No Ms.Kitty; Being fat is not cool.
I don’t know what’s worse; thinking being fat is cool or calling it “fluffy”. I don’t get it, how can being fat be cool? I’ve never heard of someone who can’t lose weight, I’ve heard of cases of people weighing 600 pounds and more and they have lost the weight, so there is NO EXCUSE. It takes great will power to exercise and be healthy, but it’s worth it.
I think the easy way out is to put up this facade, pushing being obese as something worthwhile, something that can sometimes be inevitable and you should feel proud to be big. Honestly, that’s crap. Sure, if your fat you shouldn’t be embarrassed of yourself, shit happens, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t work hard to lose the weight, being fat has no advantages it only leads to sickness; commercializing it as something “cool” does the country nothing but harm. Just to prove a point I did a Google search on diseases one gets from being fat
Some Implications:
- * type 2 diabetes
- * coronary heart disease and stroke
- * metabolic syndrome
- * certain types of cancer
- * sleep apnea
- * osteoarthritis
- * gallbladder disease
- * fatty liver disease
- * pregnancy complications
So, still “fluffy” eh?
I didn’t stop there, i did a search on “diseases one gets from being slim” I’ll let the results speak for itself; i’ve never heard of someone getting sick for being HEALTHY, being overweight is not healthy, unless I’m an idiot and it is now healthy to be fat.
Being overweight can cost a country millions in health care dollars, please save Jamaica, lose some weight.
I felt the need to write this article after seeing Stunner’s post and the responces it recieved after my comment.
Ms.Kitty i think your a wonderful, bubbly lady with a colorful personality, but please, cut it out, stop fooling yourself and others, being fat is not cool, plain and simple. it’s unhealthy, uncool and definitely not sexy. Instead of endorsing obesity, endorse a health campaign and start a program, call it “My road to a slim and trim” body.
You tell me, does this look sexy, HONESTLY ( Even after being airbrushed in photoshop)
With that said, i need to lose some weight myself, i feel like i’ve put on a few extra pounds this summer, sorry the truth can sometimes be an insult, but somebody had to say it.
I didn't realize she was THAT fat *sigh*
I didn't realize she was THAT fat…she is always squeezing into some little outfit…*sigh*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i agree it hurts me the most cause she uses the nickname kitty and coined this fluffly to the world thing..ugh cats are the most athletic ..graceful..healthy n dominant animals out there the relation to the king of the jungle is no mistake..so it hurts that she makes it seem like cats r fat and by association lazy
well anyway..she has a gr8 personality and i like her
Rastaclaaaaattt…. Jah know .. Ah just doh know rasta !! ah doh know!!
This funny u punny Jah know
Ms Kitty: Save jamaica and lose some weight .. DWL
I think she's awesome too! Good entertainer.
This thing is 50/50 like most sensitive topics you can argue it both ways and never win… would i want to see every girl looking all slim and trim and perfect ?? no .. there has to be major differences amoung us.. we need to be able to make comparisons both mentally and physically, boring is a world if every looked and thinks the same ..
On the other hand, good health benifts come with being in shape, and being in shape does not always point to being slim and trim, with regards to miss kitty, she is a tad bit too confident for my likeing, it plays off as being 'NUFF' but she do her thing and do it well …
Many may not find her 'sexy' but i assure you that just as many find her 'sexy' You had your rant, was a good read … gonna grab some diet popcorn and gawn wait on ms kittie's responce … lol
Im Out
lmao. Lovingt his article
Seriously i thought i was the only one who saw the issue you have identified here Gordon. But Jamaican's are very quick to jump on the road of moving with a hype because a radio personality or some person in the public domain says something. It's full time someone slam the message home, saying “FAT IS NOT OKAY” as can be seen through your google search.
Many persons are of the opinion if you're not fat you will be anorexic or bulimic, wrong. I'm almost positive that what Gordon and others who are upset about this radio personality promoting “unhealthy lifestyle” is that people must realize that they hold the power of control in their life and ought to do something about it. Don't get me wrong, i'm all for the upliftment of self through the promotion of high self-esteem and loving oneself, but a line ought to be drawn somewhere. In my opinion that line should be drawn at the promotion of “unhealthy lifestyle” such as the one being detailed.
I'm almost positive, some among us may be able to relate stories about some female we know by some acquaintances of some “Fluffy Diva” of the sort who is overweight and their reply with some quote saying that they “fluffy”. Can you imagine a woman on their way or diagnose with coronary heart disease or osteoarthritis saying they “fluffy…you don't hear what Ms. Kitty say? Fluffy to the world”, now seriously what is being promoted here?
