Buy Walking VideosThe Tabloids: Jumbo Jessica
The tabloids are in a tizzy about Jessica Simpson. They have decided that only the most anorexic of our stars are worthy of positive attention. Jessica Simpson has finally gotten to a NORMAL weight and they have deemed her “Jumbo Jessica.”
The tormenting has gotten so bad that Jessica’s sister, Ashlee, has spoken out:
“I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister’s weight,” Ashlee Simpson-Wentz said Tuesday on her blog.
“All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms, and just because you’re a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard.”
When Jessica Simpson was working out four hours a day to get her Daisy Duke figure, the tabloids blasted her for being too thin. They said that she was anorexic. Now that she is a little curvier, they’re calling her fat. Is there anything good enough for the tabloids?
Next time you see those newspapers at the checkout stand, don’t even look at them. Don’t consider buying them. Just pass them on by, because if Jessica Simpson is “Jumbo” what does that make the rest of the women on the planet? Tabloid magazines are just misogyny in action. Don’t let them get any of your money.
Photo via: Curvier Jessica Simpson dukes it out with tabloids – USATODAY.com
Daisy Duke photo via: a pro-ana site for “thinspiration.” NO LINK FOR YOU!
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February 4th, 2009 at 2:03 am
It seems she can never win.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Jessica’s weight is hardly normal. While she certainly isn’t “jumbo” she IS overweight, not fat but too heavy for her height.