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by Sabine on July 29, 2009 · 3 comments

I sat down to watch Fox's new reality series More to Love Order diflucan online cheap, last night because, as a feminist and cultural critic, I felt like it was my solemn duty to do so. After 60 agonizing minutes, Ordering diflucan no rx, I can tell you that I won't be doing that again.

Writer and fat activist Kate Harding had some interesting things to say about whether this kind of representation of plus-size women on TV is progress (and then had some even more nuanced things to say about it at her blog). I also read Marianne Kirby's condemnation of the show here at the Daily Beast, buy diflucan cheap. But really, Buy diflucan online, I didn't think either of them went far enough in their critique.

More to Love is just as repulsive as The Bachelor, and for many of the same reasons, order diflucan online cheap. There are a boatload of women gasping about how cute the guy is; there are rivers of tears; there are several proclamations of, "This is a guy I think I could fall in love with, pharmacy diflucan," even after spending approximately 30 seconds with him under the glare of cameras and lights. Diflucan online kaufen, Both shows share that heady mix of despair ("I just want someone to love me!") and desperation (the "look at me. Look at me!" antics). And there is similar casting: most women are white (on More to Love, Colorado CO Colo. , there are no token black women, Buy diflucan overnight delivery, which struck me as odd, but there were a small handful of women who appeared to possibly be Latina), most are in their 20s (with one or two in their 30s, diflucan discount, only to get booted off in short order), Ohio OH , and there are a range of heights and hair colour. Order diflucan online cheap, So, really, in many respects the shows are exactly the same. Except More to Love, I'm sorry to say, cheap diflucan pills, is a freak show. Buy diflucan without prescription, The mere fact that the premise is "lookit the fatties get with the fatty!" is what brings it to the doorstep of freak show; the execution, though, shoves it firmly into the freak show house of horror, acquistare online diflucan. First of all, District of Columbia DC D.C. , when each woman is introduced to the audience through interview clips, her stats are also shown. Yes, ordering diflucan overnight delivery, age, Idaho ID , height, weight are all there--though perhaps I should be grateful they stopped just short of BMI or waist-to-hip ratio?). And is not objectifying because..., order diflucan online cheap.

Secondly, cheap diflucan online legally, the usual sobbing and mascara-running interview clips emphasized many of the women's struggle with their weight, Köpa diflucan online, blaming their poor romantic track records on their body size. Now, I totally believe the women who said they had been dumped, diflucan farmacia a buon mercato, etc. Acquistare a buon mercato diflucan, because their stupid boyfriends thought they were too fat. But framed in the context of a show like More to Love, all of life's ills are going to come down to "too fat." Most of the women on the show were in their 20s, Kansas KS Kans. , and you know what. Order diflucan online cheap, Maybe that has something to do with it. Diflucan cheap, A lot of women date jerks and losers when they're in their 20s, or have a hard time meeting the right guy. But a variable like that could never come into play on More to Love, purchase diflucan.

Why. New Mexico NM N.Mex. , Because the show's narrative must be based on the premise that a fat woman's body is aberrant in order for a transformation to take place. You know how these shows are: at the end, one woman is chosen to be The One (even though that lasts for all of 3 months, on average), order diflucan online cheap. In order to construct just the right romantic narrative, though, cheap diflucan, she must go from being the ugly duckling to the swan. Delaware DE Del. , She must be Changed by His Love, so much so that she Finally Accepts Herself. She must be Reborn by the "I've never felt this way before," and "I never thought anyone could love me for me" and "I can't believe I found my Prince Charming" lines that she inevitably utters in the final episode.

Okay, I could go on, but I'll stop myself. Order diflucan online cheap, The final thing I want to say is that the dude in question, Luke Conley, strikes me as a bit of an ass. It wasn't his double-entendres that bothered me (what does he like to eat. Anything "thick and juicy"). It was his totally tacky methods for getting the women to hug and kiss him that I thought was revolting. "How do you say 'kiss' in Spanish?" he asked one woman. "Beso." She said, order diflucan online cheap. "Can you share one with me?" he asked. "Um..." was her reply. Then an edit. Then cut to them kissing--while he was flanked on the other side with another woman. BAAARF.

