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• Wednesday, June 6, 2007 07:11 PM

  Are you kidding?

  Oh wow,

  I've never written a letter to any magazine, but this article has blown my mind...I'm five two, 110 pounds and have spent a lifetime hating my body, obsessing about weight, starving myself etc., like most women (or according to this article,like most white women, of which I am one) but even at the height of my eating disorder neuroses it would be clear to me that Buffie the Body is not an obese woman--honestly, is she even overweight? Doesn't look like it to me....

  Even the headline for this article is deceiving--a rump the size of hers will absolutely not give you heart disease! Excessive belly fat--yes,that's a problem. Look at the medical research. But since when does ass fat give you a coronary? PLEASE.

  Now, come on. If you want to write an article about obese icons in the black community(which I'm honestly not sure is productive, either), how about Monique, or someone of that size? Yes, perhaps black women suffer from poor nutrition and lack of exercise. I'm no expert. Certainly, the overall epidemic of obesity in this country, coupled with anorexia, bulimia, etc. on the other extreme, shows how fucked-up our culture is when it comes to food and health.

  But this article does no one any favors. Singling out this totally hot girl just because she has a big ass--it reminds me of watching rap videos with my stepmother in the room, and her saying, "oh, she's a very pretty girl...but her butt's a little big for that bikini, don't you think?"

  As a woman who has struggled to accept an already thin body my entire life, I can tell you I hope no daughter of mine would read an article like this.

  —Anonymous
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