Now I know a lot of you get your daily dose of Rant at work and don't have a lot of time to screw around, but seriously PUHLEASE watch this commercial ok?
Clever Clasp
Let's ignore for a moment the obvious CRAPPINESS of this commercial and look at the crux of the issue.
*Disclaimer: This is a rant about fat acceptance/fat descrimination, if you don't like that, you should stop reading now. I am a "plus sized" person. I am fat. I don't normally rant on that subject here because I don't like to make a huge thing out of it, but I had just had enough ok?!*
You come upon the part in the commercial where they say "perfect for anyone who has difficulty reaching behind their back to hook their necklace" and what do you see? The first fat person in the whole commercial who is now "finally able" to fasten her necklace with this wonderful new invention".
Uh....I'm totally fat and I have no problem reaching behind my neck to hook jewelry. I have however seen skinny old people with arthritis have some issues.
I'm not saying that this product wouldn't work. I'm also not saying that this wouldn't be really helpful for people that actually DO have trouble reaching behind their neck to clasp jewelry. What I AM saying is that I happen to know a lot of fat people who have no trouble fastening jewelry. They do unfortunately have trouble finding pants that fit and don't make them look 80 years old. It's ridiculous and closed minded to think that because a person doesn't physically fit the "ideal" of height/weight standards they are incapable of doing everyday tasks like anyone else. Why not show someone with arthritis (a condition that actually has joint stiffness as a symptom) while referring to "people who have difficulty reaching behind their neck to fasten jewelry"? Because it has become acceptable to depict overweight people as damaged, out of shape, diseased, stupid, broken, lazy and simple. I realize that fat people are just the latest in the long line of types/colors/races/orientations to be targeted and that's the only thing that gives me solace. Give it about 10 years, it'll be someone else.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
But Wait! There's More!
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Here's another for ya...
http://www.invention.net/shaw.htm
Finally! I and all my rubenesque friends can cut our toenails! I can't remember wehn I was last able to bend down that far... Oh wait... Yes I can... IT WAS WHEN I TIED MY FUCKING SHOES THIS MORNING!
It really makes my fume when these idiots brand us cuddly types like this... As Sex Therapist Says; hows about finding a section of society that ACTUALLY NEEDS devices like this?!
I have an idea for a device for skinny people... A belt that inflates like a life saver to prevent skinnies from falling through drain cover slots... It's about as ridiculous an idea as all this fat person crap!
Jeez!
Frickin LOL to Boob Tester!!! HST,I did go to that stupid clasp site and tried to watch the commercial. I could hear it just not see it but you gave enough explanantion so I get the gist! I hear ya sista. "Why just this morning I found I was sooo fat I couldn't read my newspaper. Thank Goodness I had NEW Paper Grip."
At first I was like, "What overweight person. All I see is slim people." Then I waited, and, yeah, you're right. That's fucked up.
Don't even get me started...ridicule is ridicule, no matter what the age/sex/gender/color/fatness of a person. I hate things like this.
Having been fat, thin, and fat again, I can say with certainty that the clasps that I have trouble hooking in the back are the same no matter what my size.
My mom is handicapped (cerebral palsy in her right arm) and this would be good for her. Like you said, they should have shown someone who has trouble due to arthritis or physical impairment.
My weight has never kept me from being able to get a necklace or bracelet closed.
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