Who can remember publishing executive, Glynis Salmon when she took pages in the Gleaner's Flair Magazine talking about her journey to lose weight? Come on people, come on Jamaica lets indicate to our “personalities” what we consider “right for us”.
Broadcast Commission can sanction songs and videos now who sanctions such a “unhealthy cry”? Ministry of Health, perhaps?
Help can someone hear concern individuals crying here? You know i seriously asking myself what next, a Ms Jamaica Fat, sorry Ms Fluffy Jamaica or something that equates?
lmao
Gordon u a d best
u kno how long mi a seh dat
I want a well spoken, straightforward, handsome Jamaican man to speak at my funeral. I'm thinking Gordon Swaby is a perfect candidate. I'm reading this article with tears running down my cheeks. No, like seriously, I think peed my pants too.
OMG, why is it so hard to become self-aware? Go Gordon! Hey, they can't say you didn't give them fair warning…
I have just one B-word for you…..BRAVO!!
I actually think this chick is kinda cute, but I like my women with meat on their bones. That being said, there comes a point where these women are being delusional. Sure, you're comfortable with your fat (yeah right), but that doesn't mean you should be encouraged to stay that way or hate others because they're NOT fat. The bottom line is that you are not healthy and, while you should be comfortable in your skin, you should realize the reality of your situation.
To answer your question Gordon: Does this picture look sexy? My answer to you is: “Um….well her hair looks nice. =)”
i love her, i really do, but being fat isn't “cool” and not something to aim to be.
I like Miss kitty too, her energy and also her self confidence, but seriously she need to loose some weight and posing in that outfit is not sexy.
It's definitely unhealthy to be fat and no one who is overweight can be perfectly happy with it even if only for health reasons. But let us not forget that there are health conditions of being too slim, i.e. undernutrition. Also there is anorexia and bulimia, normally the result of psychological problems of skewed self-image among both males and females. Eating too much and eating too little are both problems. Personally i have tried not to be absorbed in my weight but recently had to wake up to the fact that I'm about 30 pounds heavier than I was 7 years ago. I've been avoiding that obsession with weight that we females tend to get when we think what is in the mirror is “fat”. Scary. So i ignored the weight I was putting on and tried to play down the ever-increasing “pouch”. It was recently said straight up to me that I need to do something about this. Which I'm trying. I've started with a bit more physical activity with yoga in the mornings and walking / jogging on some evenings. My weight fluctuates under normal circumstances so my success is not yet apparent according to the bathroom scale. I can tell you that I feel better each time i'm done with yoga or with walking and jogging. And it is not always about losing weight. I would be happy if i can lose something but it is more important to me right now to at least know that I'm doing much more than the nothing i've been doing for years. I don't believe that people should be looked down on because they are fat. I don't agree with the merciless staring pointing laughing episodes that I see from time to time. But I do believe that each person should make a personal effort to be healthy in terms of eating the right foods (not dieting) and exercising. And the best thing to do is to avoid those “reasons not to exercise”. You know “when I'm done with school” or “it might rain” or “I don't have any company”. Just do it. People need to accept that doing all the right things may not always make you thin so being healthy – not just losing weight – should be the objective.
I call her Miss FAT CAT..she not a kitty cause she's old and she aint fluffy she's FAT..Miss FAT CAT..disgusting..mi rate har still, she can keep and audience going but to hate on slim ppl calling them skinny bitches aint funny when she' s a darn FAT CAT..hiss teeth..bout Miss Kitty ..like being fat is anything to aspire to.
STINKIN HOLE AUNDRA DYKE…..WEH D FUCK U A TALK BOUT???!!! GO CLEANSE OUT U DUTTY HOLE N STOP CRITQUE PEOPLE!!…..U WHO HAVE A PROBLEM WID UR WEIGHT N NOT TO WORRY BOUT DAT N TEK CARE A U CELLILITE SCALLY SKIN…….GERMS….A DAT UNU GET WHEN UNU FUCK DOWN D PLACE!!!!………..KITTY U ROCK!!!!!!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Damn it man, this fluffy thing is ridiculous. I agree that it benefits no one to glorify being not just overweight but morbidly obese. We live in a nation that for some reason enjoys praising negative things, from gun violence, to rape, to ignorance, to plain stupidity.
Now let me clear up some things before I go on:
1. Obesity is measured by BMI, and is as follows, Overweight= 25-29; Obese = 30-39 Morbidly (Extreme) Obese 40-54
2. On that scale, I am Obese and I actually agree with it.
3. I like Ms. Kitty, she makes me laugh and smile very much. She is an amazing Media Personality and brings much to the atmosphere.
