing what a strong, healthy woman actually looks like. It's pretty much the only reason I wish Xena was still on the air.

My sister and I both wanted to be Gabrielle.  We thought she was AWESOME.  Xena was just a little too hardcore to aspire to, but give us a cute sports bra+skirt outfit in earth tones and a big stick and we were happy.

[auntie]

Apr 25, 2013 11:44:57 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

Holy shit.

Not FAT. Fucking abdominal muscles. She has a fucking six pack.

What's with her arms? They didn't photoshop them to the same size and now she looks like Kaiser Wilhelm. 

[Saint Monica]

I dont even think I would classify her as 'curvy'. She is not bony but having bones protruding is not good.

[auntie]

Apr 25, 2013 11:53:10 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Here are some more pictures of her.  I'm really not seeing how she's too fat.  

Is that over-processed hair part of the uniform, too?

DH thought she looked fun to lay on.