In light of this post, about headless fatties, I decided to show this community something that really irked me.

There is a person that I came across who has a blog and flickr steam that center, for the most part, around her “candid” photos. Basically she goes to public places in LA and takes photos of people and then posts them to make fun of, without their knowledge or consent. This practice, she claims, is perfectly legal because these people are in public places. Now, to be fair, she makes fun of everyone, big and small, and rarely ever posts anything or anyone she says she actually thinks looks good. That said, she and her friends are especially caustic when posting pics of anyone who is just the slightest bit bigger than the ideal. From what I have read, she is some kind of health professional, and she defends her anti-fat attitude based on her experiences with sick fat people. But I can tell, she had never herself been overweight and has zero sympathy or understanding toward anyone who is and I’m sure her patients are included in that. It’s hard to think she should be in any kind of job that involves dealing with people.

I don’t want to link to her directly, because I don’t believe she deserves the search engine attention. But here is a prime case of her posting a pic of what I think is a cute woman, and then cutting her down. She also defends her meanness saying that people never defend the skinny people she makes fun of. To see this, go to www.flickr.com/photos/mal ingering/120124297/ (except take out the space). Her blog is at www.therealmal ingering.com.

Personally, there are some pics and comments that I fine EXTREMELY angering. In pic # 385213906 (just paste that on the end of the Flickr URL, over the other numbers), if the comments don’t piss you off, just look at the long list of tags like, ” why can't they put all of the fat people on a boat and watch it sink?” and “lip ring is holding in the blubber”. She claims in the comments that she was just kidding and being sarcastic but I’ll let you come to your own conclusions.

There are some taken in a theme park that include pics of a teens and preteens (see pic#125887087) and comments about how sad and awful it is that the kids are fat. That is just what these kids need! Online humiliation to induce weight loss because that always works! (Now, you see, that is sarcasm.)

My BFF lives out in Orange County, CA, and she’s been begging me to visit in hopes I’ll love it and decide to move out there, but I think I the high concentrations of shallow people might make me cranky.

How would you feel if you found that you had been posted on her stream and that she and others were making fun of you? Pic # 164195748 isn’t me, but it could have been, as I’m the same shape and have pretty much the same outfit. I think if I did live there I’d go hang out at some of the places she frequents with a shirt that says something like, “I’m too wide for your narrow mind”.