{"id":5598,"date":"2021-05-19T22:03:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/body-shaming-mom-jeans-plates-pulled\/"},"modified":"2021-05-19T22:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T22:03:26","slug":"body-shaming-mom-jeans-plates-pulled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/body-shaming-mom-jeans-plates-pulled\/","title":{"rendered":"Store pulls body-shaming plates that tell women to eat less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between post-baby body struggles and the pressure most women already face to have the &ldquo;ideal&rdquo; body, moms definitely don&rsquo;t need another reminder of all the ways the world judges them. But on a recent trip to Macy&rsquo;s, that&rsquo;s exactly what one woman found. Alie Ward, a science correspondent for the CBS series &ldquo;Innovation Nation,&rdquo; stumbled upon a whole set of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\">fat-shaming dinner plates<\/a> and wine glasses that warn women to eat less so they don&rsquo;t end up in &ldquo;mom jeans.&rdquo;<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">&ldquo;How can I get these plates from Macy&rsquo;s banned in all 50 states,&rdquo; Ward joked on Twitter. Her post included a photo of a plate set with various portion sizes marked off by smaller and smaller circles labeled &ldquo;mom jeans,&rdquo; &ldquo;favorite jeans&rdquo; and &ldquo;skinny jeans.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?s=20\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How can I get these plates from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Macys<\/a> banned in all 50 states <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1spntAluVl\">pic.twitter.com\/1spntAluVl<\/a><\/p><p>&mdash; Alie Ward (@alieward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alieward\/status\/1153028416482029573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\">The dishes were manufactured by a brand called Pourtions and were being sold at an in-store concept shop called Story at the flagship Macy&rsquo;s store in Manhattan. The <a href=\"https:\/\/pourtions.net\/collections\/tabletop\">Pourtions website<\/a> explains that &ldquo;to keep you from overindulging, our tableware collection provides helpful &mdash; and hilarious &mdash; visual cues; simple guide rails. It&rsquo;ll spice up your dinner table, and your conversation.&rdquo;<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">In addition to plates, they also sell wine glasses labeled to warn that one serving goes &ldquo;on the lips,&rdquo; but if you go for a second serving, it&rsquo;ll be &ldquo;on the hips.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\"><blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div><div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><div><div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div><div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\"><div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div><div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div><\/div><div style=\"margin-left: auto;\"><div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div><div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div><div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><p> <\/p><p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BphOAF7Dbd8\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">While the health benefits of wine are well documented, so are the calories. Watch what you pour&hellip;unless you like those psnts with the elastic waistband &#128521; Get your own &ldquo;calorie counter&rdquo; at Groupon https:\/\/gr.pn\/2qgSsg1 . . . #pourtions#groupon #wine #hostessgift #selfgift #portioncontrol #caloriecounting #shopping #gifts<\/a><\/p><p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pourtionsjustright\/\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Pourtions<\/a> (@pourtionsjustright) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2018-10-29T13:40:41+00:00\">Oct 29, 2018 at 6:40am PDT<\/time><\/p><\/div><p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/blockquote><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>Other selections from the brand include a plate with portion sizes marked off as &ldquo;feed me&rdquo; or &ldquo;feed bag,&rdquo; as if to say you&rsquo;re some sort of large farm animal if you eat more than the smallest portion size.<\/p><p>After Ward wrote about the plates on Twitter, her post was retweeted more than 5,000 times and got dozens of replies from people frustrated by the shamey messaging. &ldquo;&hellip; Imagine thinking a circle labelled &lsquo;skinny jeans&rsquo; big enough to hold like two chicken nuggets is demonstrating &lsquo;healthy portion control,&rsquo;&rdquo; one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/totodialed\/status\/1153174926968401926?s=20\">person wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;The only thing it&rsquo;s teaching is body shaming, and nothing to do with health.&rdquo;<\/p><p>While some might see the dishes as a joke, there&rsquo;s no denying that they promote potentially damaging messages about food and body image, and these messages are primarily intended for women and moms. After all, men aren&rsquo;t accused of wearing &ldquo;mom jeans,&rdquo; and we&rsquo;re usually too busy praising dads for their glorious &ldquo;dad bods&rdquo; to have time to criticize their portion sizes or tell them that one extra beer is going &ldquo;on the hips.