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As much as I’d like to be supportive of the one with the overweight lady taking photos of herself in public, I sort of feel that the conclusion she’s drawing from her project may be slightly inaccurate…. I’m not saying that to be discouraging or disparaging at all, but as someone who regularly finds herself begrudgingly in the Times Square area, getting caught in the line of fire of a tourist who’s stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to take a photo gets really old, really fast. I almost instinctually make nasty faces when I get the sense that I might be in a photograph. It has nothing to do with your weight or your gender or your race or if you’re in a Barney costume… I’m a New Yorker who has somewhere to be and you’re in my way and taking my picture without my permission, fuck off! (Damn, the city has made me bitter and cynical….)
You do make a very good point, though. I am not a New Yorker, but I feel like I have a New Yorker’s mentality sometimes. When I visited the city with my family for the first time last July, my grandparents—bless them—were constantly stopping and walking slow and getting in peoples’ way, and I just felt so aggravated sometimes because they would complain about people being too fast around the city and how “the south is so much calmer and polite and steady-paced” and I’m like, “BUT YOU ARE IN NEW YORK!” So, yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve always had a fast-paced walk, a go-go-go frame of mind. It was like that when I walked to classes on campus during college and it is like that when I’m driving—anywhere. I sometimes think it would just be easier if I moved to a big city, because then I would feel more at home with people who have that fast-paced mentality. But there are things I do like about the south… Anyway, I just got totally off topic. The whole point of this was for me to say: point nicely made.
HAHA I love the story about your grandparents. I can totally envision that and love that they compare it to the south. That’s comparing apples and… pineapples.
I’m using Chrome, and you lack a sidebar… It’s below all of your content. Did you forget to close a DIV or something? Maybe? That’s happened to me before… Good luck!
The Men’s March is really nice and refreshing! Perhaps it’ll catch on and help stop those things, or at least decrease them.
I’m not sure of how I feel about the woman photographing herself… Even with her being overweight, it just seems like there’s another factor in it that doesn’t even make any sense. She already stands out with her stances and her clothes, and with her being in different places of the world, it’s just different cultures. I don’t know what to feel about her project; I don’t really feel anything.
GAH, thank you. I hadn’t noticed that yesterday after hitting “publish” on this, but you’re right, it was a missing DIV tag in the post. WordPress always freaks out on me when I do one of these list/links posts. I had a mild panic attack when I first read your comment and saw that, but I had a feeling it was something in the HTML! Thanks!
Oh my gosh—that brownstone! I’ve been trying to decide lately—just for fun—if I would rather live in a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn or a sleek Upper West Side apartment in the city. You know, for if I ever have the finances to move to New York.
About the woman photographing herself: I’ve seen these pictures before, and now that I’ve seen them a second time I have to wonder about a few things. First of all, it seems a little presumptuous that she’s just assuming these people are giving her funny looks, and then she goes and assumes that their looks are because of her weight, when really it could be because she’s standing around taking pictures of herself. I’m not saying some of the people aren’t looking at her funny because of her weight, but I also think that a lot of factors go into a photograph. I know they always say, “A picture says 1000 words,” but those words can be misconstrued a lot of the time, as well. Maybe they just happened to be thinking of something or looking at something not related to her and the camera just happened to capture them with an odd expression. Again, I’m not saying this is the case, but it is possible. And let’s say that they really are looking at her in the way her pictures suggest. It makes me feel uncertain about her motives in capturing people with such bare and obvious feelings. Is she trying to point them out and get some kind of revenge or is she just wanting to show the way people observe those who are overweight? The problem with this project is that you can’t really know what other people are thinking, you can only make assumptions, and making assumptions is always dangerous territory. So, I’m with Liza. I don’t really know what to feel about it.
What that article is trying to say is just awful. I have an overweight mother and to know that she is getting these looks or even that I am getting these looks without even knowing it, is just awful. Why are we so cruel?
Between this article (of the girl getting those awful looks) and the Boston Bombs; Why are we so mean?!
That article wasn’t 100% true because the camera wasn’t hidden or anything (and you can tell in some of the shots) but the point it was trying to make is insane. If the camera was hidden maybe she would have been given less looks like that….
It states in the article though that she doesn’t assume it is her weight she states it could be anything.
I see what Liza is saying though. I’m not sure how I feel about that now….Hard to tell…
Wow! I bet all of those men walking in the heels are taken! If they weren’t before they are now! Hahahaha. Those are the kind of men you want with you!
I have to agree with some of the above commenters concerning the photography project; I think a lot of those looks have to do with her very publicly taking self-portraits in the middle of very busy streets.
Yeah, I went back and forth on it, but I’d give a weird look to anyone taking selfies in a busy, high-traffic area! I can appreciate the point she’s trying to make, though.
That high heels walk is amazing! It’s such a good way for them to show support and stand up for what’s right.
Isn’t it? I love that this is A Thing. I’d like to see it happen more globally!
