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Quit F**king Calling Christina Hendricks Fat

By Courtney Enlow | Posted Under Celebrities Are Better than You | Comments (144)



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We need to have a talk.

Obviously, the overwhelming majority of the Pajiban world would stab a kitten if it meant they could be in the same room as Christina Hendricks. That’s fine. Then there are those who find her overrated. And that’s fine, too. Then there are the dickwaffles who insist on calling her fat every single time she’s mentioned.

Now I expect this from your I Don’t Like You In That Way’s, or from that dumb twat at The Skinny, but this is Pajiba. We’re supposed to be better than that. And when it happened in the Emmys post, I decided it needs to be discussed.

Christina Hendricks is not the typical Hollywood beauty. This is an understatement. She is curves and boobs and her thighs touch, and when she wears a strapless bra while riding in the car she probably feels backfat rolls (I’m not the only one, right?). And that is why those who love her, love her. She’s different. She’s not January Jones, thank fucking God.

If you look at her, she’s not fat. She suffers from decepti-tits. I have friends who suffer from this same condition. When a girl has enormous breasts, the illusion is given that she is proportionate, whether or not she really is. If you look at Hendricks’s collar bones, they are very prominent, meaning she’s certainly not overly fleshy.

This is my opinion, but let’s ignore it, because making excuses and explaining why she isn’t fat is a) implying there’s something wrong with how she looks, b) there’s something wrong with being “fat”, and c) that the word fat has come to mean “not thin.”

Sadly, point C is certainly true. I wear a size 8 jeans (6 at the Gap - little victories) and usually small shirts. I am 5’2”. I’m basically built like a wine bottle; small up top, then things get a bit out of hand. But I like this. I’m comfortable with this. And I’ve gotten few complaints.

My fiance works with this guy. God, I don’t even know how to explain him. He’s a walkin’ talkin’ stereotype. He is a Jersey Shore person. He has spiky stupid hair, and he’s orange, and he’s all muscles and Facebook statuses about benching shoulders or whatever. He called me fat. And he said it like I truly disgusted him. And I realized that if I were to run into one of those Jersey Shore chode garglers, they’d probably call me a grenade or whichever word they say that means “horrific fat pig lady of 130+ pounds.” And that sucks.

Sure, we smart people can look at Christina Hendricks and say “of course she’s not fat,” but look at the shit people say about Jessica Simpson. Britney Spears. Kelly Clarkson. Yes, they are gurthier than their fellow celebrities. But they’re not exactly Gilbert Grape’s mom.

We are living in a world in which the youth culture has been born of the Weight Watchers generation. Many of us grew up with our moms or other women in our lives obsessing about points and counting calories, we had no choice but to become fixated. And when we watched people hate themselves for not being perfect, we learned new words that could hurt ourselves and others. Fat, ugly, these are hateful words that have become so commonplace that they’ve lost whatever meaning they are supposed to have, to everyone but the person they’re being said about.

Call her thick. Call her not your type. But she’s not fucking fat.

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Comments

I would stab as many kittens as it would take to be in the same room with her. Also anyone who called her fat.

Posted by: spence at August 31, 2010 1:55 PM

How many ways can I say I agree with you?

I can't think of any ways I'd take January Jones over Christina Hendricks.

Now Kelly Clarkson...she has weight issues.

Posted by: Fredo at August 31, 2010 1:55 PM

If that's fat, I'm a chubby lover. What can I say.

The way she's different from Jessica Simpson is she never tried to sell herself as anything but what she is. Well, that and the fact she's actually got two brain cells to rub together and is reasonably articulate in unscripted moments.

Anyhoo, haters just be hatin because Hendricks is hot. You can claim she's not hot for YOU (whoever you are deviant Hendricks haters) but that doesn't make her unhot people.

-Frob

Posted by: frobme at August 31, 2010 1:56 PM

How about we stop acting like fat is a goddamn dirty word! You can be fat and hot, and Christina is just that.

Posted by: LowSlash at August 31, 2010 1:59 PM

The funny thing is that most of us men would takes curves over waif-like any day. I'm not sure who decided this weight related standard.

You know it's not just about women anymore, either. Look at any magazine with a man on the cover and he has 0% body fat and six pack abs. Hell, the world is falling all over that Situation a@@hole.

How lucky that so many of us get to feel bad about our body image! Guess I better go get another donut then!

Posted by: swingdude at August 31, 2010 2:00 PM

I am now actually hoping Decepti-tits make it into the next Transformers movie. Hell, Bay is already an auto-scrote.

Also, where are these magic Hendricks summoning kittens and can I just poke and/or taunt them?

Posted by: mrcreosote at August 31, 2010 2:00 PM

If Christina Hendricks is fat, what do you call those people at Wal-Mart that are too big to fit in the electro scooters without taking the arm rests off?

Posted by: Lennon at August 31, 2010 2:01 PM

She's beautiful. Her boobs can look overbountiful, but hey, I'm not into the boobies. And she's not fat.

Posted by: Julie at August 31, 2010 2:03 PM

Well fucking said, Courtney. And I hope your fiance punched that prick in the jaw. I find it odd that most women seem to fall into the 120-150 range and yet they still look fine. Yet media obsessed morons seem to think every woman should be a size 1 with perfect skin and hair. Never mind the magic of airbrushing. It's ludicrous and people are by and large getting stupider and more judgemental about this shit. And the ones that are doing the most complaining are likely dumber than a box of Jersey Shore sand.

Posted by: TylerDFC at August 31, 2010 2:04 PM

is Christina Hendricks fat? No. She's, to put it mildly, fucking gorgeous and, thank the lord, has some meat on her bones.

This may be the Mad Men costumes, but she seems to have become more buxom since I started fantasizing about her in the days of Firefly. Perhaps that, plus her exaggerated celebrity, is what has generated such comments.

Posted by: dulli1419 at August 31, 2010 2:04 PM

Hell, the world is falling all over that Situation a@@hole.

Which baffles me to no end. Dude has a monkey face and a terrible personality.

Posted by: Julie at August 31, 2010 2:05 PM

I think I'll stick with calling her ludicrously hot.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at August 31, 2010 2:05 PM

You'd have to be crazy and/or criminally stupid to call her fat. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got a knife here and bag full of kittens, so I have work to do.

Posted by: Joker at August 31, 2010 2:06 PM

what do you call those people at Wal-Mart that are too big to fit in the electro scooters without taking the arm rests off?

Sub-human. I'm easily fat enough to exist only as a punchline.

Posted by: twig at August 31, 2010 2:07 PM

It's never really crossed my mind that anyone thought Christina Hendricks was fat. Of all the words that I have entered my mind while thinking of Christina Hendricks "fat" has never been one of them.

Where is this coming from?

Perhaps it's best if I don't know...

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 31, 2010 2:09 PM

For some reason I immediately had Cartman's voice ringing through my head... "She's not fat! She's just big boobed!"

Posted by: k1 at August 31, 2010 2:12 PM

ALL wimmen should be fat like that!


and if I ruled the world they would. mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahahahhahaaha!

Posted by: logan at August 31, 2010 2:13 PM

We need to see her in more photo shoots in decreasing levels of dress...

This is ALL woman: taking this claim to my grave.

Posted by: Recondite at August 31, 2010 2:19 PM

You Rule, Courtney.

Posted by: Rykker at August 31, 2010 2:19 PM

Fashion designers, fashion magazine editors and the like, are the reason a (I would like to say small) percentage of society has a warped sense of what people should and should not look like. It's like a whole group of people have severe body dysmorphia issues.

Case in point:
http://www.thundersquee.com/2009/11/25/no-one-wants-to-see-curvy-women-karl-lagerfeld-2/

Posted by: Mae at August 31, 2010 2:21 PM

I don't even know what Christina's face looks like. I can't keep my eyes off her "fats".

Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2010 2:21 PM

The things...the things I would do.

