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The Before and After With Sasha Obama
Not a pretty visual
As usual, the internet and social media have exploded with mostly meaningless drivel — this time with images and opinions about Sasha and Malia Obama being photographed smoking tobacco by paparazzi. On one side, people say to leave them alone and let them lead their private lives — and the other cites what a poor example they’re setting.
But in a picture I cannot show (as I have no rights therein), something different struck me. And that is how fat and old-looking Sasha has become. And moreover, that she would show the world a clearly expansive midriff begging the question “What the hell is this girl eating that she’s gotten so fat?” Add to the equation that we can see cellulite developing in her arms (plus the cigarette burning) and what I see is a woman who appears to be sloppy and middle-aged even though Sasha is only 22 years-of-age.
Call me a fat shamer if you like, but I don’t like the obesity look and would rather not have it shoved in my face. This entire Lizzo deal is lost on me. I get that some people are genetically disposed to being heavy and could never be svelte even if they ate nothing. And nobody should be ashamed of their genetics. But flaunting those genes (be they what society deems gorgeous or gross) has never met with my approval — even when the flaunter is an extremely curvy…
