Beth Ditto of The Gossip

Posted by Lori Henry Jun 12, 2007

Beth Ditto made headlines last week as her naked body graced the cover of New Musical Express Magazine. The Gossip lead singer stares straight into the camera with the headline, “KISS MY ASS!” The musician has made a porn video with her lesbian transgender lover, turning heads and fuelling debate all over the place. Her stage performances regularly have her taking off her clothes when she gets hot and speaking out about being comfortable in her own skin.

There are ample photos of her within the magazine, showing off her “fat” body, as recent articles from other sources have called pointed out. With the focus more on her size than her music, she is making waves in the music world. She has refused to have her music be played in Topshop, a retail store, because it doesn’t sell clothing in a higher size range.

On the topic of Kate Moss, one of her friends, as being part of the size zero obsession, she says, “You can’t hate a person for dieting, and you can’t blame a person for feeling shit about themselves. You have to blame the machine that feeds it, the thing that makes people feel like that” (New Musical Express, 2007). Let’s hope we can get to a point when Beth Ditto’s music and talent are focused on, rather than her larger size in a small sized industry.