That being said, since the very first time I heard the term uttered my thoughts on it have not changed. I understand the idea of I am showing I am proud of me, I just believe that if I am really proud, I don't have to put on a facade to prove it. It's like a girl who can't leave home without make-up and a weave – it's a daily lie! As Shakespeare said, that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet and as everyone else says, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it is a duck. Therefore, fluffy or fat, the truth remains you are what you are. Prettying it up only stinks of complacency, and reeks of insecurity.
In the 60's James Brown wasn't prettying it up by saying, I'm proud to be an African-American, he said “I'm Black and I'm Proud”. State who you are and why you are proud to be who you are – don't go around corners and excuse it. Because now, what does she do? She has made this her image, if she somehow presents with diabetes (which is highly likely) and is forced to lose weight by her doctor who will say – get fit or die quick is she then a non-entity?
As an individual who is not mawga nor wishes to be, but understands that I am not in a healthy state I would rather you refer to my physique as fat not fluffy. Those who have called me fluffy in my presence have been corrected. I am not fluffy, cats are fluffy, some dogs are fluffy and if you mess with my hair, it gets fluffy. Me, I am fat, overweight, and on some days obese.
Understanding and accepting yourself are not the same as putting on a facade and pretending the mask is reality.
mek i seh sumn, mek i seh sumn, ah one bumboclaat piece a fuckry a gwaan. me neva know seh a so she stay to rass…
Seriously speaking, you can have fun with Goth wedding dresses in a parallel way with Hello Kitty bridal dresses. You just swing in the diamond kitty opposite direction and you have Goth. Quite easy, really.
lol lol lol loll, But is is true. promoting Being fat isn't cool man. not cool at all. So many health issues there and they try to play it off as well, I'm “sexy” Fat girls need love too, Fat people have rights. Nobody ain't try to take away your rights woman. just go work out. get fit. Its better for you.
And another thing I bet you any money is not no health related fatness that, like if she simple dieted and worked out she'ld lose weight.
p.s Oh yeah, guess who's back in the blogosphere bitches..
Ok…whoever wrote this article is very ignorant
Ms. Kitty says dt u can be skinny and be fluffy, fluffy is a mindset
She is encouraging women to be comfortable with themselves and letting people know that the onli form of beauty is not the typical coca-cola bottle shape.
Yes there are diseases that can come from being overweight, but what about the person who's family build is just thick? What should she do? “Save Jamaica and Lost Some Bone Mass” …Doe B Dumb
And I think the choice of kitty has to do with being cute … not athletic or agile
And there are many people that believe that very slim and “fit” people are unattractive as well, AND being slim does not mean that you are fit.
Therefore for you to write your comments and your opinion is one thing
But for you to bash her for trying to give some young women confidence about their body types and look for one of the most unflattering pictures of her *because normally speaking miss kitty has lovely outfits …this was for carnival and she was hosting something for RE TV * is ignorant
Therefore, maybe you should do some more research on Fluffy and what it means instead of throwing out random facts about diabetes.
It's people like you that contribute to society's rigid image of beauty and makes hundreds of girls get sick every day trying to conform to it.
left miss kitty a she mek nuff woman stop think both killing then self screw you
fluffy and nice we sey muma
fluffy and nice we sey muma
U Need to leave Ms. Kitty alone..But good writing skills it's really funny…..
FLUFFY YUH LOOK GOOD
Being slim does now mean that you are healthy. You can be fat and healthy also. It does put you at risk for heart diseases, however, if you are fat, putting in about 10 minutes of moderate excersise daily may help with heart health. This moderate excercise is not in an effort to lose weight but just to maintain a healthy weight Also, Miss Kitty is not encouraging ladies to go and get fat because fat is the way to go… she is saying that… sure..u r fat.. but hey.. be happy with yourself. Many fat people become depressed because of the outside pressure from the world in regards to their weight. For what? I think she is sending out a great message. If she is unattractive to you..u are one person. I know men who love women her size. She can and I'm sure that she has found men who have found her attractive. Your article is biased but hey.. it's your blog and as you said… your thoughts. your ideas. your inspiration. So by all means.. voice your opinion, but do so stating that it is your opinion and do not write in absolutes, especially claiming publicly that the woman is unattractive.
…So what if Miss Kitty chooses to declare she if fat and cool with it? At least she is getting on with her own life, making her own choices, and crucially fully aware of who she is and DOESNT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT!!
Despite all these comments about fat is not cool, tell me is looking like a stick “criss”??? Many of us have mothers, sisters, wives, girlfriends etc. Since many of them dont conform to the Eurocentric ideal of what a “woman's size” should be, are u all now planning to exterminate them as they can't possibley look “cool”??? Hmmm… not so easy to justify when u think about it in those terms, is it?Trust me, a size 6 woman is NOT healthy. Neither is a 600 lb woman either. Miss Kitty is somewhere in the middle, and doing her thang? Have a balance, yes, but many of u have been seeped in too many Hollywood images.
