Beth Ditto Breaks Barriers And Makes It Look HAWT
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Beth Ditto has managed to become a beauty and a fashion icon while refusing to accept the conventions.
Her sincere rebellion has caught the attention of the world and the likes of designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and, now, Alexander McQueen - for whom the above photos were created.
Speaking with Black Book, Beth offers some refreshing insights.
Do people tell you all the time that you’ve really opened their minds to broader definitions of beauty?
Girls in general have really nice things to say—especially big girls. It’s mostly men who aren’t as open. I think men fear me sometimes. I played in Greece last summer and, I swear, when I went into the crowd, people actually ran away from me. But things like that make me really happy. You make a decision: if you are going to participate in the music industry and put yourself out there, you have to know that it’s all full of shit.
There is a lot of power in the shock of being unashamed. A friend told me that flaunting a big girl body in a punk-rock way is kind of a libertine thrill, like a drug.
It’s kind of like a drug… it’s a performance. It’s funny how something so normal and mundane that you see every day—your body—can be controversial. The shock value is intense. It’s like carrying an art piece around with you all the time.
Are you rubbing people’s noses in their own prejudices?
I don’t really care about other people’s prejudices. I don’t take things super personally, unless it’s someone I really respect. It’s really about making an art piece out of what you’ve been handed. It is about being resourceful. When all you have is an ugly sweater-vest, cut it up and make a really cool skirt out of it! When all you have are these really hateful people, cut them up and make something funny out of them.
You’ve called gay men out in the fashion world for turning women into size 0 paper dolls.
It’s not the fault of gay men. That’s a symptom of the problem… As kids, we’re not allowed to express ourselves, because we’re put in these binary boxes of what our gender is supposed to be.
Cardboard is so boring anyway!
Get, it Beth!
[Images via Black Book.]
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who the fuck is this bitch?
Uhh…
EWK. I will give her this though… she looks better than Lady GagGag
IS THAT WHERE YOU GET THOSE HIDEOUS OUTFITS FROM MARIO?
Beth Ditto, is a busted ass nasty looking bitch. You always kiss her ass but bust on the celebs that actually look good. I'd rather look at Rumer Willis than that beach whale of a train wreck. If she wasn't gay you'd trash the shit out of her you brown nosing puff!
IS SHE A SHE OR A HE? IM THINKING DRAG QUEEN, BUT U CANT ALWAYS TELL…EITHER, BIG GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO, AND IF SHE IS COMFORTABLE IN HER SKIN THEN THATS GREAT.
She's beautiful!
I guy who thinks that's HOT must be GAY!
Gross.
BREAKS BARRIERS? MORE LIKE BUSTS THE SEAMS OUT OF HER CLOTHING! WHAT A BUSTED UP FAT ASS!
you can't be serious. this is gross. she is gross. anything these days can be called art
so looks FABULOUS!
""You’ve called gay men out in the fashion world for turning women into size 0 paper dolls.
It’s not the fault of gay men. That’s a symptom of the problem… As kids, we’re not allowed to express ourselves, because we’re put in these binary boxes of what our gender is supposed to be. ""
I love you Perez, but have you ever honestly gone through your entries and counted how many nasty, awful, and derogatory comments you've made about women that are completely unwarranted?
If you truly wanted equality, you should probably become more aware of how you put down women EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Please stop encourging this disgusting fat pig. Morbid obesity is something that should not be taken lightly. She must smell bad, there's no way she can reach to clean all the folds in her fat. Gross.
she looks like a giant skeleton
YOU GO GIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…………..
No Shit Libertine!
she sounds cool..um wtf is up with the art? photography she looks like a hippy vampire trippin in spandex wearing Queen Elizabeth's makeup…
What the fuck is this???
I love how this comes right after the fat K-fed post, you make no sense Perez lol
Morbid obesity, stuffing your face in a world of starving, acting like a whore, sweating like a pig while her heart struggles to pump blood through clotted arteries around a disproportionately large body are such inspirations to young women everywhere. You go Beth. Sing your right to choose and your liberty to eat at the top of your over worked lungs, until either you die of a heart attack or lifestyle induced cancer OR your fame (even tho right now I cant think of what it is you are famous for??) dips and some bitches pay you to do an exercise DVD! God we need more of these role models in these times! Gluttony rules!!!!
Must suck to be 28 and look like 82.
i am a big girl myself, but i just find this disgusting and repulsive…
She's great!
GROSS
IT MUST BE A LESBIAN THING BECAUSE I DO NOT SEE IT. PEZIE, THAT YOUR A LESBIAN PERHAPS YOU DO INDEED!
esta mujer me da mucho asco, es la verdad
I just puked a little in my mouth
Beth's dope.
you are a GROTESQUE hypocrite!
aren't you more health-conscious now? you yell at lindsey to eat, now yell at beth to cut back! it's only fair, really. there's curvy and then there's just not giving a shit what goes into your body. that is not healthy.