Posted by: admin at August 31, 2010 2:21 PM

Kelly Clarkson doesn't have weight issues anymore than Court does. She's a wine bottle too. Have you ever met her in person? No? I have, and she is so petite it's almost laughable. She's 5'2 for fucks sake. be nice!

Posted by: JoeyHiggins at August 31, 2010 2:22 PM

I just posted this link on Facebook: http://bit.ly/cudRDa

Apparently she has trouble getting designer dresses loaned to her for awards shows because she's not a 0 or a 2 size. That's just so wrong.

Posted by: pickled tink at August 31, 2010 2:26 PM

The only reason fashion designers like waifs is because they can't dress up 12-year-old boys in women's couture without looking even more creepy than they already are.

I mean, who is going to take aesthetics cues from a craggy old fellow who constantly has the look on his face as if he's saying, "Lick my balls, I'm Karl Lagerfeld."?

Last I checked, "most" fashion designers have little sense of fashion, much less can they be considered paragons of hetero-aesthetics.

They control the runways and women flock to legitimize their idiocy.

Long and short: fashion world is bullshit and should not be seen as "flagship trendsetters". Their artifice is fatalistic and an end unto themselves, nothing more.

Posted by: Recondite at August 31, 2010 2:28 PM

Bah, there are way to many ways to say overweight anyway. Fat or chunky? I dunno. I just say that I have to body of a heavy reader. Fairly specific, that.

Posted by: Em at August 31, 2010 2:28 PM

The masses are ignorant and do whatever their new reality tv show tells them to do or whatever shitty magazine they currently clutch in their sweaty palms.

Christina Hendricks is gorgeous and one of the most attractive women on the planet. I will stand by those words. Rarely do words escape me but I'm positive if I met her, there would be nothing but me blushing and possibly fainting.

Posted by: Zerath at August 31, 2010 2:30 PM

Who's January Jones? Is that a dude?

Posted by: ThunderSacTriumph at August 31, 2010 2:32 PM

I starting watching Joan Rivers on the Fashion Team on E! (don't judge me) just as I was reading this, and Joan Rivers started making nasty comments about Christina's boobs. I love Joan, but this made me want to punch her in the face. I'm 5'10", I have DDs, and I wear a size 12. I am not a small woman by any stretch of the imagination. But who the hell decided women like me are fat? I think the comment about the Weight Watchers generation is very apt--I grew up watching my mom fight her weight, and now I'm doing it myself. The rise of fake boobs has encouraged the idea that it's totally reasonable to expect a woman with large breasts to be a size 2 on bottom. Every time I see Christina Hendricks, I feel so happy and affirmed. Her celebrity and her rise as a sex symbol has reminded me that, hell--my body is freaking hot. I love her. I will punch anyone who calls her fat right in her fake face--I'm talking to you, Joan Rivers.

Posted by: Molly at August 31, 2010 2:35 PM

but this is Pajiba. We’re supposed to be better than that. And when it happened in the Emmys post, I decided it needs to be discussed.

ps: Dont feed the trolls. Your indignation (now matter how righteous, articulate and accurate it may be) only turns them on.

Posted by: Lennon at August 31, 2010 2:35 PM

You had me until Kelly Clarkson.

Posted by: Derrick at August 31, 2010 2:35 PM

Well said! Just because she's not thin doesn't mean she's fat. Our country has a hard time appreciating the happy medium. Either women have to starve themselves, or they have to shovel food in their faces in reckless defiance. (And I would agree that men are feeling more pressure to be perfect these days, as well.)

Every person has a different "normal." I like that Christina found hers and said, "Yeah, I'm good. I'll stay like this."

Some of us are skinny, some are not. Some have big boobs, some have big butts, some have neither. As long as we're healthy, happy, and secure in our bodies, this should be a problem for no one. But I think it's important for us as individuals to tell the critics to go bother someone else, otherwise our country will continue to have problems with eating disorders of both ends of the spectrum. And this is one of many reasons why Christina is amazing: She knows people comment on her weight, both good and bad, but she doesn't seem to care because she's unbelievably hot.

Posted by: lucy at August 31, 2010 2:40 PM

I think Gabby Johnson summed up my response to your article best when he said: Reverend!

Posted by: professor_love at August 31, 2010 2:43 PM

Well said.

Fat? Hardly. Bombshell? There you go.

Because in the end that is what she is. An honest to god back in the day, proof there is a lovig lusty god bombshell. They call those 16 year old boy bodies with basketballs stapled on bombshells, but they are at best duds. She is the ancestor of Marylin and the type of lady that seperates the Men from the guys who really want to be with guys. (not that there is anything wrong with that) She walks into a room and men can't watch her enough and would get turned on just dancing a waltz with her.

Hey somebody over at the remake machine! Crank it up, grab her, Tom Hanks and let's bilk "Some Like it hot!"

She is Molly from Ulysses, the real aphrodite and all that makes a 10.

She has the body Bond wanted. Sean Connery bond, not mincing Moore and the loosers that followed.


Courtney, if some musclehead called my wife fat he would be waking up suspended over a wood chipper. What's the matter with your man?

I just wish the guys who called her and women like her fat would come out of the closet and accept themselves. It's okay to like guys, or trannies and if you like little boys then the sooner you get help the better.

It should be noted that my gentleman went Vampire Willow crazy eyes, uttered some threats involving genitals and office scissors, and scared the shit out of the pansy dickcheese. It was kind of romantic. - C

Posted by: ChuckFilm at August 31, 2010 2:44 PM

She's a size 14. According to Google, the most reputable source of information there is, size 12-14 is the average in the U.S.

So she's average?

Posted by: Xtreme at August 31, 2010 2:45 PM

I'd like to add that I think January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, and Alison Brie are also stunning, and all of them in different ways.

Posted by: lucy at August 31, 2010 2:45 PM

Just because she's a redhead, (cue the Rowles lust) and appeared on Firefly (cue the rest of Pajiba's lust) doesn't negate the fact that she's a big, big girl.

Beautiful? Absolutely.
Fat? Yes.

Posted by: Scott at August 31, 2010 2:47 PM

Let's define fat right now. If your waist is bigger than your hips or chest, then you're fat. Do you hear me men? Just because you're wearing the top of your pants down around your crotch does not mean you're still a 32 like you were in high school. Your waist is where your belly button is.

Christina Hendricks' waist is way smaller than her hips or chest.

Posted by: BWeaves at August 31, 2010 2:47 PM

Before I read this I was actually thinking about how sexy Christina Hendricks is. This generation has been raised to believe that women should look like pre-pubescent boys, so when they see someone with full-on curves they're confused.

Posted by: Danielle Lilly at August 31, 2010 2:47 PM

She's hot. Who gives a fuck what these chumps think.

Posted by: Steph at August 31, 2010 2:47 PM

Agreed. I'm a straight woman (with big boobs of my own), and I would hit that. She's the very definition of bombshell.

Posted by: mistress at August 31, 2010 2:52 PM

Me again.

We need more women like Hendricks. That should be a requirement. Please. PLEASE.

Posted by: Zerath at August 31, 2010 2:55 PM

Who in crikey FUCK called her Fat?!

Pajibans!!!!!!!! HAVE YOU SEEN THE SIZE OF HER BEWBZ?
Also DONT BE DOUCHEBAGS AND CALL PEOPLE LIKE HER FAT.

Because she is hawt and I am supergay for her and I DONT EVEN WATCH MADMEN. There. NOW YOU KNOW.

I DONT KNOW why I am CAPITALising SomE of my PARts and nOt othERS

Posted by: Nadine at August 31, 2010 2:59 PM

I absolutely agree with all the Christina Hendricks love. She's stunning, and the girl has curves. Too many people equate "curvy" with "fat".

Posted by: Becca at August 31, 2010 3:06 PM

It should be noted that my gentleman went Vampire Willow crazy eyes, uttered some threats involving genitals and office scissors, and scared the shit out of the pansy dickcheese. It was kind of romantic. - C

Good For him, C!

Posted by: ChuckFilm at August 31, 2010 3:09 PM

My favorite part of this post was when you said "benching shoulders." That was great.

