It's damn hilarious...although today's fats left the land of "stout" behind, about 150 pounds ago!    This article made me want to knock the author's head on the desk.  "Being over a size 12 isn't new".  Um...a vintage size 12 (according to a 1961 sewing book I am now using) corresponds to measurements of 32" bust, 25" waist, and 34" hip. The biggest normal (non-stoutwear) size (size 20) back then was 40-32-42.  Modern fats would consider the 32 inch waist a sign of dangerous anorexia...