Aretha Franklin proud to be a 'big woman'

[drama_queen]

She needs to wake up and lose that weight now.

[Sojiita]

Being dangerously big and at serious risk of many weight related illnesses is nothing to be proud of. I am not saying the woman should be stoned to death, but this is nothing to have pride in. Accepting yourself is one thing, being proud of being huge is another.

[hello]

she's proud to be a morbidly obese ticking time bomb?

We are ALL ticking time bombs. As one of my favorite older stars said recently - Live life like you're going to die because....you are!

[panda]

I hope the obese, fur wearing, absolutely disgusting hog dies a slow, painful death very, very soon. I will dance a jig of glee when I hear of her death!

[A*O]

Seriously overweight women who claim to be "proud" are BIG FAT LIARS!!! I can tell you from bitter experience that they are totally fucking miserable about themselves.

[dakodas]

Seriously overweight women who claim to be "proud" are BIG FAT LIARS!!!

Maybe she has accepted herself at her age...not everyone needs surgery.

[NoDayButToday]

Also, there are a wide variety of people with a wide variety of self-concepts. Just because you were miserable at the size you were doesn't mean that EVERY woman is.

[A*O]

I suspect her self-esteem is so low (hence the over-eating) she simply doesn't care if she is putting her health at risk. It then becomes a vicious circle.

OK - I have a question to all you posters who either are, or have been overweight. And I mean SERIOUSLY overweight, not just a few pounds. Be honest now, did/do any of you truly feel happy about yourself? Honestly. I've been there and I used to bluster about how I accepted myself; how it was all about the person inside, not the outside; how I didn't want to be judged or stereotyped; how 'empowered' I was by being 'true to myself' blah blah blah. It was total bullshit. I was in fact DESPERATELY unhappy, depressed even. My misery about my weight consumed every waking moment. I hated myself.

[dakodas]

I suspect her self-esteem is so low (hence the over-eating) she simply doesn't care if she is putting her health at risk. It then becomes a vicious circle.

I suspect that you are projecting. People smoke and put their health at risk-it doesn't mean that person has low self-esteem. Cost benefit analysis. Immediate gratification versus delayed negative consequences.

[SVZ]

i think she just likes her fried whole turkey.

plus she's selling her voice not her image, she never was "sexy". beautiful voice though.

[WickedHo]

I suspect that you are projecting. People smoke and put their health at risk-it doesn't mean that person has low self-esteem. Cost benefit analysis. Immediate gratification versus delayed negative consequences.

I beg to differ, but only a little.

[A*O]

I suspect that you are projecting. People smoke and put their health at risk-it doesn't mean that person has low self-esteem. Cost benefit analysis. Immediate gratification versus delayed negative consequences.

If by 'projecting' you mean I am speaking from my own experience of being overweight, then yes I am. I KNOW what it's like and it's horrible.

[NoDayButToday]

But once again, that is your OWN experience and not EVERY woman's experience. Just because you were miserable doesn't mean every plus size woman is.

[dakodas]

If by 'projecting' you mean I am speaking from my own experience of being overweight, then yes I am. I KNOW what it's like and it's horrible.

For some people it ain't that horrible. They have accepted themselves.

[SVZ]

queen latifah rocks it, that woman rules in so many ways