&rdquo;<\/p><p>Meanwhile, moms are constantly being told how their bodies should look and what they should be eating. Every time a celebrity has a baby, the paparazzi swarms to give us updates on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/entertainment\/2019\/07\/11\/jessica-simpson-shows-off-post-baby-body-in-sexy-leopard-print-bikini-for-her-39th-birthday-goddess\/23768179\/\">&ldquo;post-baby&rdquo;<\/a> body reveals. Kylie Jenner famously encouraged women to use body shapers and waist training to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/style\/kylie-jenner-waist-training-post-baby\/\">lose weight post baby<\/a>. Last year, a company was slammed for selling female-targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revelist.com\/weird\/fat-shaming-meal-planners\/7784\">meal-planning journals<\/a> with fat-shaming messages, like &ldquo;I want to skinny dip, not chunky dunk.&rdquo; And weight loss corporations like Weight Watchers promote food guilt and diet culture with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispot.tv\/ad\/AtWY\/weight-watchers-bread-featuring-oprah-winfrey\">ads that feature Oprah<\/a> screaming about how bad she feels for liking bread.<\/p><p>These plates, like so many other things, send the message that there is only one acceptable body size for a woman: thin. And if you aren&rsquo;t strictly limiting your food intake, well, then you must be some kind of barnyard animal or (gasp!) the kind of person who wears mom jeans. That&rsquo;s an especially dangerous message for women who are coping with eating disorders or who are in a vulnerable place with body image.&nbsp;<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">The last thing a recovering new mom needs is a plate that encourages her to strictly limit her food intake and pushes the idea that &ldquo;mom jeans&rdquo; are synonymous with being unhealthy and unattractive.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Some people were upset that Ward tweeted about the plates, and they accused her of censorship and not being able to take a joke. Ultimately, Macy&rsquo;s did issue a formal apology and said they would be removing the plates from their stores.<\/p><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?s=20\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi, Alie &mdash; we appreciate you sharing this with us and agree that we missed the mark on this product. It will be removed from all STORY at Macy's locations.<\/p><p>&mdash; Macy's (@Macys) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Macys\/status\/1153094129850732545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p>But Ward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/macys-eating-disorders-alie-ward_n_5d353479e4b004b6adb1d58b?test_ad=readmo_test\">told HuffPost<\/a> that she was never after a literal ban. &ldquo;I just wanted to show the world how insidious beauty culture, and in this case one that shames women, can be,&rdquo; she said.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">One person on Twitter took Ward&rsquo;s goal a step further and edited the original image of the plates to say &ldquo;you&rsquo;re great,&rdquo; &ldquo;still great,&rdquo; and &ldquo;enjoy your meal.&rdquo;<\/p><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?s=20\"><div class=\"kinsights-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?s=20\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">fixed them <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Uqj68iwvYz\">pic.twitter.com\/Uqj68iwvYz<\/a><\/p><p>&mdash; Liz Climo (@elclimo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elclimo\/status\/1153039421224022016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\">That&rsquo;s a message we can all get behind.<\/p><blockquote><p dir=\"ltr\"><b>Read next:&nbsp;<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/stories\/16199\/your-postpartum-belly\/\">Your postpartum belly: When will it change back and how to learn to love the parts that don&rsquo;t?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between post-baby body struggles and the pressure most women already face to have the &ldquo;ideal&rdquo; body, moms definitely don&rsquo;t need another reminder of all the ways the world judges them. But on a recent trip to Macy&rsquo;s, that&rsquo;s exactly what one woman found. Alie Ward, a science correspondent for the CBS series &ldquo;Innovation Nation,&rdquo; stumbled <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/body-shaming-mom-jeans-plates-pulled\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1264,"featured_media":33864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2021-05-19","view_count":344,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"member-type":[4],"vertical":[6,17,11],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","member-type-all","vertical-children","vertical-child-care-advice","vertical-news-trends","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5598"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=5598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}