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Ginger Dawn Harman
At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Alexis wrote:
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>Well, I just watched it...must say that I feel like writing to the Oprah
>show again. I remember a year or so ago, when a bunch of us from this
>board got together and sent emails to the Oprah show after that Dr.
>Whatever his name was said that all fat people are that way because they
>choose to be and because they eat too much. Well, on todays show there
>were four courageous large women who like to eat...and (maybe because of
>that) are between 270-380 lbs. They are (the majority of them) happy
>with themselves & their bodies....and, personally I think that's great.
>Now, here's what bothers me....these shows (such as Oprah today) are
>sticking it into peoples heads that ALL people are FAT because they EAT
>too much & that it really doesn't bother them that they are so fat. So,
>that's great...here we are (many of us overweight PCOS
>cysters)...stuggling day to day...not only with the weight but with many
>other horrible effects of PCOS...and who knows...when we walk into the
>mall, the grocery store...anywhere....people will have that thought in
>the back of their minds..."whoa...she eats WAY too much...she's fat!"
>So, I'll do it again...write that letter to Oprah...letting her know
>what kind of message she's putting out there and voicing my opinion
>about how this kind of message hurts people like myself. When will it
>end? Sorry to ramble...just needed to vent....and the cats weren't
>offering much support today! :-)
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>At Thu, 17 Jan 2002, Randi wrote:
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>>Just thought I'd pass this along...Oprah Winfrey is having women discuss
>>what is feels like to be fat on today's show...should be interesting...
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>>Randi
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Ginger..Wilford Hall Pt... San Antonio Tx.
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