I thought I’d share these ads with you because I think they represent an important milestone in fat acceptance. I’ve seen books, movies, TV shows, songs, and artworks with the message that big is beautiful. But this may be the first advertisement I’ve seen that portrays fat as a positive. Weight loss program ads barrage their audience with the message that they are ugly and undesirable, and must buy the product advertised if they ever want to be loved (or love themselves). In order to play up the sex appeal of other products, advertisers choose impossibly thin or built models. Even McDonald’s chooses thin people to populate their advertisements. But here’s the Donut Co., proudly displaying the most noticeable features of a fat man and associating them with its donuts, as if to say, “Yes, our food makes you fat, but there’s nothing wrong with that. Eat up and fuck the haters.”
I kind’ve dig this. What do ya’ll think?
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thought I’d share these ads with you because...think they represent an important...
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I’m not sure how I feel about these being ads for a donut company, but I like these rather artistic shots of things that...
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It sucks ‘cause these photos are actually quite beautiful and fun, and they’re being used for all the wrong reasons :\
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Everything cloneboy said. And apart from that, I wish advertisers would just stop trying to make money off of people’s...
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Yeah, I don’t see this as particularly POSITIVE advertising. “Bring out the donut in you.” To me that says “hey fatty,...
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crystalizedessence reblogged this from chubstr and added:
Moral of the story is: read between the lines before you assume. Just because we see something with a fat person on the...
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Aren’t they also a tiny bit of the “headless fatty” variety? The context is totally different, of course, but these...
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I’m overweight by a substantial margin and I agree with the above two comments. I like the pictures but I don’t...
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I have issues with the whole “accept your body” thing going on right now. And it’s not because I think overweight people...
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I take it these are Australian, since I’ve never seen them or heard of them in the States. But devoid of any specific...
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sleepydumpling reblogged this from fuckyeahfatpositive and added:
I half like these ads, but they also give me the shits. Yeah, they’re cute, and they’re great photos of fat bodies. I...
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departuresandarrivals reblogged this from fuckyeahwomenprotesting2 and added:
I like what they are doing. I like the honesty and the message that this body is ok. However: note that they are all...
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