Sunday, September 4, 2011

Reality T.V. stars, their impressionable young fans, and body image

Kate Gosselin has many fans who are teenage girls. That's why a lot of people were outraged when she tweeted the following this weekend:


"Can never be tiny enough lol."

Kate has also mentioned dieting, exercise, and what size she wears, multiple times, including on Twitter (even uploading photos of her salad dinners), and in interviews, and even on the show (last week she was complaining about full fat creamer and mentioned she is a size four).

Like it or not, whether Kate is just being herself on a reality show, she has become a role model for (some) young girls, just like this age group looks up to actresses who read scripts. Kate's constant obsession with discussing her weight, her diet, and eating habits, and her exercise routine, is a bad example for vulnerable young teen girls who should be focused on school, sports and friends--not their bodies. Reality T.V. stars, especially those popular with young people, need to have an awareness of  their fanbase and an awareness of how what they are saying could influence a teenager. There is such a thing as too tiny and Kate should be aware of it--anorexic, bulimia, crash dieting, and poor body image run rampant among teenagers. Anyone in the public eye should guard what they say in this culture of body obsession.

416 sediments (sic) from readers:

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tate said...

Kate is tweeting that Sarah Jessica Parker is named Kate in her latest movie---and she is named after Kate Gosselin! Right.

the newcomer she's nuts said...

She's Nuts said...

Tucker's Mom said...

she's nuts said...
Tucker's Mom said

Uh-oh. Somebody had the same idea as I did for a "handle" (which I've been using for quite some time).
No worries. I'll just change mine.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

She's nuts, I'll stop using it, since I'm the latecomer. You have to admit, it's a natural.

Respect said...

I'm watching and it is so bad. Kate is showing no redeeming qualities and Jamie and Ashley are being super bitches toward Kate and all of this in front of the kids. Those children have no GOOD role models. Just examples of how not to behave. Brutal

fidosmommy said...

Getting Organanised said...
biddyboo000
@Kateplusmy8 ever considered getting reliable organanised A+grade 15yo aussie exchange student? its my dream. from brigid (also babysitter)

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

How about getting an A+ student who can spell?

******

If you're referring to "organised", she did spell it right. That's how they spell it in England and Australia. Now "its" is a different story.....

Lake Up North said...

People the blog is not about me, it's about Kate Gosselin. Was never about me it is about sharing our disgust even dislike of this woman who whines how hard life is when it appears to not be so hard for her.

I am not going to reply to any post that attacks any blogger here because all it will do is spark behavior no better than 13 year old middle school girl. The conversation, the one story from a point in my life I shared was an example of how ungrateful Kate Gosselin has become. Was not to garner sympathy, attention or anything negative so please people, do yourself all a favor, discuss whatever you like but it might do you some good to stop beating a dead horse. It isn't going to change things or who I am. There is ane discussion open and I think it be wise if we just change gears here folks.

Administrator I send apologies if I seemed to have stepped on people's toes a bit or been inappropriate it is not called for. You do a wonderful job to allow people to express their opinions and feelings and that should be respected for who you are the time you take to write an eloquent blog for people to come together and discuss things. I mean no disrespect towards any poster by any means and I sincerely apologize if my sharing has caused issues or disagreements.

Linda G. said...

Respect, yep, except I think given how Kate is Jamie and Ashley are being restrained. I would have absolutely lost it on her before now.

I have to admit, I loved it when Steve told her he WASN'T going to make that guy erase a picture he took of them at the RV park. Good. Deal with it, diva.

Is anyone reading her twitter feed? According to her, NONE of this is her fault. WOW. DELUSIONOID.

Dee said...

fidosmommy said...

Getting Organanised said...
biddyboo000
@Kateplusmy8 ever considered getting reliable organanised A+grade 15yo aussie exchange student? its my dream. from brigid (also babysitter)

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

How about getting an A+ student who can spell?

******

If you're referring to "organised", she did spell it right. That's how they spell it in England and Australia. Now "its" is a different story.....

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Fidosmommy, she spelled it "Organanised". Twice. Once in her Twitter handle, and once in her tweet.

You're right about the "s" instead of the "z", but that's not the problem with the spelling.

Linda G. said...

"Pretty much everyone leaves me eventually. But I can't leave. I would never do that."

WOW, KATE. EVERYONE LEAVES YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE, NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE EIGHT KIDS.

The very last thing she said threw the KIDS under the bus, and blamed them for everyone leaving!

And Admin, you were right: the finale with the "famiky friends" interviews? Just Jaime, Ashley, and Steve. The people paid to be around her. Kate just admitted on Twitter that Jaime was paid to come on that trip and help watch the kids.

Wow. Such a wench. I love how the TLC people got e chance to talk to Ashley in the van. FIVE YEARS Ashley has dealt with Kate's bullshit, not just that trip, Ashley said it. Five years.

fidosmommy said...

Re: spelling of "organized/organised.

Oops. Sorry. I completely missed that! I'm usually very good at picking up on misspellings. Thanks.

Linda G. said...

If kids weren't involved, I'd be laughing my ass off. Why? TLC let ALLLLLLLL her bitchiness show on these last two episodes. They didn't sugar coat ANYTHING. And then, the show's over.

Kate is getting just a fraction of what she deserves. The rest of her karma will come later, when very few if any of her kids want to be around her.

Deal with it,Kate. This is what happens when you treat everyone around you like shit.

By the way, even her fan Patty Pie caught her in a lie and said something about it. Earlier, Kate tweeted that she wasn't around when Ashley left because she DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS LEAVING. Which makes Ashley sound bad and lets Kate off the hook, right?

Well, there was a caption on the show that explained that Ashley told Kate she was leaving in a PRIVATE CONVERSATION.

So then Kate, faced with her lie (I thought she said she saw this episode before it aired?), said she was doing an interview in her RV when Ashley left.

God, she's just low and sneaky and a lying asshole. She truly disgusts me. I wonder if she'll ever learn how to treat people? Probably not.

hey jude said...

Kate was doing an interview all right! She was probably was raking Steve over the coals for "scoffing" her ealier! ha, ha. She always tries to come up with a good story to cover up her lies......Those twidiot sheeple will believe anything!

J. Heather Leigh said...

Kate said they (Jamie and Ashley) were used to 'cushy trips' and then quickly said they don't go on cushy trips.

She said 'no adults asked what they could do to help'...where have we heard that before? Oh, that's right- she said it to JON all the time. "Why don't you ask me what you can do to help?"...why does she always think everyone should be focused on HER.

I have five kids and we have taken a lot of vacations where my niece and some friends come as well. I understand the desire to keep things organized and well planned....I GET that....but she needs to learn to chill out. I did.

Teresa said...

Linda said.....
I have to admit, I loved it when Steve told her he WASN'T going to make that guy erase a picture he took of them at the RV park. Good. Deal with it, diva
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Steve's a coward. he didn't go to the guy because it WAS a GUY! If it was a woman, ratclaws would have done it.

Probably not so much said...

Did not take long. Sheeple excuse: Ashley was homesick. They really should take up creative writing.

Anonymous said...

Seriously........... get her off tv- the radio- the book shelf- the magazine rack- etc.

Moose Mania said...

northerncowgurl
@Kateplusmy8 we'll fed-ex life perservers to you...please watch for a wooden boat, and a guy with a beard named Noah :)

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Some of these tweets from sheeple are quite amusing. Is it a new trend for a guy to give a name to his beard? What does he call his chest hair? :)

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