RIP, Brittany Murphy

[Trekker4747]

She was "chunky" in a "compared to the rail thin idolized women with no weight on their bodies to flesh out their curvy fun areas" sort-of -way. In other words, she wasn't chunky at all.

That pic above of her in Clueless is very cute.

Sad to see her go, I only ever saw her in "Clueless" and it's a shame her career never really "took off" more to get her in far more notworthy roles.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

How very tolerant of you. I'm sure she would have been flattered by your offer to "hit it" if only she could have heard you shouting from the back of the crowd as she got into her limo.

I guess I hit a nerve with you, but you really shouldn't take it personally. I was just trying to say there's nothing wrong with being chunky, and when people try to deny that she was a little overweight at the time, they're really making it more of a big deal than it needs to be. Seems like there are better things to do than try to deny the reality we can all see on the screen with our own eyes.

 

[Trekker4747]

"Chunky" doesn't mean what you think it means.

You're not chunky if you're your ideal weight for your height, you don't have rolls of fat coming over your beltline and you have -a bit- of "baby fat" in the face.

She was heavier than the "ideal figure" sold to us my Hollywood, sure. But not chunky. Not in any stretch or use of the word.

Chunky suggests some fat, some excessive weight. She's no "more chunky" than most 50's/60's era actresses were considered. Having a normal body weight isn't chunky.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

You're welcome to have your own definition of chunky, and I'll have mine.

 

[John Picard]

"Chunky" doesn't mean what you think it means.

You're not chunky if you're your ideal weight for your height, you don't have rolls of fat coming over your beltline and you have -a bit- of "baby fat" in the face.

She was heavier than the "ideal figure" sold to us my Hollywood, sure. But not chunky. Not in any stretch or use of the word.

Chunky suggests some fat, some excessive weight. She's no "more chunky" than most 50's/60's era actresses were considered. Having a normal body weight isn't chunky.

Plus, at that time she was still at that age before most young women blossom. I've seen many, over the years, who flat out when to Va-Va-VOOM between the ages of 19 and 25. I know a lot of people who would agree that she was definitely NOT chunky and would find women like Olivia Wilde to be undesireable.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

You're welcome to have your own definition of chunky, and I'll have mine.

Attitudes like these are why we have so many problems with eating disorders in this country.

 

[Trekker4747]

You're welcome to have your own definition of chunky, and I'll have mine.

Attitudes like these are why we have so many problems with eating disorders in this country.

Precisely. Setting a standard of "chunky" being to teenage girls who're of average weight isn't doing anyone any favors.

But, for the record, I'm also very in love with Olivia Wilde. I like a decent range of "sizes" on women, but not much a fan of the extremes.

 

[The Boy Who Cried Worf]

If it's okay with everyone I'll just retract my use of the word "chunky" in my post. I actually don't remember Brittany at all from Clueless. I wasn't going by my own recollection just what I have heard over the years.

 

[Jetfire]

Since Brittany Murphy and I are the same age...I will be 32 in March...I always thought she was lovely...had a huge crush on her back in the day. I never thought she was "chunky" IMHO.
If she was "chunky" then I guess I like my women how I like my soup...Chunky.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

You're welcome to have your own definition of chunky, and I'll have mine.

Attitudes like these are why we have so many problems with eating disorders in this country.

I hope you're just arguing for the sake of arguing, and you haven't actually bought into the media's over-sensationalism of eating disorders. Obesity is the big killer in this country, not anorexia/bulimia. You should be concerned about the messages being sent to people who eat too much, not people who eat too little.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

I found this on Yahoo news
she sang not to badly either

Secret Music Legacy ?
Videos are 1/4 way down the page, she's smokin' in the 1st one

 

[opali]

That pic above of her in Clueless is very cute.

Sad to see her go, I only ever saw her in "Clueless" and it's a shame her career never really "took off" more to get her in far more notworthy roles.

It is a good picture; I agree...she was a cutie.

How very tolerant of you. I'm sure she would have been flattered by your offer to "hit it" if only she could have heard you shouting from the back of the crowd as she got into her limo.

I guess I hit a nerve with you, but you really shouldn't take it personally. I was just trying to say there's nothing wrong with being chunky, and when people try to deny that she was a little overweight at the time, they're really making it more of a big deal than it needs to be. Seems like there are better things to do than try to deny the reality we can all see on the screen with our own eyes.

