"Aspiring to Be 1,000 Lbs."
On July 8, 2011 at 9:04 AM Pacific Time, Batwingsman wrote:
O.K., is she nutso or what???: 
http://jobs.aol.com/articles/2011/07/07/700-pound-woman-make s-a-career-out-of-eating-a-lot/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7C dl8%7Csec1_lnk3%7C218280
Good point. I also got to thinking, is this just a high-tech twist on the "come see the fat lady" sideshow at the circuses of yesteryear?
I remember reading how there was a lady who billed herself as "Dolly Dimples" and the "world's most beautiful fat lady" (IIRC, she weighed 553 lbs.) back in the '40s or '50s. Don't know, though, that, although she presumably made great $$s off her "freak" show, whether she really wanted to be that heavy or aspired to be even heavier.

I remember reading how there was a lady who billed herself as "Dolly Dimples" and the "world's most beautiful fat lady" (IIRC, she weighed 553 lbs.) back in the '40s or '50s. Don't know, though, that, although she presumably made great $$s off her "freak" show, whether she really wanted to be that heavy or aspired to be even heavier.

Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
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What's even sadder is that her husband or partner supports her choice and encourages her to gain MORE weight. Sounds like a control issue there. Wants to make her dependent on him.
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i saw this woman on late night tv here in ontario canada a few weeks ago with philipe her then man... and i couldn't believe he was taking pics of her.. and they were nasty looking pics.. but i'm sure they both loved them and they were in a bar.. looking for a 3some... like cmon!! and i sat there and watched her eating.. he was feeding her... makes me wanna stick to my diet in a heart beat..omg!! well good luck to her and her children .. like its been said.. who's going to pay for the funeral or take care of the kids.. real sad!!
I completely understand the response, but this is much more complicated than someone simply being "nutso".
My heart breaks for her daughter.
I saw a (really awful, really lame) movie called "Feed". It was about a "feeder" who was fattening up his willing "victim" and broadcasting it online. It is a type of fetish - a psycholgoically complex fetish that I can't pretend to understand.
Thanks for sharing this story. It's interesting, for sure.
My heart breaks for her daughter.
I saw a (really awful, really lame) movie called "Feed". It was about a "feeder" who was fattening up his willing "victim" and broadcasting it online. It is a type of fetish - a psycholgoically complex fetish that I can't pretend to understand.
Thanks for sharing this story. It's interesting, for sure.