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Date: 27 May 2001 05:48 pm (UTC)I realize you do work to not be blinded by that bias, which is why it really doesn't bother me that much. I just think you would be happier if you could reach the point where you could say "I am content. Mostly I get what I want out of life, and if the cultural icons in our society don't have my body type, fuck 'em, I am happy with my life and I wouldn't want to be famous anyway".
One thing I think TV and other passive media do is convince people that the world is this great big narrative that isn't about them in the slightest. Fat people and other minority groups feel particularly alienated because the people whom this great big narrative is allegedly about don't even look remotely like them.
My answer to this is to try and find your own story and lay off passive entertainment. I almost never watch TV and am happier for it. It makes me appreciate my own life more. Even though looking the part of someone who our society's narrative is about is a bit of a project of mine, it doesn't mean it is about me any more than it is about bi, poly, pagan fat grrls, people older than 25, poor black people, flaming/butching gay people, mentally impaired people or third world people. I don't take it personally. They can tell thier stories, I can tell mine. And if thier story implies that my story is dull and without value, I simply turn theirs off.