My tweets

[krowface]

• Tue, 20:08: Photo: Welcome to America. http://t.co/QHJxlQDv
• Tue, 20:30: I just got unfriended by someone for saying "You know what's hotter than a clever photo angle? 20 minutes of... http://t.co/CsibGPt7
• Tue, 21:48: I'd love to design something like this. But it would probably be nothing more than "fuck me? well fuck you too!" in … http://t.co/6s5U6u7G
• Wed, 11:06: SOLD! http://t.co/m0GIsiOL

Comments

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

I'm going to write this here and not on FB because I don't need to argue with 20 of your friends, but I just wanted to say that it's really not cool to shame fat people that way.

[krowface.livejournal.com]

I wasn't shaming her for being fat. I was shaming her for being disingenuous. You know me better than that.

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

When you bring up exercise, it's about fat, not being disingenuous.

[krowface.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what it was about, I'm the one that said it.

[barrelofrain.livejournal.com]

And I know, as a fat person, how your comment fits into the larger culture of fat shaming in our country. I also know, as someone who reads a lot on the topic, how 20 minutes of brisk exercise each day isn't a magic cure for obesity. 20 minutes of brisk exercise each day may improve a fat person's health, but rarely make a difference in their weight (and, therefore, their Facebook photos). Here, this has a shit-ton of links on the topic. (http://kateharding.net/faq/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/)

I'm not arguing this anymore. I know you think you're right, but I think it was a shitty thing to say, regardless of your intention.

[krowface.livejournal.com]

Again. I wasn't shaming her for being fat. I was shaming her for being a...

You know what? It WAS a shitty thing to say, but she's a shitty person. I'll sleep just fine tonight.