I always bench my shoulders.

Posted by: gunnertec at August 31, 2010 3:10 PM

Christina => curvy, voluptuous... it doesn't feel like you're fucking a 12 year old boy.

Overweight Walmart scooter riders => Man the harpoons!

Posted by: Vi at August 31, 2010 3:13 PM

*masturbating furiously*

Awww, fuck yeah. Tell me that fat bitch ain't fat. Awww, shit, where're you goin' little buddy?

*thumb disappears into asshole*

Hooo! Mmmm, call me a bastard. I love it. I'm a dirty mysogynistic pig. Hhhhyeah! You're all retards and fatties. Oh baby, don't all yell at once! One at a time. Mmmm.

Hawwwghghrrghllgrrgh.

Posted by: Pajiba Troll at August 31, 2010 3:13 PM

Beautiful? Absolutely.
Fat? Yes.

Thank you, Scott! It really bothers me that what people are saying here is "Christina Hendricks couldn't be fat because she's hot, and clearly fat people can't be hot, therefore Christina Hendricks is not fat." It really does a disservice to all fat people out there, good looking or otherwise. Fat and hot are not mutually exclusive. And saying that she's not fat because her waist is smaller than her hips is just silly. I'm 5 feet even, nearly 160 lbs, and though my waist is smaller than my hips I'm definitely fat. And hot. So there!

Posted by: LowSlash at August 31, 2010 3:15 PM

The only reason fashion designers like waifs is because they can't dress up 12-year-old boys in women's couture without looking even more creepy than they already are.

Boom. In a nutshell.

Also, no way Christina Hendricks is a size 14. (I'm not saying she's a size 2 either.) If she was a size 14, she'd be bigger than me. Not just bigger than me on top, which she clearly is, but bigger than me in the waist, butt, hips, legs, etc. And she's not.

I don't think people understand exactly how distorting the cameras are. (Which makes Angelina Jolie all the more scary.) I've seen people who, on TV or still photos, look reasonably slim and fit but not generally considered to be 'skinny' celebrities, and when you see them in person, they're nothing but a broomstick and pipe cleaners.

I'm rambling. What I wanted to say is "Hear Hear", if you think she's "fat" then you're the one with the problem. Fat = biggest in the center. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Christina = skinny in the middle but she got much back (and front). That is called "hourglass." You're welcome.

Posted by: MM at August 31, 2010 3:15 PM

Speaking as one of the fat, the hefty, the chunky, the overweight, I can't stand it when we start talking about how "fat is beautiful" or "accept people for who they are" and we turn around and start insulting the thin and the skinny. It's not okay to ridicule fatties for being fat and it's not okay to ridicule skinnies for being skinny. And it's certainly not insane to find multiple body types attractive and bangable. Variety, spice of life, all that jazz. Get over yourselves.

Posted by: RobP at August 31, 2010 3:16 PM

Aaand I sorta take back my last paragraph, having read LowSlash's comment.

You are absolutely right. Fat and hot should not be absolutely diametrically opposed words. And fat in the middle is not the only way to be fat. I stand by Christina being what you would call "hourglass", though.

My waist is skinnier than my bewbs or my hips, although neither end is quite as luscious as Ms. Hendricks'. Most people wouldn't call me "fat" but they certainly wouldn't call me "willowy thin" either. Beauty has many shapes and sizes!

Posted by: MM at August 31, 2010 3:21 PM

I go the other way, RobP. I make fun of everyone regardless of their physical girth.

I'm all like, "Hey fatty, why you so fat?!" and "Hey skinny girl, why you so thiiiiiin?!" and "Hey average-sized human, pick a side already!"

Posted by: Kballs at August 31, 2010 3:25 PM

Fat not fat who gives a fuck, she's hot.

Posted by: John W at August 31, 2010 3:34 PM

I'm with RobP. Let's not turn supporting Christina Hendricks and realistic body image into bashing skinny girls by calling them 12 year old boys. They're not boys, they're girls - no body type gets to be stripped of their own goddamn gender - and the sooner we stop tying femininity to completely arbitrary bodily traits (like boobs and long hair) the sooner women who lose their boobs and/or hair to cancer can stop feeling like shit about themselves.

Pick on the people who are fat because of willfully atrocious lifestyle habits, and pick on the people who are skinny because of eating disorders. But please oh please oh please let's not pick on the body types themselves, and let's not assume that just because someone's skinny or fat (or anything in between), it must be because they've done something wrong to themselves.

Rail-thin girls with no curves and ten-million-mile-long legs are beautiful if they're healthy and happy (because then they don't have that depressing sunken eyes and jutting newborn-calf joints thing that self-starving skinny girls do). Short girls with stumpy athletic builds are beautiful. Curvy girls with the decepti-boobs are beautiful. Every possible variation is beautiful when the girl in question is living a decent lifestyle (and I'm not talking counting calories, because I think calorie counting is INSANE, I just mean making sure you move around on a regular basis and moderating your intake of crappy or super-fatty foods that are delicious but should be had in small quantities) and confident and happy with herself.

Meanness is ugly. Starvation is ugly. Gluttony is ugly. Jealousy is ugly, and claims that any woman who criticizes another woman (no matter how civilly or legitimately) is just jealous are dismissive and ugly.

Christina Hendricks is beautiful; she's not fat, but even if she were, she's goddamn beautiful so who fucking cares. So is January Jones. Sometimes they look unfortunate in photos, but then again, don't we all?

FIGHT THE PATRIARCHY, or something like that. The sooner women stop turning on each other in a desperate attempt to make their one body type the good one and everyone else's the bad ones, the sooner we can be on our way to fixing this kind of shit. Hooray for realistic body images and embracing all kinds of body types and shapes, not just whichever one most closely matches your own.

I say this as a girl who more or less shares measurements with Ms. Hendricks. I love the love for curves, I wish it'd been around when I hit puberty, but it shouldn't come at the cost of the self esteem of some beautiful thin girl with tiny boobs who's tired of being scoffed at and called a boy.

Posted by: Nat Kittyface at August 31, 2010 3:34 PM

That's wholly acceptable, KBalls. We may all be unique snowflakes, but we all deserve to be treated the same.

Posted by: RobP at August 31, 2010 3:36 PM

[P]ick on the people who are skinny because of eating disorders.

_________________

Yeah, fuck those weak-minded assholes!

Posted by: Kballs at August 31, 2010 3:39 PM

Fat, thin. People believe what they want to believe. My friends and colleagues always tell me how fit and thin I am (believe me, that's not how I feel about myself after two kids, a demanding job, and about 1/10 the time to exercise I used to have). I'm a size 8 (someties a 6 in a skirt/dress) and weigh close to 140 pounds - not even close to tiny, but so much of this shit is perception. I dress in precisely the right way to flatter my figure - I never take chances with that stuff and, as a result, am perceived as being a lot thinner than I actually am. Hendricks lets it all hang out, and God love her for it (though, as I've stated elsewhere, enough is getting to be enough with the boobays).

Posted by: samantha t at August 31, 2010 3:44 PM

“my gentleman went Vampire Willow crazy eyes” Wait, your fiancé looks like Allyson Hannigan?

Posted by: chris at August 31, 2010 3:47 PM

I am 5’9” and a double D. When I was training for the marathon I weighed 125 pounds (that made me a size 4). And at that time I still looked bigger than Christina Hendricks.

I’m not a big fan of Hendricks. I find her annoying (I think it’s her voice and the way she always pouts her lips), but she is undeniably beautiful and absolutely not at all fat.

I don’t get the fat thing. She is curvy. But calling her fat is wrong.

Posted by: Scully at August 31, 2010 3:48 PM

"Hey average-sized human, pick a side already!" --- Hahahahahaha!!!

Posted by: Chris at August 31, 2010 3:56 PM

I have a nine-year-old daughter who tells me periodically that she is "fat" and she knows it because her inner thighs wobble and her tummy sticks out. This is just plain wrong.

