A BuzzFeed News article has a novel take on diversity in art.
It involves science fiction, a genre that has played a significant role in shaping minds, from the sinister portrayal of Darth Vader’s Galactic Empire, an amalgamation of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, to the negative influences of socialism that influenced Frank Herbert’s epic novel “Dune.”
Despite its disproportionate cultural impact, BuzzFeed thinks science fiction needs an overhaul. One that involves characters of all shapes and sizes.
Per Hot Air:
Needless to say, that particular fat Black character doesn’t look capable of climbing two flights of stairs, no less getting into a spacesuit and fixing a starship. Capable of anything? I think not.
But perhaps that is my lack of imagination. Probably not, though. Although I do admit that she would benefit from living in a weightless environment; it is likely the only thing that would prevent her from having a heart attack at any moment.
It’s a fundamental falsehood that we can simultaneously be super obese and do what fit people can do. Black or White, fat bodies are unhealthy bodies and not to be celebrated.
Surely it is true that bullying people for being obese is cruel; just as certainly lying to people that they can be “healthy at any size” is at least as cruel. Any person who looks like that AI-generated art above will die young, never having been able to achieve their God-given potential.
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…hilarious. I’m sure those will sell…really well. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
I am FAT! 270 pounds and 5 feet 8 inches. Do I feel oppressed or neglected in a genre I love? Obi-Wan would say don’t be, rely on the Force to reduce.
Jabba The Hutt
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The stupidity just won’t stop. Being fat is not healthy. Stop pushing fat is beautiful. It’s not. Destroying your own health because some nutcase say it is ok. Stop being slaves to the stupidity of liberals.
haven’t fat people generally been depicted as the bad guys? same with black people. seems representing them in a positive light would be a giant leap in the right direction, sci-fi notwithstanding. . .
Star Wars has Jabba the Hut, personified on earth as Michael Moore.
If you are a corpulent lard-a$$ and hate the world, then shut off the narcissism, go on the Auschwitz diet and SHUT UP. Problem solved.