Noor Al-Sibai: White, Fat Feminist Pens Hilarious Screeds About Being "Death Fat"
02-21-2014, 05:43 AM
Interesting that a girl who's probably a first- or second- generation American from Arab ancestry takes this tack.
But the image of beauty in part of the Arab world is a lot fatter than in the west. I know Arab guys who like them pretty fat. Like Egyptian belly-dancers at least, she's got the kind of body I see dancing on Egyptian channels and in old Egyptian movies.
But she had to translate this into western feminist terms. It's a form of cultural corruption, or the confusion with identity typical of second-generation Americans from traditional societies. Good luck to her.
But the image of beauty in part of the Arab world is a lot fatter than in the west. I know Arab guys who like them pretty fat. Like Egyptian belly-dancers at least, she's got the kind of body I see dancing on Egyptian channels and in old Egyptian movies.
But she had to translate this into western feminist terms. It's a form of cultural corruption, or the confusion with identity typical of second-generation Americans from traditional societies. Good luck to her.