She's gonna look like me when she grows up, and she's gonna have a tummy and hips and maybe a C-cup up top. If she eats too much and doesn't exercise she'll look like my sister who weighs over 300 lbs. It's maybe not fair, but it's true. I have to work very hard to stay fit and healthy, and I will never be skinny or thin and that's ok with me, but this nine-year-old is already thinking critically about her body. This is just plain wrong.

I've spent a bit of time showing her pictures in magazines and asking, "what do you see here that looks unusual or un-realistic?" We look at Photoshop Disasters a lot and she's gotten pretty good at seeing the insane things advertisers and fashion magazines will do to make models and celebs look thinner, whiter, less wrinkled, etc. Luckily, sometimes they mess up and we see extra hands, missing feet, reversed shadows and impossible body positions. Thanks for that, because it makes it easier to explain how it's all just pretend and nobody really looks like that. This is just plain wrong.

Christina Hendricks is gorgeous, with beautiful skin and a great figure. She can be a role model for my daughter and lots of other girls and frankly I'm ecstatic that she's actually been able to make a career for herself being just as she is. I think most guys dig her and find her super sexy, most "normal-sized" women admire her and people like Joan Rivers despise her for not giving in to Hollywood's irrational expectations for women. Yes, she's got wacktastic taste in clothes sometimes and she really needs a great stylist who knows how to work with her body, but no, she's not fat and saying so, is just plain wrong.

Posted by: Mrs Smith at August 31, 2010 4:01 PM

I thought we deconstructed this broad yesterday? If anything she should be home breast feeding, or bearing children instead of being out on the red carpet giving everybody a peek at those puppies. What I don’t like about her is that she acts like her titties aren’t the story and that we should focus on her actoring. But we can’t focus on her actoring because she’s always got her mouth open and those titties blaring. Now as far as her weight goes, she could stand to lose a few pounds but if I had her I wouldn’t focus on her weight I’d be to busy trying to knock the bottom out of that ass.

Posted by: Pookie at August 31, 2010 4:09 PM

Samantha - you sound incredibly attractive. Just by that response. I'm going to agree with your colleagues.

Posted by: Zerath at August 31, 2010 4:10 PM

LowSlash, I don't think anyone's trying to say that fat is exclusive from beautiful. (At least I'm not.) I think the issue is that by calling Hendricks fat, that's saying that to be considered NOT fat you'd have to be somewhere way below her. She'd have to be a lot bigger for me to consider her fat.

Posted by: Paul at August 31, 2010 4:19 PM

so, little in the middle but she's got much back?

or little in the middle but she's got much boob?

body snark! body snark! somebody call the jezebel police!

wooo wooo wooo wooo!

::short circuit::

Posted by: stopthemadness at August 31, 2010 4:42 PM

Fat's kind of relative, isn't it? Compared to other women in her profession, whose bodies tend to be kind of uniform, she's fat. Compared to women who aren't actresses, she's not fat at all.

I think it's interesting how "fat" and class are so intrinsically linked. One of the first comments mentioned Wal-Mart in connection with obesity. It's like being fat is synonymous with being low class.

When Monica Lewinsky was trying to rehabilitate her public image she did a Weight Watcher's commercial, as though losing weight would make boning a married man a bit classier.

Christina Hendricks engenders a lot of cognitive dissonance because she is a glamorous, sexy actress with a non-standard body type. I think that's why she gets hung with the "fat" label, even if it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Posted by: ecp at August 31, 2010 4:42 PM

she's hot as hell. she just needs to harness her tune in tokyos a bit better, that's all.

Posted by: stopthemadness at August 31, 2010 4:42 PM

Bweaves, some of us wear the pants on our hipbones because we have long legs and our proportions look wonky if we pull them up to our navels. The only problem, of course, is that when I wear my pants in a place that makes sense for my build it looks like I have no ass whatsoever, and I run right around a buck eighty.

On the topic at hand I think I fall more into the camp that says the label is what we make of it; and she looks pretty good. But I'm not sure they're real, which is a whole other can of worms.

Posted by: Eep at August 31, 2010 4:46 PM

I have never ever ever ever heard anyone refer to Christina Hendricks as fat. So this column is really about Courtney Enlow, isn't it, rather than Christina Hendricks? Which is fine, but who cares?

Posted by: Durward Kirby at August 31, 2010 4:47 PM

From Tickled Pink's link:
"Thanks to the red-hot actress, whose measurements are reportedly 39D-30-39, having an hourglass figure has become even more acceptable in Hollywood."

I was doing a little research on her and her bra size was 38DDD according to what I found. As a 36DD, I think that sounds pretty accurate.
also:

http://www.christinahendricks.info/gallery/Magazines/2010%20Spring%20New%20York/003.jpg.php

http://www.christinahendricks.info/gallery/Photoshoots/New%20York%2002/002.jpg.php

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at August 31, 2010 4:48 PM

she's hot as hell. she just needs to harness her tune in tokyos a bit better, that's all.

You shut your filthy pirate whore hooker mouth, madness! I will cut you for saying such disgraceful things.

Posted by: admin at August 31, 2010 4:49 PM

Also, my wife is what people would call skinny, just because that's the way she's built. Sometimes there's a little more meat on her, sometimes less, and overall she doesn't obsess over her shape or how much she's eating and she's beautiful, inside and out, and I don't like when things are said that imply that her body can't be "normal" or "womanly" either. Healthy is a state of mind and a way of living, not a B.M.I. # (which are crap anyway).

Posted by: Eep at August 31, 2010 4:52 PM

I completely agree with the article ... thank you! It's a sad state of affairs when we as a society call her the "Best-looking woman in America", and then turn our heads and call her fat. Yes with measurements of 39D-30-39, I would kill for that body!

Also I've actually met her in person, and I can truthfully say she is not fat. She looks like a real person. Maybe not a size 14, but definitively either a 10 or 12.

While we are on the subject can I also say along with Hendricks, I also loved Sara Rue. That was one woman with the right amount of curves .. thanks Jenny for taking that away.

Ok I will stop the rambling. I just wish whether you are skinny or fat or curvy or whatever, society could just be ok with it. John W has it completely right "Fat not fat who gives a fuck, she's hot."

Posted by: GirlFriday at August 31, 2010 4:52 PM

I normally am not so earnest in internet posts but I've been very self loathing today and this post just made my day. I wish there were more people like Christina Hendricks in the media. Because no matter how intelligent, rational and mature I am, I still feel inadequate when I see pictures of all these perfectly flat stomached skinny celebs. I'm 5'2" and about 118 - I eat probably 3 things a day (not three meals, three THINGS - for instance today I had a low fat muffin top, and a bag of pretzels. I'll probably have a salad for dinner) and I STILL have a a little bit of a pooch, still have big thighs. I run 5 miles at least 2 times a week and do workout videos prob about 2 times a week too. And when people call Christina Hendricks not just FAT (because after all fat and pretty are not mutually exclusive) but an ugly cow, or a hefer or whatever (which they totally do on other celeb sites, believe me) it actually some how makes me feel worse about myself - like damn, if she's so gross to these people, then what the hell do I look like? I think she's beautiful, as are people of all shapes and sizes. I hope someday I can accept myself and be comfortable with who I am the way Christina is.

Posted by: ninetwenteetoo at August 31, 2010 4:57 PM

I don't think the Jersey Shore people would have a leg to stand on here because Snooki is genuinely fat.

I also think it's realistic that Hendricks is a size 14 because that's what would work for her boobs and then the rest of the garment would be tailored down for her (you can't tailor up).

As for the general "fat" argument. It seems whenever some is described as fat, there's an outcry about being mean. I know people hate the word fat but it just means that your body weight is out of proportion to your height more so than it should be. It doesn't mean you are obese or morbidly obese, but it does mean that you are carrying more weight than you were built for. Most Americans are fat. Europeans are getting fatter by the day. Japanese people's weight is creeping up. It doesn't mean everyone is ugly but if we don't start accepting that most of us are carrying more weight than we should be then we're never going to do anything about it.

