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In Scooby Doo Movie Daphne going from size 2 to size 8
Blog | August 24, 2014
You may have already heard about the controversy around the new movie Scooby-Doo:Frankencreepy. One of the main characters beautiful Daphne is “cursed” and goes from her size 2 to size 8 and basically becomes obese, and is horrified by the curse – which is the reason why is this movie being accused of fat shaming. As the movie goes on, Daphne realizes that she was being shallow and superficial, and that her boyfriend Fred didn’t even notice or cared about the change. This gives the story a deeper meaning, and a positive spin, which is exactly what the authors were aiming for.
I personally believe that non of the authors meant to be insulting and that fat shaming was not their intention. However some critics and viewers still see the negative, because of the fact that the sudden weight gain was a “curse” and for Daphne’s initial reaction. So while the intention was to teach kids not think superficial and that beauty is in the eye of beholder, it is undeniable that the extra weight was perceived as something very negative and unattractive.
It reminds me the french series of 5 popular historical adventure movies about Angelique. She was forced to marry Jeoffrey Comte de Peyrac who was “old” (probably 10 years older than her), had a huge scar across his face, and a limp. She was at first totally disgusted by him, but once she get to know his personality and character, she fell in love with him. If you compare these two movies, there is a similarity. His appearance is like a curse to him, but true love suddenly changes everything and the scar or limp no longer matters to him or the love of his life. Is it considered limp shaming or scar shaming? I don’t think so. Again, the authors wanted to show the power of love and acceptance.
The problem is, that we’re currently dealing with an epidemic of lifestyle diseases that lead to obesity. The numbers of American’s that are overweight or obese skyrocketed in the past decade to 70% of the population. There is so much pain associated with this problem that It became literally a sore subject for the entire society. In my opinion, now is the time to be supportive of each other more then ever and while I truly believe in nothing but good intentions of the authors of Scooby-Doo, I think they could have come up with a curse that had nothing to do with such a sensitive topic. She should have turned into Shrek. I’m just giving an example.
Bottom line is that there is no shame in the size or shape of your body. If you are sabotaging your health by eating crap and sitting by the TV all they long, and being lazy, then yes, shame on you. If you are a mean person, shame on you. Yes, I do judge people by their behaviors. There you go, I admit that. However I also think we should not be judging ourselves and each other by our appearance but rather by our actions and efforts. If you are someone who is actively trying to make a positive change in your life, and the life of your loved ones, you have my respect no matter what size of jeans you’re wearing. I admire everyone that cares and strives for better and healthier lifestyle.
When it comes to attractiveness, there are plenty of curvy women and bigger size men with irresistible charisma, that know how to carry themselves, so it’s really more about, what kind of person you really are? There is no way to tell who is the couch potato and who is a healthy, active and fun loving person, unless you get to know them better. And yes, you can be perfectly healthy even if you are overweight or obese. You can be also sick and unhealthy if you carry around the extra weight in a form of huge muscle mass. There is just no way, you can judge someone by their weight or shape.
You let me know what your opinion is and what you have to say about this subject.
Best,
Z.
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Brianna I’m impressed with your decision to go vegan. I have a sister who is a vegetarian (she only eats fish and eggs) and I wish I could stop eating meat. I love animals and would be traumatized to see them mistreated. One day I hope to become a vegetarian and only eat fish. I think you will definitely lose weight just make sure to get enough protein. Good luck!!
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Hi Aida. I’m a vegan and I think it’s great that u are aiming to stop eating meat. If u are struggling tho, perhaps aim for choices that are organic and grain fed from reputable farmers. This way factory farming will not be supported. Even limiting the days you do eat meat is awesome.
Also, I train super hard and when I switched from vegetarian to vegan ( and I mean healthy vegan with ALL my nutritional bases covered including protein etc) my recovery went up by around 20-30 percent (a subjective estimate on how I felt and the training load I was able to then do- and no injury!). Also, none of my heavy lifting was affected. So, take your time to make the adjustment. And I feel so much more energetic. Even little choices like organic milk from reputable honest farmes go a long way to stopping the trauma that happens in factory farming. Good luck with it….breaking it down into steps can be helpful also. Any step forward is a step forward!
