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Originally Posted by BawdyWench
I was reading through the reviews on some article of clothing on the J. Jill website, and a woman gave it a low rating because it was too big. Paraphrasing, "I'm a small, and when I order a small, I expect it to be small. This company makes all their clothes big so that fat ladies can feel better about themselves."
Now, why did she have to add that last sentence? Why not just say the item runs large and be done with it?
It's easy to fat shame when it's anonymous. You can be as snarky and mean and rude as you like.
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Most likely, she has complete contempt and disdain for those who have allowed themselves to commit the unforgivable sin of becoming overweight, and she wants to make sure that anyone who bought a small which actually fit properly - they're obviously not
really as small as they believe they are.
Vanity sizing is definitely a thing these days, and some manufacturers obviously allow more extra room for vanity sizing than others. I'd never heard of J Jill before, so I checked out their website - the few things I clicked on said they ran true to size, but based on the the way the clothes fit the models in the photos, including the plus size models, the items I looked at are apparently intended to fit very loosely. ( Compare the fit on the J Jill models with the way the clothes fit the models on the Lane Bryant and Torrid sites - those clothes are intended to be fit much more snugly)
The thing is, if everything this particular person buys from this place runs too big for her preferences, then she needs to simply stop buying from them, and stick to places that make everything really small and tightly fitted, or else order an extra small instead of a small. Or if she insists on continuing to order a small, then engage the services of a good seamstress, who can alter the vanity sized clothes so they'll fit her the way she wants them to fit. But that's probably not something she'll do - if she already knows "they make
everything big", then this is not the first time she's bought from them. She's just using it as an excuse for brag-complaining that it's so difficult to find clothes that fit her tiny little body, while getting a dig in at those who are fat.
The overweight are one of the last population groups which it's acceptable to bash, but then that's mainly because bigotry against the obese is based on the certainty that we're responsible for the increased costs of medical care, and are killing ourselves prematurely, because we're not pushing away from the table soon enough, and not exercising enough. And of course on the internet, you can get away with that sort of bashing, and just walk away - worst thing that can happen is that you'll be banned from posting at a particular site any more.