It wasnt until I googled "Kim Kardashian fat pregnant" that I saw it

[ismnotwasm]

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It wasn’t until I googled “Kim Kardashian fat pregnant” that I saw it. Truly, I’d had no idea the media abuse of the reality star was so grotesque. And before you click away from this story because you don’t care about Kim Kardashian, stop. This isn’t about her. It’s about all of us.

An obsession with the weight of famous people is not new. It’s been driving ratings, selling magazines, newspapers and diet products for decades. But this is different. Over the past few years the goal posts have moved and the new media fixation has become the weight of pregnant women and new mothers. They are the new sweet spot, their weight has become the new gossip commodity and it is disturbing, evil madness.

The disgusting new tabloid frontier is watching the weight of famous women during their pregnancies, and then taunting, mocking and even abusing them with snarky headlines and humiliating photos comparing them to whales.



What the actual fuck. In what universe did it become acceptable for the media to mock and humiliate pregnant women? Oh, this one. The one we live in. The one that finds it hilarious to speculate that Kim Kardashian’s entire pregnancy is an elaborate sham to cover the fact she’s ‘just fat’ due to “binges on pasta, cake, and ice cream.”‘. They also claim she ‘hates her body’.

Gee. I can’t imagine why that would be.

Again, this is not just about Kim Kardashian.

The disgusting manner in which she is being treated by a media (and I include some websites and social media in this, it’s not just US gossip magazines) to whom the only acceptable pregnancy weight is ‘tiny’ with bigger boobs and a cute volleyball sized ‘bump’ (tangent: God, I hate that word) is an insult to all of us. Not to mention the media’s after-baby benchmark that now seems to involve walking down a Victoria’s Secret runway in a push-up bra, g-string and giant angel wings.

http://www.mamamia.com.au/celebrities/kim-kardashian/kim-kardashian-pregnant-2/

[Skittles]

1. when your entire career is based on how you look

this will invite ridicule:



as for pregnant gals being bashed in general, I haven't seen that

[bettyellen]

2. famous for being pissed on. and for being stupid and totally superficial.

I think it's awful they make a big deal about her weight, but it's really no worse than what she puts out there about herself.

[Skittles]

3. as for being bashed about weight

I see that standard held against women in general, not just the pregnant gals.....heck, remember when Alicia Silverstone gained a few pounds? It was like she had committed a felony.

[MFM008]

15. im afraid I agree

no dignity at all. But this is a woman who rose to fame doing internet porn, you reap what you sew.

[Dawson Leery]

4. Kimmy made her fortune off of being cheap.

Pregnant women in general are NOT frowned upon for their weight gain, it is expected.
Nor should women be assaulted for their weight in general.

[ismnotwasm]

5. Not about Kim Kardashian y'all

She was an eye opening example for this author. Since she *is* all out there and shit.

I just googled "weight gain and stars, weight gain and pregnancy---looks like an issue to me.

(Plus I'm stealing the phrase "what the actual fuck&quot

[redqueen]

16. You're right, of course.

And as usual, hardly anyone is bothering to pay any attention at all. Quelle surprise!

You really got some nasty shit spewed ok this thread. All you had to do was say her name. Fucking sick.

[ismnotwasm]

23. Kind of a social experiment? Yes?

Ms. Kardashian, as the blogger clearly states, is not the issue.

But she's the topic of choice.

[redqueen]

24. Yep.

Hard to write that kind of intentional point-missing off as innocuous.

[amuse bouche]

6. Hahaha

Famous and rich for rolling around in front of a camera like Jaba the Hut. Then whoring yourself out for millions for a fraudulent marriage?

She cheapened herself

She is a vile, nasty greedy pig. Pfffft

[ismnotwasm]

7. Jeez

Vitriol much?

I barely know who the women is. Reality show person.

Edit; What the actual fuck?

[ismnotwasm]

9. Dude, you're missing the point.

And you're hurting my feelings

[TreasonousBastard]

10. I'm lost at the idea that anyone who would google "Kim Kardashian fat pregnant"...

would be shocked, or even mildly surprised, at the results.