PS. “Real women have curves, ONLY dogs luv bones” – !
Peace…
Who's endorsing obesity? Ranting about something is sure going to offend somebody rather than being objective and slightly persuasive. Now we've come a long way from the 80's when everyone tried to mold and contort their bodies into something it was not to a time in which we're trying to accept a health lifestyle, slim or thick. I'm overweight. I'm not struggling, depressed…neither do I have an eating disorder. And I'm way healthier than my BMI perfect brother, doctor told me so. So now that people are trying to practice tolerance..you should relax. Nobody wants to be 600 lbs, but if someone is 5'6″, 190 lbs and healthier than you, deal. with. it.
I figure that if you are going to spend your time to establish a blog, then you should also take the time to make constructive posts. it's not only about the creativity in the writing or proving that you can write. It's leading inellegent conversations that people will want to be a part of in a constructive way. We should not have to be using our time telling you that writing about Ms. Kitty's size is completely out of line. Who are you to judge anyone? And importantly, how do you know Ms. Kitty's health?
I am 5 feet 1 inch, weigh 100lbs and happy that I am healthy. On the hand, my friend is 5'2, weighs about 115 and far from healthy . . . .is she overweight.
Come on, use your influence on this sight to inspire and encourage people to be happy with themselves regardless of height, weight or color – because that's what it all boils down to.
I have never given the impression ( if i have, it wasn't intentional) that i write or speak in absolutes. It's my opinion and that's all that it is. I saw the picture and i was not impressed. So i did what i do best; i wrote about it. The article is almost a year old and my OPINION on it hasn't changed much since then. If you read what i wrote then you would have realized that i never once mentioned Ms. Kitty being sick, but instead hinted at the possibility of it happening, i.e i was speaking generally and from good empirical evidence of the prospect.
As i said in my article, i think Ms. Kitty is a wonderful person, but don't think it's prudent of her to be perpetuating this notation that being overweight is fine ( And that is the impression i get from what she says, call me naive, albeit this is also the widely held view by many other people)
I think she is hiding the truth by beleiveing that she wants to remain fat. however thats her thing and she is confident. just excercise kitts and firm up the body you look good but if you excercise you will lokk better
i think there are so good tips!
you people discriminate against fat people and then you dont expect them to fight back or even speak up for themselves.i think ms.kitty has empowered fat women.in fact,i think she has empowered all women.i have never heard her say that being fat is healthy,however i have heard her say being fat is not a crime!!!!!!!!!!!!is it a crime?one individual said fat people are more prone to some diseases than the so called skinny ones.so my friend are you saying that 'slim and trim' people dont get diseases?if that is so belief then you are in for a rude awakening buddy! I am fat ,i have always been fat but that does not give anyone the right to 'bash' me.who are you to judge the lady's lifestyle?are you her medical doctor?has she ever told you that she has never considered the prospect of losing weight?you people remind me so much of some negative jamaicans,you major in the minor.ACCEPT THE WOMAN FOR WHO AND WHAT SHE IS!!!!!!!!!DONT TRY TO MOULD HER INTO YOUR PERSONAL MANNEQUIN!!!!!!!!!!!not all people are meant to be fat,likewise not all people are meant to be slim.sometimes we pay too much time trying to correct other people's so called problems and not pay attention to our own.
ha!!!!!!!*SARCASTICALLY*being skinny is also something not many of us aspire to be!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!but you know what i am going to leave you so you can vent your feelings peacefully.
Hello idiot, nobody is saying slim people dont get dieseases, the person is actually saying, when you are fat you are prone to getting even more disease than anyone else. if fact to be fat is a sickness it is called obsity, just like having too much sugar in the blood is called diabetes.
Yes ms kitty is helping fat people to not feel bad about themselves, but with her influence, she must also let them know that to be fat is unhealthy and they should endeavour to loose it. a lot of people use to talk about monique now monique has lost weight and continues to do so. becausse the unadulterated fact is that to be fat is to be sick.
that disgusting photograph is not sexy its a turn off. yes everybody have them stick a bush, but to be this fat, is to tell a man say when me sick, you clearly cant even lift up me hand go call the bulldozer or the entire avenue to help you lift me up to put me in the truck.
get real people. miss kitty is sick and that is what it is the sickness is called obeisty. end of story.
every body could not be a skinny bitch.being happy is not having everything is being happy with what u have.fat people have the right to be happy with their weight just like skinny bitch .a lot have skinny people have all those same sickness too.get over it she is fat and loving it. rayyyyyyyyyyyyyy fluffy to the world