Have you watched More to Love. Can you provide a justification for doing so.

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1 HJ 07.29.09 at 4:45 pm: As an athletic fitness professional
who likes fuller figured women here
are some of my thoughts and observations
after watching the first episode
of Fox’s More to Love.

First let me say that all of the women
cast for the show are physically
beautiful and although I don’t believe
myself to be the most shallow man on
the planet that fact will probably keep
me watching no matter lame the show gets.
All these women carry their size well
and have curves in the right places
and in that respect not necessarily
representative of the average larger
woman out there.
Unfortunately despite their beauty these
women displayed or were forced by Fox
to display almost zero self confidence
which is a major turn off to most men
including myself. Talking about how they
can’t get a date is not something that’s
going to make a man fall for them.
Also Fox really knows how to tighten
the screws of humiliation by statting
these women at every opportunity as if
they were a football team lineup. I’m
a sensitive guy and personally think
this is wrong, but heck this is reality
TV and honestly are we really watching
this stuff for any reason other than
watching people being humiliated on
national TV? Fox has a long history
of humiliating people of all shapes
and sizes so it’s all fair.
One wonders what further humiliations
await these women as the show
progresses. Bikini shots with stats
displayed? Five course meals? Being
played by Luke with cheap come on
lines in order to get some easy action
with the girls before dumping them
and keeping their rings
after which they’ll cry and
lament their return
to a dateless future?
I also have some unresolved questions
about Luke. It has been my experience
being friends with guys that size is
that they almost always prefer petite
women and may resort to someone plus
size because they may feel less effort is involved. While this may not
be true of Luke I think we’ll all
be interested to see if Fox in their
infinite wisdom will test Luke’s
resolve with the introduction of some
petite women with model looks who
are crazy about the big teddy bear
types like him to see if he falls
for the bait. After watching the first show I wonder if
he has the “romantic leading man
skills” required to keep the show fresh
and prevent it from dragging. One thing
I’m sure of: the show will be filled
with lame come on attempts to get some
cheap action which I suspect many of
these unconfident women will fall for
but perhaps little else. I think we’d
all find the show more intriguing if
they chosen an athletic, buff, and
confident guy along the lines
of “12 Pack of Daisy of Love” for
these women to fight and claw over.
By choosing Luke Fox falls into the
assumption that an athletic guy
would never be interested in women
like this and vice versa. We all know
that is not true. While we generally
want someone attractive, not all of us
athletic guys want someone super thin
woman or one as hard as us.
2 Sabine 07.29.09 at 7:28 pm: HJ, thanks for your comment. You’ve outlined a couple of things I’ve never thought of before, including the very real possibility of Fox (oh, leave it to Fox!) ratcheting up the humiliation factor. And I do want to say I agree with you about how attractive all of these women are; in that sense (going to Kate Harding’s concern), this is a positive representation of women of size. And also, your comment brings something else to mind about why this show struck me as a freak show: is it really so weird that a man could find plus-size women attractive? Then again, your own situation is one that Fox could exploit: look at the buff dude going after the fat chicks! You know?

I also just want to say, thinking of something one of the women said in last night’s episode, that I completely and totally object to the term “chunky” used in relation to anybody’s body. BLEAH.
3 Tannis 08.18.09 at 3:18 pm: This seemed so incredibly exploitative to me. I got through about 20 minutes of one episode before I had to turn it off and shake off that dirty feeling.

What struck me in the episode that I watched was the implication that because it was a show for fat women, they could eat as much as they wanted on the show and not worry, like the producers were hoping for some sort of feeding frenzy at the trough and likely were quite disappointed that no such frenzy occurred.

I think what makes me most sad about this show is that there were probably no shortage of women who wanted to go on the show in the hopes of a hook up with some vapid jack ass who will love them “just as they are.”

Just as they are until the show is over, that is.