Thursday, July 31, 2014


Outrage at Upmarket British store after firm stocks 'sexist' beauty products called Fat Girl Slim

Must not mention FAT!

Marks and Spencer has been criticised for selling a range of body toning creams called ‘Fat Girl Slim’.  The products, including anti-cellulite cream and a stomach-toning gel called ‘six-pack’, have been accused of targeting 'insecure women' by campaigners in Brighton, West Sussex.

M&S insisted the name, which is by independent firm Bliss, was simply a light-hearted play on the name of DJ Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook.

But a shopper lodged a formal complaint with the manager of M&S's Western Road store in Brighton, citing the rate of eating disorders among young girls.

Brighton resident Frances Joseph, 41, urged customers to sign a petition which was started more than a year ago calling on Bliss to end its range entirely.

She said: 'Many of us agree that this is deeply inappropriate branding for a cosmetics range.

The firm responded: 'This is part of our Bliss beauty range; the products play on the popular DJ's name and aren't intended to cause offence.'

According to its website, Bliss began in 1996 with a spa in New York and later started marketing its treatments online and in shops. Its Fat Girl Slim range is thought to have existed for at least three years.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Waaa, Waaa.

Don't like it don't buy it!

Big freaking crybabies!

o mighty stinky said...


Sexual beauty is an evolved proxy for health status.

In particular, it reflects, for a woman, her likelihood of being a fertile, healthy mother. As such. males have evolved to key on those aspects of beauty that statistically best reflect this. A low waist/hip ratio, symmetrical face, clear skin ... these are "clinical" indicators that advertise a woman's physical fitness as a mate.

Such preferences are hardwired into males because they have worked so well in the past. Small wonder that women, equally evolved, strive to look better.




Anonymous said...

@Stinky, Also, being in good physical condition is not only a sign of good physical health, but also a minor psychological measure that if she can take care of herself she is more likely to be able to take care of children.

Olaf Koenders said...

Bet not a single one of their products work anyway. If primping suckers don't want to be preyed upon by snake-oilers irrespective the product name, they should get some brains first, before being offended for the wrong reasons.

A highly astute man of impeccable taste and class once said "Stupid is as stupid does".