The only nerve you hit was the one that hurts when someone makes an ignorant comment like that one in a memorial thread.

Commenting that you would hit it anyway is a rather poor and confusing way of saying there is nothing wrong with a woman being "chunky." But, if you find women of various shapes attractive, bully for you and thanks for sharing.

Regardless, why do you keep showing blown up close-ups of her face? You find her face chunky? Not enough cheek bone? I posted a wonderful pic in which it is obvious she is not overweight. Not even a little, L2D.

You're welcome to have your own definition of chunky, and I'll have mine.

Attitudes like these are why we have so many problems with eating disorders in this country.

I hope you're just arguing for the sake of arguing, and you haven't actually bought into the media's over-sensationalism of eating disorders. Obesity is the big killer in this country, not anorexia/bulimia. You should be concerned about the messages being sent to people who eat too much, not people who eat too little.

Again, ignorance. Anorexia and bulimia are mental illnesses, L2D, and obesity is not. If you take anything away from this post, please take that.

• Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness

• A study by the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders reported that 5 – 10% of anorexics die within 10 years after contracting the disease; 18-20% of anorexics will be dead after 20 years and only 30 – 40% ever fully recover

• The mortality rate associated with anorexia nervosa is 12 times higher than the death rate of ALL causes of death for females 15 – 24 years old.

• 20% of people suffering from anorexia will prematurely die from complications related to their eating disorder, including suicide and heart problems

Linky

Just out of curiosity, how many women/men do you know that became obese because of messages being sent to them by our society and media pressures? I have a hard time imagining a person rushing to the Cheesecake Factory to down a couple of slices of artery clogging fat because the Star came out with a pic of them at the beach calling them "bony"

just sayin.

 

[Trekker4747]

Since Brittany Murphy and I are the same age...I will be 32 in March...I always thought she was lovely...had a huge crush on her back in the day. I never thought she was "chunky" IMHO.
If she was "chunky" then I guess I like my women how I like my soup...Chunky.

This. (Other than the birthday part, I'll be 31 next month.)

 

[Trekker4747]

Get off the stage you chunk! With your taut stomach, and perfectly rounded hips! And delicious belly-button! Go on a diet!

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

last interview?

She looks really thin

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/12/21/brittany.murphy.last.interview.news2air

 

[Trekker4747]

last interview?

She looks really thin

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/12/21/brittany.murphy.last.interview.news2air

And she's way too makeup-up'd....

 

[John Picard]

last interview?

She looks really thin

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/12/21/brittany.murphy.last.interview.news2air

And she's way too makeup-up'd....

*A-hem* "She's wearing too much make-up".

 

[Jetfire]

It breaks my heart. She looks very thin, yes but she still looks lovely...to me.

 

[Level 2 Diagnostic]

Again, ignorance. Anorexia and bulimia are mental illnesses, L2D, and obesity is not.

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/40/18/26.1.full

obese youth often experience anxiety disorders, and especially separation anxiety and social phobia, ...

A number of studies have linked depression and obesity, ...

Indeed, in his own recent study of some 2,300 women, which he reported at APA's 2005 annual meeting in May, he found that major depression was twice as prevalent among women with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 than in women with a BMI less than 30.

Just out of curiosity, how many women/men do you know that became obese because of messages being sent to them by our society and media pressures?

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/obesity-epidemic-astronomical

Nestle argues that recommendations about healthy eating are overwhelmed by the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of advertising for junk foods that we're subjected to at home and even in public schools.

 

[John Picard]

Again, ignorance. Anorexia and bulimia are mental illnesses, L2D, and obesity is not.

http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/40/18/26.1.full

obese youth often experience anxiety disorders, and especially separation anxiety and social phobia, ...

A number of studies have linked depression and obesity, ...

Indeed, in his own recent study of some 2,300 women, which he reported at APA's 2005 annual meeting in May, he found that major depression was twice as prevalent among women with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30 than in women with a BMI less than 30.

Just out of curiosity, how many women/men do you know that became obese because of messages being sent to them by our society and media pressures?

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/obesity-epidemic-astronomical

Nestle argues that recommendations about healthy eating are overwhelmed by the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of advertising for junk foods that we're subjected to at home and even in public schools.

Apples and bowling balls. Skinny is an image pushed onto young women because of comments from people like yourself. Obesity is NOT an image being pushed onto young women.