I didn't see "Schindler's List" until six years after it came out. And I stayed up all night, crying over that little girl in the red coat. So, no, I am not going to see "Precious." My nerves are too bad.
And that's a shame, because I adore Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe. Listen at what she said in an article in New York magazine:
“I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don’t like myself, there’s no reason to even live the life. I love the way I look. I’m fine with it. And if my body changes, I’ll be fine with that.”
But, Kellybelle, you might be saying, she weighs 350lbs.--what about diabetes, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, cancer?! I say, we all gotta die of something.
And I think Gabby has a better shot of truly living because of her fierce love of self. I could just sit at her feet and listen to her teach me how to love myself in a world that seems to negate everything I am. She could be my Dalai Mama.
Do your thing, Queen.
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You got that right! Sister
I saw the trailer-- looks like an intense film...
so I'm gonna see it.
Hi there!
I am going to see "Precious"! I want to do a blog post about it. It has all of those dynamics that I focus on at my blog.
I hope that Gabby truly loves herself as she is...
Mo'Nique came out "saying" how she loved herself, how she felt she was fabulous being fat ...and then she started getting truthful and she mentioned her brother sexually abusing her in Essence and clearly THAT was not the only experience she had of sexual abuse.
Obesity and sexual abuse are usually tied in some way or another - even if the abuse survivor never recognizes the link.
Mo'Nique had this huge desire to portray herself to her black audiences as a jolly, self-confident sista...
But away from the stage, she was always choosing men of low caliber...had children with different men (that SHE financially supported)... and none of that reflects a woman who is truly loving herself.
I am not saying that Gabby is not authentic about her expression of self-love.
Every woman's TRUE relationship with herself is reflected by her choices for herself.
Peace, blessings and DUNAMIS!
Lisa
@Lisa w/ black women blow the trumpet:
"Obesity and sexual abuse are usually tied in some way or another - even if the abuse survivor never recognizes the link."
This is such a sweeping statement. Where are your stats? Is this what you think when you walk down the street and encounter fat women? Can a fat woman just be a fat woman without your judgement of their history? Can fat women be trusted at their word? I am not dismissing the fact that there are fat women have survived sexual abuse, but to actually write that fat women are "usually" survivors of sexual abuse? You have absolutely no way of knowing this, and you're being presumptous. I feel that you are attempting to be compassionate but you end up sounding judgemental.
All you fat chicks are enablers of one another!
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