And yet Perez makes fun of Mischa Barton and Jessica Simpson's weight? Go figure.
She's a dirty ho.
She'll scare people if she goes public looking like that. She looks like a mad clown.
This is just a little extreme. But then again, Beth Ditto IS extreme…so it works!!
Re: JigSaw – Its Marios brother…
YES, SHE IS A PIG BOYS AND GIRLS, BUT LIKE MOYET SHE HAS A SET OF PIPES ON HER THAT WOULD BUST UP A BOWLING ALLEY. SAW HER AT THE 1ST TRUE BLUE COLORS CONCERT IN NYC AND HER VOICE IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
Porkez, are you serious? You're calling this tasteless obese woman "a beauty and a fashion icon"?? She is GROSS and ridiculous, and she has no fashion sense or style at all.
the second picture channels edith massey in the john waters classic female trouble
alexander mcqueen is brilliant and punk ditto works for me!
you fags amaze me
Ewwww… She looks like a hippo dressed in thrift shop outfits!
I love Beth. For those of you whom don't know, she is the lead singer of punk band The Gossip. She's cool as ice. I admire her and love everything she has to say. I don't know about her clothing or make up choice but i like her
who the fuck is beth ditto??
i'd rather fuck kevin federline.
Brav-the-fuck-O!!!
This obese creature is grotesque. Is it a woman or a man in a drag? It looks like a fat old drag queen.
ewww that's nasty!!
Well to celebrate her for being large and attack KFed in the post below for gaining weight smacks of hypocracy!
Re: TheWorldsGreatest – Bahahahahaha!
FAT. UGLY. BLECH.
Love her!! But Perez, why can't you be this encouraging towards other female celebs?? My gawd, if Jessica Simpson gains so much as an inch of fat on her waifish body, you trash her for days… What's your problem? Jealousy?
This is the new hot?
WTF is wrong with her? seriously…who wants to see THAT as art??? more like a science project…but definitely NOT art. GROSS.
Isn't it a tad hypocritical to make a "Beth Ditto is beautiful even though she's fat" post immediately after an "LOL @ how disgusting and fat K-Fed is" post?
fashion icon where? the land of Lardassstan? where, really?
unless this is like that time gaultier threw some morbidly obese thing on the catwalk as a publicity stunt
this poor bitch will develop diabetes before 40, what's good about that?
Oh, and the only way Beth Ditto breaks barriers is by sitting on them.
Well, I guess, if you want to go through life looking like Pierrot mor power to you.
I THINK SHE LOOKS GROSS!! LOSE SOME WEIGHT BEFORE YOU DIE
I normally think she's pretty but fuck, orange hair and black lips? Nuh-uh.
Only a gay man would think she is hot
She pulls this off because she is intelligent, talented and has a great sense of 'self'. The reason why many plus sized women can't pull off this fierceness is because they don't believe in themselves. They have to believe before it works. God, I love Beth…you don't have to be big to love this woman!
HAWT??? are you fucking kidding me? grrrroooody!
Re: Jessica Rabbit – I've wondered this myself - but I think it's because Jessica and Kim K. aren't trying to go against "ideals". They are exploiting the standard male fantasy for monetary gain. Beth says, "fuck all that" and continues to live the way she wishes. If Jess and Kim had as much talent, class or strength as Beth, many on here would be on their sides (and I usually defend them; especially Kim…because there is no way in Hell that girl is fat….I don't understand the human race).
Re: TexasBadBoy – is your avatar picture really you?
Re: TexasBadBoy – Your Hot!!
Whose the sausage in spandex?
Hmmm- this one is a double edged sword. I think that Beth Ditto is intelligent and fierce. However, while I agree and admire her ability to challenge our conceptions about size and self esteem, she is really overweight. This is a very unhealthy condition. The reality is is that being overweight is really harmful to your health. It is kind of like people promoting the idea that we need to love ourselves for other self harm actions like smoking, or excessive drinking. She is not really looking at her physical health from a realistic viewpoint. Nevertheless, it is really good to see someone who is articulate and opinionated.
ummm?? o.0
Re: mattvoyager – You said it much better than I could, but I was thinking the same damn thing.
THIS BITCH ROCKS! It's a Refreshing sight to see, I Love people that create their own boxes.. U GO BITCH!