[ismnotwasm]

11. I'm not sure why she did it

Her site is a kind of a Mom blog, I think. Her point was tabloid depictions of famous women and endless speculating on their before and after weight presents a false picture of weight and pregnancy.

What I'm finding fascinating is the number of views this post has received, combined with the general loathing expressed. Km Kardashian is not, apparently a person you want to use to make your point. However, the blogger made a slide show with picture after picture of tabloid speculation on her state of pregnancy.

[TreasonousBastard]

12. Well, I agree that discussion of the weights of the famous...

is really none of our business, and not even after it seems part of the job description of models and starlets. And the Kardashians continue the unsavory practice of being famous merely for being famous, so anything about them is "news".

But, I'm wondering-- just how much hunger is there out here for this "news"? Anyone who buys a can of coffee at the supermarket or some underwear at K-Mart is overwhelmed by the breathless front pages of the latest perfidies of the rich and whatevers, and I have myself, while waiting to pay for some toilet paper, actually seen a newspaper cover claiming the the most recently pregnant Kardashian wants to see just how fat she can get.

It's not easy to ignore this nonsense, but the strange thing is that I have never actually seen anyone buying one of these rags. Have the publishers come upon a secret way to make a profit simply showing the rags? Could publicity mavens be financing all of this to keep Kardashians, washed up actresses, and British royalty in the news when they never actually do anything?

At 1:30 in the morning, such thoughts become far more important than they should be.

[ismnotwasm]

13. Heh

They're often at work, so I thumb through them now and again. I don't watch much TV, ( not a TV snob, Its just not for me) and despise reality TV, so I'm a little pop-culturally backward in that regard. I ask other people, who's this or that person.

And you're right, not as late for me, but-- work tomorrow.

[JDPriestly]

14. Gaining a lot of weight during pregnancy is really unpredictable and random.

I gained so much with my first child and barely enough with my second. No reason for the difference that I can think of -- except that I had a lot of work with my first when I had my second.

But it's easy to lose weight running around after an active two-year-old plus. Just trying to keep up with a child that age burns your calories. So women shouldn't worry. They should just eat right and keep active.

The press should mind its own business on this one.

[redqueen]

17. This isn't new.

Have you heard the term 'pregorexia' yet? People blame the sick fixation on celebrity women's bodies before, during, and after pregnancy for it.

All the speculation every time one of them is shown as having any discernible 'bump' (ugh), cause, you know, they're not human and their weight isn't supposed to fluctuate.

It's sick, but ... well, Idiocracy.

Also, I like this part:

Let’s be very clear, the only purpose of drawing attention to the weight of a pregnant woman – unless you are her doctor - is a pure play for insecurity. Not just hers but every other woman who has been pregnant, is pregnant or plans to be pregnant some day.

Sometimes when I give a speech about the ways media and marketers fail when they’re talking to women, one of my points is about the use of Photoshop and to illustrate it, one of the images I use is this:

[seabeyond]

20. why even bother taking a picture of a woman if all her has to be changed to be acceptable

for print.

not just the body that was changed

[redqueen]

25. No shit.

Just make some damned fembots already and get it over with.

Maybe then more women will wake the fuck up.

[redqueen]

18. Ohhhh, so this.

Well, I think that looks a lot like misogyny which is strange given that the target audience for these magazines and online commentary is squarely women. Surely, it’s time to say enough. Time to stop targeting the most vulnerable times in a woman’s life when it comes to body image: adolescence, pregnancy, post-partum.

Nope! Let's just say its her fault, and make excuses for it... amirite, ladies?

[seabeyond]

19. jessica simpson went thru this, huh? i do not know. not pop follower. was she the "ho"

or did she do something like so many on this thread is saying about kim that allows her to be attacked.

there were others.

i can remember hearing shit. but i too do not watch tv, or follow this crap so not real good in the remembering.

gotta get it thru our head. only ok with some women that bring it on themselves. you know. the way they dress?

[ismnotwasm]

22. And since they live for the 'attention'

They are apparently, free game. Vile stuff.

[ismnotwasm]

21. Over 700 'views'

Isn't that nice.