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A slap in the face to fat girls

Beth Ditto may be a hip plus-size icon, but her new clothing line feels like an insulting throwback to a 1985 Kmart
Kate Harding

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  • Friday, July 10, 2009 01:11 PM

    BEth Ditto?!

    If Beth Ditto is the plus size role model to emulate in the 21 century...fat chicks don't deserve a role model...or better yet...should not be looking to Beth Ditto in the first place.

    She can't sing and she doesn't make anything she wears look good...even as a biggin'..just sayin'

    I have suffered with weight issues all my life and having Beth Ditto as a model of modern girth is a fat joke...every pun intended!!! Just because she is annoying and obnoxious doesn't mean she deserves to have a camera in her face and and to be quoted...moreover, to design a fashion line, oh bother!

    Makes me glad I was able to lose the weight.

    —Shewolf68 Read Shewolf68's other letters

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