Posted by: PaddyDog at August 31, 2010 4:58 PM

Durward Kirby, dude, Courtney Enlow is fi-i-i-ine!!! Ssssss! Hot! With a booty sweeter than a Tropical Mike and Ike!

Posted by: Mon Key at August 31, 2010 5:03 PM

When did it become trendy to tear down Ms. Hendricks? The fact that this Pajiba post exists is a disgrace to all of you shallow and judgmental bitches out there.

And January Jones, folks? Really? I mean, that's cool and all. If you're in to the whole "I spent the whole night getting gangbanged and didn't have time to do my hair before the Awards show" type.

Posted by: Barnes78 at August 31, 2010 5:05 PM

Mon amie Paddydog does have a point. Liberal (in the absolute sense, not the political) personal views of beauty feel very warm and fuzzy, but all the self-esteem in the world won't help your quadruple bypass--or malnutrition for that matter.

Posted by: Eep at August 31, 2010 5:07 PM

Je t'embrace Eep. Where have you been? The only right-wingers around here lately have been shallow and troll-like in their comments forcing me to ignore them. I have no-one to engage in actual debate from your side.

Posted by: PaddyDog at August 31, 2010 5:14 PM

My take, based on about 40 years of observation/experience:

* Generally, most hetero dudes like boobs. Sure, not all men are hypnotized by boobs, some are ass men or leg men, but most men would not turn down some relatively large boobs. When most men envision someone "hot," they're probably thinking of someone with sizable boobs, not a super-skinny chick with small ones. Again, YMMV, but generally, men like boobs. If you care at all what men think is attractive, rest assured most of them would rather hook up with chicks who have the luscious boobs and ass than the anorexics in Vogue.
* The only people who care what "high fashion" thinks about what women should look like are people who work in the fashion industry and not very smart people who don't work in the industry. The high fashion body is very different (really really thin) from the lingerie model body.
* Nobody should give a fuck what Joan Rivers thinks about how women look. She looks like the Crypt Keeper. How she became some kind of fashion authority, I'll never figure out. For that matter, most of the fashion "authorities" are goddam idiots and look like they dressed in the dark with whatever they could scoop up from the bedroom floor.
* Clothing size in America is all fucked up. It's not uniform from brand to brand. So whatever size you think you are, it doesn't matter.
* Every PR photo, magazine cover, fashion ad, etc. you've ever seen is heavily, heavily Photoshopped. People who work in publishing have always known this. Thanks to the Intertubes, more people are catching on. Retouching removes bulges, blotches, acne, wrinkles, undereye bags, you name it. The normal shit everyone has, but that art directors don't want to see on a picture. Not that most models or movie stars aren't attractive, but they're not the flawless creatures some believe they are, either. Looking to models and movie stars for how to look is as ridiculous as watching "The Fast and the Furisous" for highway driving instruction.
* Some people are compact, sleek, slender and hot. Some people are not small (fat, zaftig, round, voluptuous, whatever you want to call it) and also hot. People who proclaim only one type can be hot are morons. People who aren't morons know this.

Posted by: Slash at August 31, 2010 5:16 PM

Okay. *shrug*

Posted by: Jo 'Mama' Besser at August 31, 2010 5:16 PM

Durward Kirby, it sounds like you missed the Emmy Winners thread from yesterday. This column is addressing some of the comments from that thread (which were about Christina Hendricks, not Courtney Enlow).

Posted by: meaux at August 31, 2010 5:18 PM

ooh, is this my fault?

oops. i'm sorry, but i'm not going to go back on what I said. i do think christina hendricks works what she has, she nips and pulls and contorts her curves so they produce a desirable shape. she looks damn good in clothes. will not argue that. also think she has a gorgeous face.

my point is, it is largely an illusion. if we saw the same woman on the street, not wearing a pushup bra, not wearing a corset/boning, i don't think half the men of pajiba that worship christina would even look twice. i know, personally, i would probably think fat.

i don't think me calling CH fat, however trolly that may be, is any different than people bemoaning photoshop which makes celebs look thinner. it's all a fucking unattainable illusion. and the problem with worshiping her is you just reinforce this idea that extreme objectification/promotion of unrealistic ideals is ok.

Her body, when dressed the way she does, is MUCH harder to attain than any VS model, because it's largely genetic. To me, this curvy is beautiful christina hendricks is so hot bullshit GIRLS spew it's just another way women imprison themselves into being ok with the societal norms that beauty should be valued above all. she is by no means a normal women, so you're pretty much just buying into the same bullshit that those of us who prefer a thinner body type do.

Posted by: stump at August 31, 2010 5:20 PM

Got all fired up reading this!

Gosh Dang Them. Gosh Dang Them All to Heck.

Courtney is officially my hero of the week.

Posted by: GinKirk at August 31, 2010 5:36 PM

i agree with those who say fat can be hot. also, damn if people don't insult skinny women and then lambaste me for being shallow and judgmental when i call her fat. you cannot call a woman a 12 year old boy and then defend CH. it is almost exactly the same type of exaggerated standard. one happens to be preferred by men. so, you're pretty much just buying into what men find attractive. granted, some of you can prefer it on your own, but i find it to be more pandering to men (look at me i'm cool i find christina hendricks super hot!) than anything else.

Posted by: stump at August 31, 2010 5:43 PM

Just been busy, Paddydog. Somebody has to work to support all these government programs ;-) Trolls. Sigh. Trolling about a lot of things is annoying but whatever, but if you really believe in what you're saying politically then you should take the time to express it in a way that's going to persuade, not disgust.

Posted by: Eep at August 31, 2010 6:20 PM

Zerath: Aw, shucks. I do try. I am pretty vain, so I even enjoy cyber-compliments.

I must say that I think any woman who is a control freak about her weight should go through pregnancy. I look back at how hard I was on myself pre-baby and think "Honey, enjoy that shit now, because you will NEVER look that good again." I know women bounce back and I think people believe I've bounced back. I haven't. Happier than I've ever been in my life, though. So there you go.

Posted by: samantha t at August 31, 2010 6:21 PM

if we saw the same woman on the street, not wearing a pushup bra, not wearing a corset/boning, i don't think half the men of pajiba that worship christina would even look twice.

A quick (and wonderfully delicious) Google search weighs this statement, measures it and finds it wanting.

Unless she wears a push up bra and corset with her jeans and t-shirts...

Posted by: Lennon at August 31, 2010 6:24 PM

Christina Hendricks is beautiful. In any photograph that starts at her neck and ends slightly above her waist. She also has pretty hair.

Posted by: EricD at August 31, 2010 6:24 PM

'pick on the people who are skinny because of eating disorders'

seriously? SERIOUSLY?

Posted by: Steph at August 31, 2010 6:32 PM

ninetwenteetoo, I truly hope you find some satisfaction and acceptance of self. I can promise you, as a 5'2" girl myself - at that weight, you are nowhere near any unacceptable size. And you and your body deserve to be treated with kindness and nurturing. I wish you the best and hope you find a healthier balance; you deserve more.

Posted by: Tammy at August 31, 2010 7:03 PM

Let me mention LoTR and wait till you tell me it sucks. She's fat.

Posted by: seth at August 31, 2010 7:15 PM

my point is, it is largely an illusion. if we saw the same woman on the street, not wearing a pushup bra, not wearing a corset/boning, i don't think half the men of pajiba that worship christina would even look twice. i know, personally, i would probably think fat.

i don't think me calling CH fat, however trolly that may be, is any different than people bemoaning photoshop which makes celebs look thinner. it's all a fucking unattainable illusion. and the problem with worshiping her is you just reinforce this idea that extreme objectification/promotion of unrealistic ideals is ok.

Her body, when dressed the way she does, is MUCH harder to attain than any VS model, because it's largely genetic. To me, this curvy is beautiful christina hendricks is so hot bullshit GIRLS spew it's just another way women imprison themselves into being ok with the societal norms that beauty should be valued above all. she is by no means a normal women, so you're pretty much just buying into the same bullshit that those of us who prefer a thinner body type do.

