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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.

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  • Thursday, June 7, 2007 09:24 AM

    more right than wrong...

    1. um, am i missing something ? ? ? *didn't* she take extensive pains to NOT pass judgment on the aesthetics (eek!) of a big butt ? ? ? all the writers who bitched about that, please take two (fat) steps backward (if you can)...

    2. isn't she concerned -almost exclusively- with the health/lifestyle/activity aspects of this phenomenon, and is genuinely concerned (to my reading) with their food/health choices and how that will effect their lives and their families ? ? ? but the big butt contingent said she was 'jealous'! ! !

    3. i realize there are men (woman?) who fetishize just about anything, but -unless they are 'afraid' do admit it- all my horndog friends are more attuned to your 'girl next door', normal-sized wimmenz... i don't know anyone who admits to liking/wanting/desiring/fetishizing big butted or big everything wymenz... statistically, they have *got* to be almost insignificant numbers who 'adore' big butts/etc...

    (really, bloated, flabby, jelly flopping around with stretch marks and discolored skin is 'attractive' ? ? ? really ? ? ? oooo-kay, if you say so... yuck )

    4. i can't help but feel that 90% of the i-love-my-big-fat-body types are whistling past the graveyard... are you going to tell me that if they could wave a magic wand and be 'regular' without any effort or changing of foods that they wouldn't do so ? ? ? i don't believe you; and the one billion teevee ads an hour for jenny craig, weightwatchers, nutrisystem, not to mention the various diet nostrums, are telling me i'm more right than wrong...

    art guerrilla

    aka ann archy

    eof

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