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Size 8 for some may be obese if your frame is very small. A woman at my church is very fit and she wears a size 12, just one size small than my size 14. She is a few inches taller than me with a large bone structure and she has a lot of muscle on her, still looking very feminine. She also has flat abs.
My bone structure is medium and I have a lot of muscle on me. When I get to a size 8, my abs will be flat. At a size 10, I look slender. Yet, you would not be able to tell that I was that size. At a size 8, I would be skinny.
While someone with a small or very small bone structure as well as a lot less muscle and at a size 10 would look very heavy.
If someone believes that size 8 is obese or whatever, it doesn’t bother me. It’s their beliefs, not mine. I know I’m doing and on this journey to become healthier.
I exercise fairly regularly and eat fair healthy, and learning to get enough sleep. My nemesis is stress, which is awful. That factor alone makes it challenging for my body to release fat, but I look at it as an opportunity to develop into a better person as I learn how to manage stressful situations better and not get all stressed out.
And, I’m learning to enjoy the journey – so whatever you think about size, it really doesn’t matter to me. I am doing what’s best for myself and my family and I know I’m a good person that helps others, too.
Have a super day!
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Hello everyone, I think that this proof is important. Certaint people tee decide and don’t see that be really. To me is ugly.
Thanks Zuzka for this evidence.
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Grains are the bane of our existence in regards to the obesity epidemic. We are not biologically equipped to ingest things like bread and pasta etc. iIt caused me years of. GI issues. I was a size 8 in my 20s and as soon as I started paleo, I dropped to a size 4. Acne gone. IBS gone. Fatigue gone. When people start educating themselves on health and nutrition and start ignoring the FDA food pyramid, will see a return to health in this country.
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it is not nice to be judged according to the fat that goes with it but it’s nice what people think of you as you are.
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Size 8 is obese if you are short and it’s mostly fat weight. And to say it’s not obese just because the average size is 14 would be wrong. That is the average because there are so many obese women that are skewing the average upward. However, a healthy woman at a size 8 is not fat. I would consider myself overweight at my current size 6, but that is only because I know it’s fat I haven’t lost from my pregnancy and that I am able to easily maintain a size 4 while just putting in some workout time and not eating like an elephant.
I actually read this post because I just rented that movie for my daughter. I didn’t see anything wrong with it, because I can accept that if I’m not happy with my body it’s because I’m not taking care of it. For Daphne, a size 8 was unhealthy. She takes pride in her appearance and health (including weight) so for her to suddenly be 6 sizes bigger, it was a curse. No one would be okay with suddenly gaining that much weight.
Fat shaming can only happen if you are already ashamed of yourself. Too many people are just too sensitive. Accept that everyone is judged at first glance. Know whether you are doing all you can to be healthy. Don’t jump to the assumption that every time a fat person is put into a kids’ show, that they are bashing you (take the time to realize the purpose of the character). If you are taking care of yourself, ignore jerks that try to tell you otherwise.
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I did not see the movie..but judging by the photo of it posted in the blog, I do see some issues with it. As was mentioned, obesity is a crisis in the developed world and for whatsoever reason, portraying an over weight version of a character can lend itself to promoting it. I agree that judging on someones body frame is not on, but we all do it. Even the obese looking at the thinner person does it. Pharma companies make a fortune to maintain lifestyles of the overweight…you take one pill to treat the (for example) hypertension..and a few others on top to maintain all the related illnesses associated with it….oh and then on top of that, a couple more to manage side effects of the regime to keep your lifestyle inflicted diseases in check. Surely the message is double-edged. Perhaps Scooby Doo people should have used the example not to promote “judging a book by its cover” but maybe a positive spin on HOW being overweight IS a disease. How can we think its OK to promote ill- health? Would we promote the postive aspects (if there even are any) to someone that is HIV+?