Stump, I really dont get your definition of fat. You say that if she were not wearing the type of clothing she does in Mad Men (period pieces) and on the red carpet, then we would call her fat, ie, not beautiful. So you suggest that she dress in a sack so she can be valued for something other than her looks? Give me a break. (PS in other roles they have her in not so va-va-voom costumes and I guess by some magic she doesnt look fat. SEE: FIREFLY)

Give me a good reason why she shouldn't dress in a way that compliments her shape. For that matter, why should anyone complain about any woman dressing in a way that makes her look a certain way. Can a woman not be valued for her beauty AND her intellect? Why should women have to give up one for the other? How is promoting a less popular body-type in the media imprisoning woman? I call your bullshit.

Posted by: Drea at August 31, 2010 7:15 PM

I never said she shouldn't wear those clothes. She dresses for her body type. My point is it is misleading. Boys can jerk off to her picture, but for us to try and attain that we would have to do a little magic as is done with her attire. Firefly was a few years prior to this. I think she's gained a bit.

I'm not going to comment on this further, because no one said she shouldnt dress for her body type. You pulled that out of nowhere. No one said she cant be valued for her beauty and intellect. You pulled that out of no where AGAIN. It's imprisoning women because it is unattainable.

I wish people paid attention, the words are right in front of you.

Posted by: stump at August 31, 2010 7:34 PM

I love CH because she makes it easier for me to love my own curves. I'm a curvy chick (39-27-39) and I spent years trying to diet and whittle that shit into a 2. It took me an unreasonable chunk of my life to feel comfortable in my own skin. So I feel like every time someone compliments her crazy curves, its a little affirmation to me that its okay to be built like that.

Posted by: Nurse EagerBeaverBaby at August 31, 2010 7:49 PM

Love handles are extremely underrated. :)

Christina Hendricks is absolutely gorgeous. Not only am I an unreasonable fan of Mad Men, I also watch her inteviews, and my god, she's nothing like that sassy Joan Holloway, who's my favorite character, after Roger Sterling. What an actress.

Posted by: oroboros at August 31, 2010 8:05 PM

it is unattainable.

You keep using that word.
I do not think it means what you think it means.

Take, for instance, the lovely Nurse EagerBeaverBaby, whose affirmation that it is, indeed, attainable, appears just below your comment.

Just sayin'.

Posted by: Rykker at August 31, 2010 8:15 PM

My personal view.
I'm not into the enormous boobies. I know why you would be, but they're not my thing.
That being said, Christina Hendricks is fucking gorgeous.
Maybe she's not my type, but I also think Marilyn Monroe is the most beautiful woman who has ever lived. My type is not exclusive.
All in all - not my thing, but really damn hot and no way in hell is she fat or ugly.

Posted by: A-schaef at August 31, 2010 8:15 PM

I'm sure the people who post that crap aren't even 10% as hot as Christina Hendricks is.

Posted by: KC at August 31, 2010 8:32 PM

Rykker, your post is stupid.

There are plenty of girls who are as thin as runway models too but it doesn't change the fact that the majority of women can't attain that particular body type. I think Christina's body is less attainable than a really thin girl as well since her boobs are enormous and you can't grow huge boobs.

For the record I think she's beautiful but she doesn't have my idea of the ideal body. She's still gorgeous though, you don't have to be perfect to be gorgeous.

The thing I wish the most is that men would stop thinking they're being so progressive when they say that she's what a "real woman" looks like. That's such a derogatory comment toward every woman who is much thinner than Christina. You're being just as awful as the Jersey guy who made that comment about Courtney. You're no better than the guys who say that only the skinny girls are hot.

Posted by: becks at August 31, 2010 8:56 PM

Bitch's fat bro

Posted by: dirty dog at August 31, 2010 8:58 PM

I would crawl through a mine field to hear her fart through the telephone.

Posted by: THRILLHO at August 31, 2010 9:19 PM

Courtney, I'm sorry, but I wasn't able to truly understand this article without having access to a couple of pictures of you.

Posted by: zito at August 31, 2010 9:21 PM

Any woman that would say she is fat is jealous.

Any man who says she's fat is no man at all.

That said, it is true that women and girls should not make it their goal to look like her because either you are born with those proportions or you are not.
But, Hell! She is gorgeous.

Posted by: mechadave at August 31, 2010 9:25 PM

i don't know where the rare trolls come from that jump on comment threads to cry fat and ugly anytime there is a photo of someone thicker than angelina jolie, but its obvious from this thread, that an awful lot of people like women to be more on the voloptuous side.

there does seem to be an incredible gap between what a lot of people find attractive and what is portrayed as attractive in the movies and on the runway. And the sterotype body is pushed too--however you arrive in hollywood, after a while you are going to look a certain way: hungry. I like girls bigger than pretty much anyone I ever get to see on screen, but i have noticed that as an actress gets more popular, she gets thinner. It's like a law if you're gonna move up the ladder, you have to move down the size rack. I just wonder who it pleases? The female audience can't live up to that ideal, the male audience doesn't want that ideal.

Posted by: idleprimate at August 31, 2010 9:37 PM

well she is. there's a reason she doesnt wear skirts above the knee. However, it works for her body type.

The difference between jessica simpson and christina is that christina has had that body type her whole life. She came into the business like that. Jessica did not. It's a bigger deal that jessica is fat.

Posted by: Faye at August 31, 2010 9:39 PM

We gotta whole bunch of issue conflating here. First, there's the "Why are you saying fat like it's automatically a bad thing?" Word. Though I do think there is a line where we go beyond healthy body image and into enabling destructive behavior territory - but who draws that line? CH doesn't seem to have any health problems (other than assumed back strain under those bad boys) - she looks like a healthy young lass than a majority of folks here would like to bed down with. So, um, if that's "fat" - um, I think I want to be fat.

But what the crap is your definition of "fatness"? Are we speaking overweight by physicians standards, larger-than-average-but proportionate, fodder for a TLC special, or what?

Every time she dresses in a red carpet outfit, she gets called "fat." But CH doesn't look good in couture for a reason - runway models are stick thin for the same reason stores don't buy obese clothes racks: they want the focus on the garment, not the girl. Make of that what you will.

When you put CH in a garment, you sure as hell aren't admiring the delicate stitching. I'll give you that girl cannot dress herself [Girl, seriously, you need STRUCTURED garments - lay off the flowy organza!!], but that doesn't make her fat. It makes her a crappy dresser with a kicking body I'd like to bury my mostly-hetero face in.

Posted by: Tammy at August 31, 2010 10:35 PM

I appreciate your calling out IDLYITW. While I appreciate them as a source of pictures and as a secondary supplier of snark, i'm occasionally reminded that their site is written, managed and visited almost exclusively by misogynistic, reactionary, lizard-brained troglodytes.

Though, to be fair, I would also stab a bag of kittens to get it on with Kelly Clarkson. I'm partial to the thickness, you see. Clean your plates, ladies.

Posted by: Martin at August 31, 2010 10:47 PM

Hold the fuck up, becks.

I never said, and nor have I ever thought, that any woman is not a real woman if they aren't physically configured like Christina. You need to go read my post from yesterday on this topic before you attribute bullshit like that to me.

What I said above in response to stump's "unattainable" statement, put forth as though it is an absolute (she makes it sound like Christina's shape is so incredibly rare as to be almost mythical), is no more stupid than stump's continued assertion that appreciation of a certain shape imprisons the women who aren't shaped that way. That is a load of crap.
So fucking what if you're thin? Or fat? Or in-between, or whatever? If you are OK with it, then so will most other people be. (And I don't hold with or respect the assholes who aren't.)

But if you are insecure with yourself to the point that you feel you have to bash on someone ("just a fat girl in spanx. the worship is ridiculous.") because they are possessed of physical attributes which you cannot genetically attain, then that's YOU who has placed yourself in that prison. And those comments are no less derogatory than the ones you are speaking out against. So don't preach to me. You've disqualified yourself from that position.

