Sometime last year Ash was apparently approached by the production company behind My 600-Lb Life asking if she would be interested in being in the show. And rather than just saying 'no," she went on
this whole tirade about the evils of the show:
And you know what? Fine. Contrary to conventional HAES, body-pos wisdom, nobody's actually going to force you to undergo weight loss surgery, no matter how desperately painful your existence appears from the outside. And if you think it's wrong for the monstrously fat to allow themselves to be exploited (or whatever) in return for money/goods/services, then okay, man, whatever you say.
But to then turn around and parade your own monstrously fat body in exchange for (presumably) money from an athleisure-wear company of dubious intent (because c'mon, who are we kidding here) seems... like a weird choice, right? I fail to see the practical difference between the two. If anything, body-conforming workout leggings for the 600 lb-plus crowd seems like even more of a cruel prank. And regardless of the purpose or objective of these two purportedly diametrically-opposed media projects, they both end with people shuddering to themselves as they gaze upon your misshapen, corpulent mass on the internet.