Tall Women Are Trending… AGAIN | Charlotte Tall Tour Drama & #TallTok Calling Out Tall Comments

This year was definitely the year for tall women on social media and I'm here for it. Tall women have been showing up online embracing their height and size, and other people have been eating it up too, saying that tall women are beautiful and are so underrated. Like, yes, I honestly couldn't agree more. The big Mama trend has led to a slew of other smaller trends where tall women are embracing their height. I will say it's died down a teedy bit, but now the tall girlies are trending again, but for something a little bit different. There's actually a bit of drama and some content highlighting one of the struggles that many of us tall women face and I want to talk a little bit about those today. So without further ado, let's get into it. Good morning, everybody. You are curly listening to a Tall Girls podcast hosted by a tall girl named India. I hope everyone who is sitting in today's doing super fantastic. 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Now, in case you didn't know, the talk girlies have been trending on social media for a good portion of this year, especially on TikTok and I'm here for it. List said I knew tall women were always topped here. It's just about time that y'all realize that too. All of this started with the big Mama trend, and I discussed this in another episode actually when speaking about taller and trending on social media. But basically the big. Mama trend, there is a song by Alatto playing underneath the video of a tall girl. Her heightened measurements are in text on the screen, and really the whole trend is to embrace your height in size and help other tall women see, hey, your measurements and weight aren't bad, and so forth. And from there, other smaller trends have surfaced, and I will say that the tall girl, the tall girly trends have died down a little bit until the Tall Tour drama. Now, there's a guy named Tyler. I'm not even gonna try to pronounce his last name because I'm gonna butcher it, but he is a tall man. He's probably like six seven, six eight sixty nine, I don't remember for sure, but he's a very tall guy. And he's known for his street interviews, especially with other taller people. And so basically he had this idea to go and travel around the US to host some they call a tall tour, which is basically an event specific for tall people together and connect with each other and ultimately just celebrate their height and so forth. And you may or may not know this, but I went to the one in New York City obviously, I mean as a Tall Girls podcast, Yes, I had to go. And so before I get into the whole Tall Tour drama thing that's going around on TikTok, I just want to give a little bit more about my experience, and I will say it was an amazing one. Okay. I had a great time, and I think that it was largely due to two reasons. One, for majority of the event, I was with people I knew. So I went to the event with a friend of mine from grad school and she's also a tall girly. And I also met some of the tall girlies from like Instagram or from this podcast, like Brie for example, Whitney from Whitney Allison, a couple of the tall girlies from the Tall meetings I've been to before I even met some of you guys. I also met some. People from the Tall Sized pop up shot that was from a few years ago, so I saw a few familiar faces and that was great. And then the second reason why I had a great experience is because I also kind of went there with a purpose. I don't know, I just wasn't really like sitting around like that. Like I was going up to other tall women and giving out stickers my short tall girl, average tall girl, and tall tall girl stickers along with postcards. So those two things definitely made the experience what it was, and honestly, I was extremely grateful for that. But you know, living in New. York City, I wasn't surprised at the fact that it was packed, extremely packed, and honestly, I wish I got more video content from it, but it was just it was very overwhelming. I'm just gonna say that. I mean, if you do open invite in New York City, like, what do you expect? Honestly, you know what I mean. So there was a lot of people just like breathing down each other's necks, people pushing and shoving each other. Luckily, there were multiple floors, There was like a rooftop, there was like different areas and so forth, so people were able to out a little bit. But like I said, it's New York City. There's a lot of people who live there. So if you do something that's open invite like this in New York City. I'm not surprised at how packed and overwhelming it was. And literally, like one guy called me little like. He called me little girl, and I was like, who are you calling little like? And that's the thing. Tall for a man is different than tall for a woman, and I don't think people fully understand that tall for a man is like six one, six two and up, and people hold women to that same standard. So when I say I'm like five ten is, people are like, eugh, that's not even that tall all for a woman it is. Anyways, I got yelled at a couple times at this event, but we're not gonna get deep into that. I mean, we're gonna get into one of the instances because it's going to relate to the Tall Tour drama that's going around on social media. So, as I said before, I was handing out stickers and postcards as a way to promote the podcast. I was just going up to tall women