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Thursday, June 7, 2007 12:00 AM

Healthy, my ass

Many blacks love big women, but having a rump the size of Buffie the Body's can put women at risk for disease.
By Debra Dickerson

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  • Thursday, June 7, 2007 07:28 PM

    157 pounds seems about right to me

    Buffie is 5'7" and 150 lbs? I'm calling BS on that - I'm a Black woman of the same height, 165 lbs and my legs and butt are nowhere near that big. 175-180 lbs at least...

    Seriously? I'm 5'5" and I weigh 130, and I have a fairly large bum for a little girl (and I've been told that explicitly before; the words "you've got a big ass for a skinny girl" actually came out of the mouth of an acquaintance once). Even with two more inches in height, if you put 27 more pounds on me I'd have two chins.

    157 sounds about right if the rest of that girl is solid muscle, which it kind of looks like she is.

    —KitchenGirl Read KitchenGirl's other letters

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