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is one of the few that actually subverts shallow, reductive tropes, but the network just announced a new show that feels like a thousand steps backward.. The title made me think I was getting some steamy makeout show. But as I began to read the tweets and show description, my pervy excitement quickly morphed into anger.I learned, is a reality show about hot guys dating fat girls in what the show calls “mixed-weight” relationships.
I, like many others on the internet, immediately felt disgusted. What the hell is a mixed-weight relationship? The term itself is highly problematic. It suggests that all romantic partners are the same weight with identical body types, which is obviously absurd.
To add insult to injury, the show is described as being a “plus-size love show.” Except the only plus-size people are women. There are no fat men on the show. It appears to be a thinly veiled sexist narrative that furthers the notion that a woman’s worth is defined by her beauty, and by extension her weight. And that a fat woman should be so lucky to attract a man at all, let alone a “conventionally attractive one” .
Let me be clear: The problem isn’t highlighting love between two people or showing an audience what it’s like to love in a large body. The problem is that this show, from what the trailer shows, is seemingly tone-deaf. The title in and of itself suggests that being heavy is the opposite of being hot. Also that being thin somehow automatically makes you attractive? The worst is that it suggests there’s some circus-style spectacle to behold simply by bearing witness to two people in love.
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