If you feel that you don't measure up to a certain physical standard; if you let the morons who tell you that you can't be beautiful because you don't look like someone else make you feel inadequate, then that's on you. That's you buying in to their bullshit.
And that's not my fault.

Posted by: Rykker at August 31, 2010 10:50 PM

I like voluptuous women. You can't really apply the onomatopoeia "Va-VOOM!" to Kiera Knightley.

Posted by: Frank at August 31, 2010 11:12 PM

Stop.

Feeding.

The.

Trolls.

Posted by: Lennon at August 31, 2010 11:25 PM

re: my eating disorders comment -

Yes guys, really. If it's okay to get all judgey mcjudgerson about fat people who are that way because of shitty life and food choices, which have probably been ingrained in them by society and/or upbringing just like the eating disorder has been ingrained in their skinny counterpart, then it's okay to make fun of anorexic chicks too. You can't have one but not the other. It's fat-shaming hypocrisy to treat overly-skinny people like tragic victims of society and then treat overly-fat people like lower-class morons who brought it on themselves.

The anorexic and bulimic girls are tormented and tortured and they have a SERIOUS DISORDER, okay? SOCIETY drove them to it! But those fatties, whatever, they just stuff their faces and have no self-control, so fuck 'em! They should be eating salads!

So, like I said. Make fun of people whose poor choices have led to their obesity. But then you also get to make fun of people whose poor life choices have led to their eating disorder. You can blame society for one, but then it has to take the blame for the other one, too, and then EVERYbody's shitty lifestyle choices are off limits. There's no one right answer here - I feel it comes down to the individual's thoughts on personal responsibility vs. social responsibility - but it's got to be both or neither.

Posted by: Nat Kittyface at August 31, 2010 11:40 PM

A couple of thoughts by way of explanation.

1. Bless Ms. Hendricks' heart, it doesn't seem she's learned to dress for her body type. Whether this is because most designers today design more for a human hanger than an actual person is up to you. If you check out the runways during fashion week there are very few designs that would be flattering on anyone larger than a size two.

2. I suspect Ms. Hendricks fails (clothing choice wise) on the red carpet because she can't get a wide variety of designers to loan gowns. With a limited selection even if all of the dresses are hideous you still have to pick one.

3. In regards to the comment about Ms. Hendricks not wearing mini skirts, that's a testament to her personal style. With big boobs you look trashy in a skirt that hits above the knee. It becomes too much skin. Even without your decolletage exposed the proportions require a longer (knee length) skirt to balance the largess on top. I've known women who are a size 6 with DDs who refused to wear miniskirts. It's all about proportions and dressing for your hourglass shape.

4. Dear God, do you know what she'd look like in a push up bra. She'd have a cleft in her chin her boobs would be so high. Generally it's tough to FIND a push up bra in a D or E cup.

5. If she dressed in a dress that was flattering for her body type this discussion would NEVER happen. The most that would be said would be comments on how big her boobs are.

Posted by: Mustang Sally at August 31, 2010 11:42 PM

@Lennon

We.

Laced.

It.

With.

Cyanide.

And regarding the picture WAY THE HELL UP THERE...
I WANT THIS FOR CHRISTMAS NOW!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Kahntahmp at September 1, 2010 3:11 AM

Lennon made a geeky A Knight's Tale reference. I thought that should be noted.

Also, CH is guh-orgeous, but hotter still is Courtney cause she makes with the thoughts and the words.

Posted by: coveredinbees at September 1, 2010 4:16 AM

Eating disorders aren't necessarily driven by society. Mainly they're based on self image and control issues. Also, why anyone's lifestyle should be mocked is beyond me.

Posted by: Steph at September 1, 2010 6:47 AM

Why does it always have to come down to thin vs. voluptuous? And "real men" only going for the latter? Based purely on looks I would go for a threesome with Christina Hendricks and Bai Ling any day.

Posted by: The Mudshark at September 1, 2010 9:00 AM

I must be an asshole because, yeah, I think she looks fat sometimes. Or at least... really hefty. But I'm a skinny bitch myself so that's probably just the bias talking.

Posted by: monkey_b at September 1, 2010 9:25 AM

"Give me a good reason why she shouldn't dress in a way that compliments her shape."

CH is beautiful - I don't think anybody's debating that. I won't concede, though, that she dresses in a way that flatters her shape. She dresses in a way that creates masturbation fodder, but I don't think her choice of clothing for awards shows maximizes her beauty at all. There are lots of voluptuous celebrities who you'd never know are voluptuous, but who you absolutely know are beautiful (Winona Ryder is pretty chesty, but she's not constantly calling your damn attention to that fact because she, wisely, knows that her face is her best feature).

"With big boobs you look trashy in a skirt that hits above the knee."

I'd argue that, at least in a professional setting, anybody looks trashy in a skirt that hits above the knee (casual, nightwear obviously a different story). Big breasts do exacerbate that, though. I'm a somewhat chesty girl and there are lots of articles of clothing I'd never wear b/c the chest size renders them trashy.

Posted by: samantha t at September 1, 2010 9:49 AM

re: Courtney Enlow's ass

They don't call her "Courtney GetLow" for nothing. Eh? Eh????

Posted by: Kelz at September 1, 2010 10:32 AM

coveredinbees, It was The Princess Bride, not A Knights Tale

Posted by: chris at September 1, 2010 10:59 AM

Don't you know Courtney, that the people calling Ms. Hendricks fat are just concerned about her health?!?!?!

They're HUMANITARIANS, not trolls.

Posted by: MG at September 1, 2010 11:31 AM

I'm not sure how attainable Hendricks' shape is, but I'm guessing it's slightly more attainable (ie, doesn't require a tremendous amount of work and/or calorie restriction) than the tall, extremely thin model type.

The average height of adult females in the U.S. is about 5'4". Supposedly, only 5 percent of American women exceed 5'8½ (my understanding is, modeling agencies prefer models to be a minimum of 5'9").

It's sure as hell a lot easier to get big boobies and gain enough weight to have an ass to match it than it is for an adult woman to grow 4 or 5 more inches in height. If you're not over 5'4" by the time you're 20 or so, you're never gonna be taller than that. So if your goal is to match the extremely thin, nearly model-like proportions of Keira Knightly (who's supposedly 5'7"), you're out of luck, unless you want to give up sammiches forever.

It's easier to look skinny if you're tall. More height on which to distribute the weight.

I do agree Hendricks needs a better stylist, but she does OK. I'm not sure if she's dressing deliberately to highlight the boobs, or if they're just so big, it's impossible to make them look less prominent, so she figures, "Fuck it, let's boost them up there. Flaunt it if you've got it."

Posted by: Slash at September 1, 2010 11:43 AM

Tammy - In response to your comment to me way the hell up there, thank you.
I'm trying to view myself differently and be happy. Some days it is worse than others, and on those days I thank the gods that people like Christina Hendricks are famous and representing an image other than the 99% of actresses/models that are super thin.

Posted by: ninetwenteetoo at September 1, 2010 2:01 PM

Hendricks looks like one of those chciks whose butthole hasa geyish tinge to it. You know what I mean, right? Some chicks, especially porn sluts, bleach their buttholes bright pink, and then there are the buttholes that are nearly black with all of the ground and caked on shit. Hendricks butthole is none of those, but ratehr the aforementioned greyish tinge.

Posted by: The Mad Fapper at September 1, 2010 2:46 PM

ninetwenteetoo...it made me very sad indeed to read your post. Please do not deny your body proper nourishment. You have no idea how much harm you are doing to yourself by eating so little every day. And for what? Because of the stupid media? It will be cold comfort when your body begins to break down (and it will). Being thin is no picnic, it's hell when you get sick because there are no reserves. As someone who is fighting cancer, I ask you to please do yourself a favor and take good care of the health you have been given. Don't throw it away on such nonsense. You just don't realize how damn lucky and beautiful you really are...

Posted by: Ducky at September 1, 2010 4:07 PM

since i have my troll persona on anyway...

