[ SECRET POST #2256 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2256 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[The Most Popular Girls In School]


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[Rust and Bone]


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[My Mad Fat Diary]


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[Sailor Moon]


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[Harvest Moon: A New Beginning]


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[American Horror Story Asylum]


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[Homestuck]


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[DC Comics]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 021 secrets from Secret Submission Post #322.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I wish the fat character hadn't been the one with the mental issues, though. It almost feels like all they're trying to say is "this girl is fucked up, don't be like her" rather than create someone worth identifying with.

All I'm saying is I wish there was a fat character and one with a mental illness, rather than having them be one and the same.

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree seeing as I am both fat and I have a mental illness myself. This show is empowering to me. When I watch shows about fat people I feel self loathing because at least they don't have mental illness, and when I watch shows about people with mental illness I feel self loathing because at least they have enough self control as to not be a fatty.

[(Anonymous)]

But then it wouldn't be My Mad Fat Diary. Just My Fat Diary. The whole premise of the programme would be different. (Also there is a non-obese character with mental illness, her friend Tix)

Have you seen an episode? Rae is very worth identifying with. And I'm saying that as someone who is not overweight -- but body image issues are not exclusive to one subset altho they can be manifested differently and have variable levels of severity (especially in terms of ridicule and bullying). I think it gives a window for other people, but it's not entirely alienating for someone who doesn't have that specific problem.

Also isn't it sort of obvious not to be fucked up? Like the whole thing is Rae is GETTING BETTER. You're right. No one should be like her... coz it's painful. You should get help. Which is basically what Rae is doing. Sorting out her life, trying to live it as best she can, and recovering. It's not a case of "look at this fat mentalcase, let's all point and laugh coz we're so unlike her". None of that has any connotation about low "worth", as a character or a person.

It's completely the opposite and it's sort of HOPEFUL. I guess I just don't see how having a fucked-up character with very real issues and watching her attempt to overcome them is not "someone worth identifying with".

[(Anonymous)]

well, the show is based on Rae Earl's autobiography, so discussing how the lead character should have been it's kind of a moot point. But I think she's a wonderful, threedimensional character and very relatable for any teenager who is struggling. And it's just so wonderful to see a fat girl and a mentally ill girl portrayed as human, lovable and complex rather than as a laughingstock.

[(Anonymous)]

My weight gain followed my mental illness, so no thx. c: