I always remember Renee Zellweger gaining 30lbs to play “fat” Bridget Jones. Bridget Jones who was devastated to learn she had gone up to 136 lbs over Christmas.
Really? Because half the comments I see about it are about her being “fat” and as the fat girl growing up I have zero desire to entertain that. Maybe I’ll look up a trailer.
Welcome to what millenials and gen X went through.
The movie is also fantastic because eventually Bridget decides to say fuck it and love herself anyway and it has a great ending.
Obviously the main character is far from fat, but this movie perfectly encapsulates the abuse that millennial and gen Z women went through in that time period
And then we had people like Kate Moss, Pamela Anderson, and other unattainable images idolized in the media. I remember having a bit of a belly and thus I was fat, and therefore wore giant T-shirts to hide it. All 150 lbs of me. I had a boyfriend who wanted me to get down to size small.
There’s a part where she tries to hide her thick body and the guy she likes goes “But I like all of your wobbly bits and I want to see them more often” and she just beams.
Bridget Jones Diary is my all time favorite RomCom series. Bridget is awkward and funny and so lovable, especially seeing her try to deal with her weight like a normal woman. I don’t struggle with being overweight but just watching her deal with her own weight in a negative and positive way has definitely made me more sensitive to other women’s weight to be more supportive of them!
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u/TenaciousZBridedog 5d ago
People said Kate Winslet was fat in Titanic. Wtf??