I need Kanye West to pull another Swift-gate, so that I don’t have to post things like this. I was reading The Huffington Post and I came across an article, Nightclub For the Plus-Size. Yes, you read that right, a nightclub that caters to the obese, in other words skinny people not welcome. (Shut up! This can’t be real…Oh! but it is…keep reading):
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LONG BEACH, Calif. ? Move over, it’s Saturday night at Club Bounce and people are bouncing onto the dance floor in a big, big way.
These are big, big people, all dressed to the nines and many tipping the scales at 250, maybe 300 pounds.
That’s because this expansive nightclub a couple blocks from the Pacific Ocean, with its flashing lights, friendly atmosphere and wall-rattling hip-hop sounds, caters specifically to fat people.
That’s right, fat people. Not just any fat people, either, but fat people who are proud to call themselves fat people. People who joke that they are part of the new Fat is Phat movement.
“Self-conscious? No! Not at all,” laughs Monique Lopez, a curvaceous woman of 23 as she arrives in a tight, black dress and heels. “I was like, ‘I’m going to Club Bounce tonight. I’m going to wear my shortest skirt.’” (Which she did.)
The movement for equal rights for plus-sized people is nothing new of course. The National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance, with chapters around the country, was founded 40 years ago. A nonprofit group, it advocates that everyone be treated equally regardless of size, arguing that we don’t live in a one-size-fits-all world. [Read More]
Seriously, is the club atmosphere that bad that fat and skinny people want to segregate. Am I not getting this because I’m thin?
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Comment made on 10/26/2009 @ 20:55
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Can’t we all party together? But i guess this is no different than there being a gay club. Everyone just feels comfortable partying with their own.
This post made me realize how segregated nightlife is for the most part, black, white, latino, gay, fat…everyone has their own club is seems
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 10/26/2009 @ 21:26
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I never looked at it that way, but I guess that makes sense. It just seems weird. What’s next clubs for short people or clubs for balding.
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Siren
Comment made on 10/27/2009 @ 13:54
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There wouldn’t be a need for this if regular clubs didn’t discriminate against ovrweight people. I have always been thin but someof my closest friends are overweight and have been shunned at the door of many of a club based on their weight..in spite of being some of the most beautiful women I know..I think this is good and bad..We should all learn to me more accepting. There are all kinds of people that make the world go round.If everyone were slim and trim the world would be a boring place
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MrsGrapevine
Comment made on 10/27/2009 @ 17:37
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@ Siren:
In Dallas clubs are just not that exclusive, so everyone gets in. I didn’t think about places like LA and NYC where entry is based on money or looks.
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Keisha
Comment made on 10/27/2009 @ 20:38
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Wow, can’t we all just get along. This is an interesting concept. I guess it is similar to my mom not understanding why I would want to target the LGBT community specifically to promote their businesses. She said, perhaps I don’t understand since I’m not LGBT.
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