CH doesn't look so hot in jeans in a tank. The boobs are perky, but even a blind man could see that she is wearing a pushup bra (which is fine, i am sure she has to). She looks like a normal, far less curvy woman who carries some extra weight in her breasts, hips and thighs. Hardly the most beautiful woman of them all.

There is nothing more hilarious to me than bigger girls calling skinny girls 12 year old boys on this thread. You are doing the exact same thing I did, only it's funnier b/c you're trying to defend your "more curvy" body type.(didn't say fat, but i kind of wanted to).

you cannot get hips and boobs like that period. you can work out and be skinny. i would much rather not worship an ideal based on genetics versus self control/ hard work. no one says we have to worship runway models, but look at someone like britney spears, or cate blanchett, or catherine zeta jones. All beautiful women, who are not stick thin and have body types that exist in the real world.

the 12 year old boy look isn't even ideal anyway. i hear this thrown around like it's true. thats runway. by and large, people think those runway models look grossly skinny and don't want to look like them. i sure as hell would take CH's body over looking like them anyday. it's a false analogy. no one wants you to look insanely skinny unless they are a fashion designer booking for a runway.

i do think she is a bit screwed on the dress department, and should hire the people at mad men to dress her for events. boobs or no boobs that lavender thing is hideous for a pale red head.

Posted by: stump at September 1, 2010 4:29 PM

A fat girl defending a fat girl? I can't believe what I'm reading!

And Christina Hendricks has said in interviews that she's a size 14. Size 14 = FAT. No matter how you spin it. People have different tastes, and if those tastes don't include a woman who has adamantium in her bra, then that doesn't meant they are stupid. Sorry, Courtney. Turning over the vegetable tables with your righteous indignation, makes you sound a little bitter.

Posted by: She's FAT at September 1, 2010 5:00 PM

@Chris, we-ell, it's in the Princess Bride, A Knight's Tale AND the bible...so only Lennon can know what he was quoting. I prefer to think it's the one with a Bowie-feuled dance number. But that's just me.

Posted by: coveredinbees at September 1, 2010 5:20 PM

"i don't know where the rare trolls come from that jump on comment threads to cry fat and ugly anytime there is a photo of someone thicker than angelina jolie, but its obvious from this thread, that an awful lot of people like women to be more on the voloptuous side."

I'm here all the time, but i rarely post (i've posted under diff names, i cant remember though). The CH love just got to be ridiculous, so I decided to troll it up a bit. Not jealous, I wouldn't want her body unless I WAS her. Nothing about it seems attractive or convenient to me. She can't even wear normal dresses...

I think AJ used to be stunning, but i think she looks disgusting now. BC someone doesn't like CH, does not mean they prefer emaciation. I think Salma Hayek, Kelly Brook, Sofia Vergara are all insanely lucky women with gorgeous, curvy bodies. I never said I preferred stick figures, and I am not one, so that isnt really a defense to calling her fat.

"there does seem to be an incredible gap between what a lot of people find attractive and what is portrayed as attractive in the movies and on the runway. And the sterotype body is pushed too--however you arrive in hollywood, after a while you are going to look a certain way: hungry. I like girls bigger than pretty much anyone I ever get to see on screen, but i have noticed that as an actress gets more popular, she gets thinner. It's like a law if you're gonna move up the ladder, you have to move down the size rack. I just wonder who it pleases? The female audience can't live up to that ideal, the male audience doesn't want that ideal."

I just don't see how CH is any less idealistic. I mean seriously, I live in So Cal and everyone is skinny/in shape. I have lived many places and i have never seen a more exaggerated hourglass than CH when she is done up EVER.

Posted by: stump at September 1, 2010 6:51 PM

I think she's gorgeous but all this "whoaaaa" about her amazing, wonderful body is a bit weird- look around your workplace people, size 14 women are everywhere.

Posted by: silt at September 1, 2010 8:56 PM

She is build like a woman should be. Soft and curvy. Maybe technically she is overweight, but those are just charts and numbers. She is gorgeous and voluptuous women should be proud of their curves.

Posted by: Rob from Vegas at September 1, 2010 11:21 PM

I realize I'm arriving late to this particular party/discussion/shitstorm, but as far as whether or not it's kosher to "pick on people who are skinny because of eating disorders" goes:
Is it acceptable to criticize someone's lifestyle choices? Sure. Is it acceptable to criticize someone who "lifestyle choices" have their own entry in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Uh, not so much. Anorexia nervosa isn't a social disease, it's a brain disease, and people suffering from eating disorders aren't so much helpless victims of society as they're mentally ill. (Some interesting reading: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3060191.ece)

Just do your research first, is all I'm sayin'.

Posted by: girl with curious hair at September 2, 2010 12:45 AM

Alls I know is, if I'd been a little less concerned with body types when I was a young'un, I'd probably have gotten laid a whole lot more.

"42-39-56, you could say she got it allllllll."

Posted by: , at September 2, 2010 1:41 AM

@coveredinbees Oh, sht! You’re right! A whole bunch of things use that saying! My bad!

Posted by: chris at September 2, 2010 10:09 AM

She certainly gives me a chubby.

I can't believe nobody went there.

Posted by: , at September 4, 2010 2:59 AM

This woman is so overrated. and YES she is fat. Her hips are huge and her pudgy stomch is held in with coresets and wires. Apart from that she is ugly has ginger hair and pale skin. She looks matronly. Examples of curvy women are Shakira, Kelly Brook, Beyonce. Christina is 3 times the size of those women. If she didn't have big tits no one would care about her.

Posted by: Tom at September 11, 2010 3:49 PM

She's fat, and not very good-looking. You can find plenty of way hotter gals at any college lecture session in America.

Plus, I bet her 35 year old pudding-belly stomach is gross. /shiver

If you aren't into fat, fat is gross.

Posted by: Sorry, fatties, she is not hot at September 13, 2010 9:27 AM

I would like to suck on her big fat tits. She isnt skinny, and you probably just got all butt-hurt because you are fatter and want to feel better about yourself you heifer.

Posted by: Zach at September 13, 2010 10:54 AM

Posted by: slagzoo at September 13, 2010 3:04 PM

I don't like you in that way, hell yeah!

Todd (from IDLYITW) argues with logic, which Enlow doesn't have, or at the very least, poorly utilizes. Lighten the fuck up, because when you go out of your way to pitch a poorly defended argument, and makes you that much easier to pick fun at (as well as signifies you are defending yourself, rather than the subject at hand).

Do I find Hendricks sexy? Yes, but she's awkward sexy, like that girl from those Progressive insurance commercials. Just because she isn't glorified by everyone doesn't make you right.

And that whole "this is Pajiba, we're BETTER than that" shit just makes you, and everyone here, sound like a bunch of bourgeois assholes.

...which is why I read IDLYITW, at least Todd picks scathing fun that doesn't make him look like a self-righteous prick.

Posted by: Adrian at September 13, 2010 5:21 PM

If I were going to defend that IDLYITW post, I wouldn't really use his use of "logic" as my starting point.

IDLYITW LOGIC: If someone writes a "don't call Xtina Hendricks fat" article, she herself is fat. Okay. Great. Got it.

IDLYITW LOGIC: I get mad when people throw around the word "retarded," so you can safely conclude that I myself am mentally disabled.

Oh! What have I done! Now the whole internet knows I have a mental disability. Guess my standardized test scores, grades, professors and supervisors were all wrong. And I guess Courtney Enlow's size SIX jeans are wrong, too. I know because of logic.

Posted by: Kelly at September 13, 2010 5:44 PM

I think Todd at IDLYITW is gayer than Christmas whenever he says that Christina Hendricks is fat...

... but he fuckin' owned your ass, Enlow. This article was purely meant to boost your own damaged self esteem, Christina Hendricks was merely an excuse for you to do that. Did some guy at a bar call you fat when you tried to pick him up after a fight with your fiance or something?

And no, the people of Pajiba are no more or less intelligent than any other bullcrap posted on the net -- especially you.

Posted by: Tony at September 13, 2010 7:14 PM


















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