As much as I’d like to be supportive of the one with the overweight lady taking photos of herself in public, I sort of feel that the conclusion she’s drawing from her project may be slightly inaccurate…. I’m not saying that to be discouraging or disparaging at all, but as someone who regularly finds herself begrudgingly in the Times Square area, getting caught in the line of fire of a tourist who’s stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to take a photo gets really old, really fast. I almost instinctually make nasty faces when I get the sense that I might be in a photograph. It has nothing to do with your weight or your gender or your race or if you’re in a Barney costume… I’m a New Yorker who has somewhere to be and you’re in my way and taking my picture without my permission, fuck off! (Damn, the city has made me bitter and cynical….)
You do make a very good point, though. I am not a New Yorker, but I feel like I have a New Yorker’s mentality sometimes. When I visited the city with my family for the first time last July, my grandparents—bless them—were constantly stopping and walking slow and getting in peoples’ way, and I just felt so aggravated sometimes because they would complain about people being too fast around the city and how “the south is so much calmer and polite and steady-paced” and I’m like, “BUT YOU ARE IN NEW YORK!” So, yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve always had a fast-paced walk, a go-go-go frame of mind. It was like that when I walked to classes on campus during college and it is like that when I’m driving—anywhere. I sometimes think it would just be easier if I moved to a big city, because then I would feel more at home with people who have that fast-paced mentality. But there are things I do like about the south… Anyway, I just got totally off topic. The whole point of this was for me to say: point nicely made.
HAHA I love the story about your grandparents. I can totally envision that and love that they compare it to the south. That’s comparing apples and… pineapples.
I’m using Chrome, and you lack a sidebar… It’s below all of your content. Did you forget to close a DIV or something? Maybe? That’s happened to me before… Good luck!
The Men’s March is really nice and refreshing! Perhaps it’ll catch on and help stop those things, or at least decrease them.
I’m not sure of how I feel about the woman photographing herself… Even with her being overweight, it just seems like there’s another factor in it that doesn’t even make any sense. She already stands out with her stances and her clothes, and with her being in different places of the world, it’s just different cultures. I don’t know what to feel about her project; I don’t really feel anything.
Your finds are quite interesting.
GAH, thank you. I hadn’t noticed that yesterday after hitting “publish” on this, but you’re right, it was a missing DIV tag in the post. WordPress always freaks out on me when I do one of these list/links posts. I had a mild panic attack when I first read your comment and saw that, but I had a feeling it was something in the HTML! Thanks!
Oh my gosh—that brownstone! I’ve been trying to decide lately—just for fun—if I would rather live in a cozy brownstone in Brooklyn or a sleek Upper West Side apartment in the city. You know, for if I ever have the finances to move to New York.
About the woman photographing herself: I’ve seen these pictures before, and now that I’ve seen them a second time I have to wonder about a few things. First of all, it seems a little presumptuous that she’s just assuming these people are giving her funny looks, and then she goes and assumes that their looks are because of her weight, when really it could be because she’s standing around taking pictures of herself. I’m not saying some of the people aren’t looking at her funny because of her weight, but I also think that a lot of factors go into a photograph. I know they always say, “A picture says 1000 words,” but those words can be misconstrued a lot of the time, as well. Maybe they just happened to be thinking of something or looking at something not related to her and the camera just happened to capture them with an odd expression. Again, I’m not saying this is the case, but it is possible. And let’s say that they really are looking at her in the way her pictures suggest. It makes me feel uncertain about her motives in capturing people with such bare and obvious feelings. Is she trying to point them out and get some kind of revenge or is she just wanting to show the way people observe those who are overweight? The problem with this project is that you can’t really know what other people are thinking, you can only make assumptions, and making assumptions is always dangerous territory. So, I’m with Liza. I don’t really know what to feel about it.
What that article is trying to say is just awful. I have an overweight mother and to know that she is getting these looks or even that I am getting these looks without even knowing it, is just awful. Why are we so cruel?
Between this article (of the girl getting those awful looks) and the Boston Bombs; Why are we so mean?!
That article wasn’t 100% true because the camera wasn’t hidden or anything (and you can tell in some of the shots) but the point it was trying to make is insane. If the camera was hidden maybe she would have been given less looks like that….
It states in the article though that she doesn’t assume it is her weight she states it could be anything.
I see what Liza is saying though. I’m not sure how I feel about that now….Hard to tell…
Wow! I bet all of those men walking in the heels are taken! If they weren’t before they are now! Hahahaha. Those are the kind of men you want with you!
That shrimp!!! :0:0:0
I have to agree with some of the above commenters concerning the photography project; I think a lot of those looks have to do with her very publicly taking self-portraits in the middle of very busy streets.
Yeah, I went back and forth on it, but I’d give a weird look to anyone taking selfies in a busy, high-traffic area! I can appreciate the point she’s trying to make, though.