Curvy Women are Smarter

Azeeza · 01-06-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mish_mish

Makes me think of the term "asshat" in a whole new way!

Would you stop it? You know, if you decided not to dance you could be a stand up comic!

,

Azeeza

Bellydancingcaroline · 01-06-2008, 03:14 AM

I don't care about the research, I still want to be thin. :-)

lizajuk · 01-06-2008, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by jenlindseys

so... if I'm curvy and a blonde....does that make me only half smart or half dumb?

Oh that's a point

and I'm an oldcurvy blonde

lizajuk · 01-06-2008, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bellydancingcaroline

I don't care about the research, I still want to be thin. :-)

I too was happy when I was thin...but I'm happy this way also

except when I get f**ing angry about something like prat unscientific research . Has this been commisioned by MacDonald's or someone who wants to keep our nations stuffing their faces in the hopes the brains will grow with their waistlines?

wigglewhiz · 01-06-2008, 09:37 AM

Oh, how I love pop psychology BS.

Here's an alternative to the Omega-3 theory - fat girls become smart because we have to have SOMETHING to enamour us to prospective mates since we aren't quite so HOTT.

Or, fat girls aren't more IQ intelligent, but more EQ intelligent, because they spend more time socially networking (read: counselling their skinny girlfriends on all the boy-related dramas that the fat girl will never have).

Puh-leez. To be fair, I didn't read the article. Because, you know, learning any more of their undoubtedly SOUND and RIGOUROUSLY SCIENTIFIC research might burst my over-crowded curvy-gal head.

I studied Psychology for four years, btw. I have a piece of paper that says so. Biggest waste of time... EVER.

danidance · 01-06-2008, 09:40 AM

heh

good one on many levels!!!

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Originally Posted by mehndidancer

I guess i do have brains in my butt

then again we are watching cnn online

Alrana

danidance · 01-06-2008, 09:44 AM

Here's a far fetched idea - some of the "it's okay to be bigger" and "no, anorexia is not pretty" is finally trickling into the pop culture mentality and they're trying to make it all okay. After feeding us a particular image of beauty for so long, they certainly can't overnight say "fat's okay!"

If we continue to see more trending toward "big is good" in fluffy news bits, then we might see a cultural shift away from skinny archetypes.

Who knows.

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Originally Posted by wigglewhiz

Oh, how I love pop psychology BS.

Here's an alternative to the Omega-3 theory - fat girls become smart because we have to have SOMETHING to enamour us to prospective mates since we aren't quite so HOTT.

Or, fat girls aren't more IQ intelligent, but more EQ intelligent, because they spend more time socially networking (read: counselling their skinny girlfriends on all the boy-related dramas that the fat girl will never have).

Puh-leez. To be fair, I didn't read the article. Because, you know, learning any more of their undoubtedly SOUND and RIGOUROUSLY SCIENTIFIC research might burst my over-crowded curvy-gal head.

I studied Psychology for four years, btw. I have a piece of paper that says so. Biggest waste of time... EVER.

wigglewhiz · 01-06-2008, 10:18 AM

Mmmm, getting away from the herion chic and anorexic aesthetics would be nice. I think we're a long way away from general body acceptance, but I agree with you in that I'm seeing more alternative representations now.

I just hate pop psychology pseudo science guff, whatever it's "findings" of the moment are.

danidance · 01-06-2008, 10:25 AM

Concur 100%.

Why, one has to ask, does a news organization like CNN spend time discussing Britney Spears? Why does anyone spend time on her pathetic trashy life? Just boggles the mind. Hm, okay, now I see having a brain in our rear IS good for something!

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Originally Posted by wigglewhiz

Mmmm, getting away from the herion chic and anorexic aesthetics would be nice. I think we're a long way away from general body acceptance, but I agree with you in that I'm seeing more alternative representations now.

I just hate pop psychology pseudo science guff, whatever it's "findings" of the moment are.

jenlindseys · 01-06-2008, 12:29 PM

define smart!!!!

We are all smart in our own ways!

that's my inspirational thought for the day.

mish_mish · 01-06-2008, 02:11 PM

I was really happy about the Jennifer Love Hewitt response. They showed her looking like many of us look (or would like to look) in a bikini with some dimples in her thighs and she fought back. Good for her. She didn't apologize. I'm sick of women being objectified and told that they're abnormal if they have any blemishes, dimples or body hair.

carolynn · 01-06-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Azeeza

And I thought our brains were in our heads! Silly me!

Azeeza

well, everyone knows that's not where men keep theirs...

zumarrad · 01-06-2008, 08:50 PM

Of all the intelligent women in my department, the most terrifyingly intelligent ones are *rail thin*. I wouldn't say they diet to get that way either. One definitely doesn't.

danidance · 01-06-2008, 09:09 PM

There's a Mark Twain quote on that...I'll see if I can find it.

oops - it's actually - "everbody is ignorant, just about different things." or something like that...close enough :)

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Originally Posted by jenlindseys

define smart!!!!

We are all smart in our own ways!

that's my inspirational thought for the day.

CFerhat · 01-06-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by zumarrad

Of all the intelligent women in my department, the most terrifyingly intelligent ones are *rail thin*. I wouldn't say they diet to get that way either. One definitely doesn't.

Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o' nights;
Yond' Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.

lizajuk · 01-07-2008, 04:59 AM

Who'd trust a thin cook/chef?

jenlindseys · 01-07-2008, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by danidance

There's a Mark Twain quote on that...I'll see if I can find it.

oops - it's actually - "everbody is ignorant, just about different things." or something like that...close enough :)

haha...that's true tooooo! no one can know everything about everything. We all have our specialties and specific interests.

lizajuk · 01-07-2008, 12:10 PM

Blonde's Year in Review

January

Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight.

February

Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels...Helllloooo! bottles will not fit in the printer!

March

Got really excited...finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months... box said "2-4 years!"

April

Trapped on escalator for hours ... the power went out!

May
Tried to make Kool-Aid...wrong instructions...8 cups of water will not fit into those little packets!

June

Tried to go water skiing...could not find a lake with a slope.

July

Lost breaststroke swimming competition...learned later ,

the other swimmers cheated, they used their arms and hands!

August

Got locked out of my car in rainstorm... car swamped because soft-top was open.

September

The capital of California is "C"...isn’t it?

October

Hate M & M's...they are so hard to peel.

November
Baked turkey for 4 1/2 days .. instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108!

December

Couldn't call 911 . "duh"...there’s no "eleven" button on the stupid phone!

Just a little lightness for us curvy bright blondes

musicalbookworm · 01-09-2008, 10:08 PM

Mish,

You store your brain in your booty? Personally, I prefer to store my brain in my boobs!

Angie

shimmycelia · 01-15-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by lizajuk

Blonde's Year in Review

January

Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight.

February

Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels...Helllloooo! bottles will not fit in the printer!

March

Got really excited...finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months... box said "2-4 years!"

April

Trapped on