Fat is Not A Fairytale

 

Questions about the text: 

Is the speaker saying fat is bad or fat is good? I am confused by the title compared to the poem. Why the use of princesses? Is the time period relevant or can it still be applied today? 

Personal response to text: 

I find it interesting that the words to describe fat are never completely negative. Tubby compared to saying obese. I feel like the princesses are used to show images that we (maybe just women) can easily picture. We all know the way Cinderella looked in her wedding dress! With the waist 2 inches big! The speaker does use words with negative connotations when referring to the real look of the princess. She uses repetition with "I am thinking of a fairy tale" and it makes you think does not exist. Supported by the end stanza. I feel as though the speaker is saying that in the future hopefully the ideal image will not be a rail but a heathy figure. 

Overall response to text:

I feel like this poem identified an issue in media today, dispite the fact that is was written over seventy years ago. Little girls look up to these princesses and will never obtain that unhealthy figure. The speaker is able to identify this message through her poem without completely telling it making the reader think about what it means on their own to their own image.