This morning while running an errand, I ended up parking next to a car that had the following on the back windshield: “No Fat Chicks — They Make the Car Scrape the Road.” It was all I could do not be irrational and do something dumb like key their car or go into the business, track them down and punch one of them. If I had done that, I would be writing this post from jail, or worse.

Weight has always been an issue for me, and for most women who suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). I’m a people watcher, and I have to admit that anytime I see a young lady whom my mother would probably refer to as a “skinny mini,” I just roll my eyes. I feel like our society, at least here in the United States, has become so focused on thinness AGAIN. So rather than being a “healthy” weight, let’s be light as a feather, eat like a bird, and worry if, *GASP* God forbid you *might* have some cellulite on a part of your body that very few people rarely see. It just annoys me.

Then we have people like the idiots who owned the car parked next to me. That’s it — let’s perpetuate this intolerant culture of allowing people (women and men, of all sizes) who don’t fit the ultra-think cookie-cutter size be considered sub-standard.

Now, granted, this is all happening at the same time that our society is also fighting issues of obesity. I believe that focus, though, needs to start at home. Sure, some kids may be getting too overweight. Here’s an idea — do what my mom did with me as a kid — kick me out of the house during the daytime, tell me to go ride my bike and come back for dinner or sundown. I WISH I had the level of energy today, because I’d do it! But, going back to my original argument, let’s not be crass, act stupid, or perpetuate hate. It just shows how dumb and trashy people really can be when messages like “No Fat Chicks” are out there for all the world to see. Sure, we have “Freedom of Speech,” but I don’t think we should have freedom of stupidity.