Are you Hung?

During the summer, nearly all of my favorite TV shows are on. True Blood, Weeds, Nurse Jackie, United States of Tara, Mad Men, and last but not least, Hung. What’s Hung? An HBO show about a male teacher who becomes a hooker. And he’s hung. Get it? But he isn’t my favorite character. His twin, outcast kids are.

Meet Darby (played by Sianoa Smit-McPhee). She dresses how she wants, she’s smart, she’s sassy, and she’s confident. Oh, and has a big mouth. So, I love her. But, guess what else? On a recent episode of Hung she baked a cake

Darby Drecker

for a Fat Acceptance Rally that was held in front of a gym. Which she hid from her very thing mother who watches her weight (Anne Heche). When her mother appears at the rally another FA’er tries to get her to have a slice of a cake and her mother is completely flustered and refuses. The conflict between her and her mother – the fact that her mother just doesnt “get it” is so reflective of mainstream media and the fat acceptance movement.

I was completely surprised by this move on on Hung – and incredibly happy. Everyone has been so hung up (PUN!) on Huge and what is going on there and debating the fat acceptance vs. weight loss/body shame there, that I think this episode of Hung was completely overlooked. This was a LEGIT shout out to Fat Acceptance! No debating about it! It was FABULOUS! I was so excited when I saw her with a bunch of fatties shouting,

“FAT?SO! FAT?SO!”

Yes! 2010 is the year of the fatties! After my interview with Marilyn Wann, and talking to her about how the fatosphere has changed (like she said, in 1998 there wasn’t a fatosphere!) and now 10 years later – FINALLY, some progress – some mainstream attention! Yet, it has still gone unnoticed. Check out this episode – I tried to find a clip online, but I couldn’t find it. It was “Tucson is the Way to Dick or This Is Not Sexy” (Season 2, Episode 2). Let me know what you think!