Thanks for putting her on Perez
Re: petiteCobaye – If she is sooo inteligent how come she doesn´t realize that her weight is unhealthy? it´s not about how she looks it´s about how her body is inside. I´m not asking her to be like Kate Moss, thats unhealthy too but is it too mucho to ask for a normal healthy weight?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder; and for the rest of you caddy bitches, please reserve your prejudice for the truly talentless, celeb-u-whores that don't deserve the attention or praise. Miss California is a beauty queen, but she is dumb as dirt; Victoria Beckham graces the pages of millions of magazines, but you could thread her through the eye of a needle - and she's supposed to be our fashion ideal? Give me a break people and get real!…and on another note, obviously Beth Ditto is a woman of size but that does not make her smelly, lazy, stupid, or unhealthy. I personally know "skinny" woman who could give any "fat" woman a run for their money in all these categories.
Re: Ana CD –
being fat only affects your health if your so fat you cant move. its scientific fat. fat people live longer than thin people. There are more helath risks for being too thin than being too fat. And it also does NOT strain your heart
She looks absolutely disgusting!! Is she trying to promote obesity or something!? She looks so unhealthy!!!
LOVE!
Re: Vulgar Smurf – 1 Don't love.
She looks like George Costanza's mom on Seinfeld!
Breaks barriers? Sounds like people are RUNNING from her and that's the only barrier being broken. I've seen plenty of fat girls in skimpy outfits — that barrier has done been broken a million times. I think you're making too much of this
what a foul, fat, nasty creature she is. I don't mind people that are overweight, but flaunting such fatness is unacceptable. Disgusting.
Re: starlettxx –
Because your the symbol of perfect health i presume?
Holy shit, what the fuck IS that thing??
Re: Robbielou – #76 LOL..
I APPLAUD her!!!
Not everyone has to be a skinny bitch. Hear that Vicky Becham??? Boy, this must be her most horrific nightmare.
What I wouldn't give to see the Becham one obese one day.
That'll be the day!
But good for you Beth! You look so awesome! very artistic!
congrats to you and to the photographer…….
[re=3713685]Re: gmoney
she needs to lose weight. she is a LOT bigger than Jessica Simpson, who you always give shit about gaining weight. you are a hypocrite.
What a fabulous bitch.
Re: mattvoyager – Yeah, compared to role models who eat nothing but dick and meth, she's really a terrible role model huh?
ISN'T PEREZ THE SAME GUY WHO GOT ON JESSICA SIMPSON FOR BEING A SIZE 6????
i think beth ditto is fab! a real inspiration!!!
its about time we see a larger lady with such confidence, other than a size zero skeleton!!!!
no offense, but honestly is it healthy to try and justify being morbidly obese? …Get on a treadmill NOW! Stop making excuses just to over indulge in food you obviously don't need……this is a slap in the face for people who starve to death, and is frankly quite sickening. There are so many things wrong with this……
The reason Perez bashes Jessica Blimpson's weight is because she has zero talent other than her looks and she knows it. This behemoth can actually sing, although I have yet to hear her.
Ewwww…. just not pretty at all! Sorry, being honest!
Re: jlg1329 – "Beth Ditto is a woman of size but that does not make her smelly, lazy, stupid, or unhealthy"
lazy, stupid and unhealthy are obviously true: bitch, you should join a gym and work the weight off (lazy-ass) instead of rationalizing and defending (stupid-ass) an illness with serious long-term consequences (unhealthy-ass)!
and as for smelly, i'd suspect plenty of flatulence on ms. ditto's part
and, as a gay man, i am fed up with ugly, obnoxious, deluded fatties expecting homos to automatically fall for them and their "art" (i blame margaret cho for the whole thing)
What the fu– Carrot Top looks better than her! Oh way to be a hypocrite Prezzy.
im a fashion design student so i love the fact that i can finally see designers' pieces shown on women who weigh more than 100 lbs, but i happened to be at that show in Greece last summer, at the Rockwave festival in Athens and the crowd loved the show, they were in no way pulling away from her, when i read her interview in this greek magazine called Free she said she loved it here…wtf
dont celebrate obesity. she is beastly.
Damn, Mario- calling her a fashion and beauty icon is almost an insult!
Why did you lose weight, Mario and why do you "crucify" some people when they gain a few pounds ( Jessica Simpson, K-Fed) and celebrate those who lose weight- (Seth Rogen, Horatio Sanz)? Make up your mind, nena!!!
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Re: BobFreeman – Agree!
Looks like another photo shoot for Perez.
Get back on the diet Perez!
how can we as a society accept someone that obese but not have a market for women in the size 10 to 12 range. You know why??? Because girls with breast-implants can't compete with naturally curvy girls that's why
would look nice without the disgusting make up
Perez - if she's so gorgeous as a fat girl, why have you gone to so much effort to lose weight?? Because you were so fabulous-looking as a fat guy? Or because it was sooo healthy to be fat? NO. And she's not fat - she's obese. ugh.
She could weigh a healthy 125 lbs and still be ugly.