I came across an article in the LA Times the other day about a video called "Fat Rant" made by a girl in California who wanted to tell the world that she's happy being who she is. Her You Tube video has had several thousand viewers and comments. She has even been featured on Entertainment Tonight! I don't know why, but it seems that much more attention is paid to people who are plus sized. Body image acceptance websites cater more to plus sizes, regardless of height than to short people in general. (They often say that they accept all sizes, but at the same time label people under size four "anorexic," regardless of height, and would say that anyone under size fourteen is "normal." (I am a short woman. "Big" for me is probably something much smaller than "big" on a six foot woman.)) There are also many more websites catering to plus-sized women, for them to vent about their issues (I will talk about media issues and petites in more detail at the end of the month, when June poll results, which asks whether the media purposely pay less attention to petites, are tabulated).
I did post a video in response to Ms. Nash's video, which you can see here
