Fat People Have Feelings Too.

Today's article surprised me. It talked about overweight Americans and how they are starting to weigh in on the healthcare debates. It didn't mention a lot of specifics but it did give a good overarching view about the general sentiment of overweight Americans. Although the connection between overweight people and the health care debates wasn't very interesting to me. The idea of "fat pride" was bizarre and fascinating to me.

I think the article should have focused more on the general American sentiment that being overweight means that you're not healthy. Instead of showing the reader why this sentiment isn't true, the author just assumed that this was common knowledge and focused instead on how this sentiment was being expressed during the healthcare debates. I don't want to seem inconsiderate, but I always assumed that fat people were unhealthy and that most fat people are trying to work towards being the proper weight. The idea of "fat pride" is a completely new concept for me- and while I totally believe in being confident in your own body, I think never considered the idea of a healthy fat person who should be prideful of their body. I think an article talking more about "fat pride" would have been more interesting to me.