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Apr. 6th, 2005
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Apr. 6th, 2005 10:56 pmOn Salon today:
"Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity?" (You'll need a premium membership or a day pass.)
Do they take advantage of it? Of course they do, that's their business model; there's a market for their product, and they're making good money selling to it. Do they encourage it? Eh, not so sure about that. If you're going to blame any retail establishments for "encouraging obesity", you should instead start with fast food restaurants who try to sell you on the idea that a breakfast sandwich with 730 calories and 47 grams of fat is a good idea, especially for people whose most strenuous exercise of the day consists of climbing up into the driver's seat of their H2, or perhaps vigorously typing out an email.
I was a fat chick decades before Torrid came along, and trust me that overweight teenagers (regardless of their actual level of health and fitness) get more than enough crap as it is without also being forced to shop for unflattering and unattractive clothes on the two racks in the back of the store where plus-sized clothing is hidden while their friends run wild through Wet Seal. Piling on yet more reasons to make them feel bad about themselves is not going to help anything at all.
I feel a longer rant about this brewing, but I'm sticking it on my "to do" list for now.
"Clothing company Torrid makes cool clothes for overweight teens. Its bodacious bras and extra-large camisoles help salvage fat kids' self-esteem. But do they also encourage obesity?" (You'll need a premium membership or a day pass.)
Do they take advantage of it? Of course they do, that's their business model; there's a market for their product, and they're making good money selling to it. Do they encourage it? Eh, not so sure about that. If you're going to blame any retail establishments for "encouraging obesity", you should instead start with fast food restaurants who try to sell you on the idea that a breakfast sandwich with 730 calories and 47 grams of fat is a good idea, especially for people whose most strenuous exercise of the day consists of climbing up into the driver's seat of their H2, or perhaps vigorously typing out an email.
I was a fat chick decades before Torrid came along, and trust me that overweight teenagers (regardless of their actual level of health and fitness) get more than enough crap as it is without also being forced to shop for unflattering and unattractive clothes on the two racks in the back of the store where plus-sized clothing is hidden while their friends run wild through Wet Seal. Piling on yet more reasons to make them feel bad about themselves is not going to help anything at all.
I feel a longer rant about this brewing, but I'm sticking it on my "to do" list for now.