Buy Walking VideosLove Is 100% Fat Free
I saw this t-shirt online. It reads:
Love is 100% Fat Free
I thought it was a great sentiment. I can indulge in all the love I want from friends and family and it won’t put a pound on my body. I can have all the love I want without gaining any weight.
When I clicked on the link to the site that was promoting this shirt, however, it was a pro-ana site. Pro-ana sites are websites that promote anorexia. The whole meaning of the t-shirt changed for me. It suddenly meant that I could only be loved if I were 100% fat free. It made me instantly sad.
What do you think this shirt means? Does it mean that you can indulge in as much loving affection without impacting your waistline? Does it mean that you are unworthy of love until you are fat free? I can’t think of this shirt without thinking about the latter meaning, now. They’ve ruined it for me.
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November 16th, 2008 at 6:24 am
I would have read it to mean the same as you. How sad they think they have to be literally fat free to be worthy of love. 🙁
November 16th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I don’t know how to explain this, but when I initially saw it, I interpreted it to mean that Love isn’t conditional on how much fat we have on our bodies; that in the eyes of the person who loves us, we are perfect regardless of my size.
I agree that once learning who provides the message, it destroys the meaning.
March 21st, 2010 at 1:44 am
For me, it means something like… If you’re loved, your heart can be filled, so you don’t need to fill your body up with food. Love is fat free, you won’t get fatter and you still can have what you need for living. Love is better than food. I know it sounds very pro-ana if you say it like that, but it’s what the shirt tells me.
Of course you can also just see it as a joke, it’s all a thing of interpretation.