and just handing it out. I'll talk about my podcast and I'm gonna check it out, blah blah blah. And so I went up to this group of tall women and I was handing it out to a couple of people then there was this one lady. I handed her asked her how tall she was because I was gonna give her a sticker. Based on that. So she told me how tall she was, so I gave her a sticker based on that. Well, I tried to hand it to her, a sticker and a postcard, and she was like, oh, like what is this And I was like, oh, it's like a sticker, like I have a podcast. She's like, I don't want no sticker. I want to find a tall man. Okay, are you gonna find me a tall man? I was gabberflasted because I was I was like. Number one, who are you talking to like this? Number one? But number two, you're also just sitting there and you're not going out and mingling, which you could do because I would assume that your life's work perfectly fine. You could like go up and find a man on your own. Like you're yelling at me when I'm trying to tell you about my podcast. You're yelling at me to find you a tall man. Okay. So I just stood it. I was like, oh, like I can't find you on man, like I'm just trying to promote my podcast. She was like, I came here to find a man, and how are you gonna give me this? Where you not gonna find me a man? And I was I was just looking at her, like what the heck? I think her friend felt bad for me. So she's like, I'll just take this and I'll give it to her later. And I was like, okay, I just walked away. But anyways, that's besides the point where over it it's fine, it's in the past. But it really goes to show that a lot of people viewed this as almost like a dating event, as like a dating event for tall people to find, like tall men and tall women, and a lot of people viewed it this way. At the Tall Tour in Charlotte. What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna play a couple of videos of people talking about their experiences at this Tall Tour in Charlotte, and then I'm gonna go a bit deeper into it, all. Right, guy. So we just left the Tall Tour Charlotte, North Carolina, and the average height in the building was like, I don't know what. I look down, yes, like like. Everybody out there, I don't know. I don't like. Tall girls can't have anything that's the world this story. So I just left the Tall Tour here in Charlotte and I wasn't even able to get in. I got there around like right before six o'clock and it was already at capacity. When I got to the door. They were like the lady that was to the door and said that I could get on the list if I wanted to, like get on the wait list, and that the weight list was gonna be approximately two hours. But what was irritating me was the amount of short people this out there. And I know that it was an event that said welcome there was supposed to be available for all heights, but it's just like it's a tall tour, you know, like it's supposed to be tall people. So I'm looking in there and I'm seeing a whole bunch of short people, and I'm and I'm not this tallless person, so maybe, I mean the tall girls might not even feel like I'm even qualified to speak on this, but I'm five eight and a half on a good day, so I just, you know, round up the five to nine. But I'm bloked, and I'm seeing a whole bunch of short people on the inside me while we outside waiting it can't even get in, and that's just so annoying to me. And it's like, for me, it was never about going trying to me the man. I really was interested and just going just to mingle, you know. But it is kind of annoying because it's it's supposed to be for tall people, and all I see in the comments on these videos are all a bunch of short women talking about theyre going to be the tall man. Well, you know what, I hope you had fun. I hope you met the man of your dreams in there, and you know, maybe they'll have another tall event that is more exclusive to tall people so that I can actually get in next time. Speaking of height, why they had the Tall Tour in Charlotte, and why are people saying that there were so many short like five four five five five three people that showed up to that Tall Tour. I knew as soon as they did the first Tall Tour and they saw all those tall men that all the short women were gonna go. I knew it. I knew that's the only reason why they're going is because they want to go and find a boyfriend. That is crazy work. Does that make male center, Yes or no? I want to know, does that make you all male center, that y'all hijack something because you want to go and see tall man kind. Know y'all not going for the women. Y'all definitely not going to see tall women. I know y'all not going for tall women at all. Y'all going for the men. I wonder if there was a tall tour that was women only, if the short women would still go. Y'all think if there was a tall tour for strictly women, that the short women will still want to go. Oh, y'all think they would sit their bus at home like some people were, like they had they could even get in because they said there were so many people. They said the average tide was almost five five. I just feel like, if you're short, you don't have to go to a tall tour event to find tall people. Just say you're greedy bro, like bro at five one, everybody's taller than you. I'm so sorry the short girl is turned it into a speed dating event. They said, Oh, all the tall men in one place. Oh, we're showing up because I hope. I hope y'all found a boyfriend, because most of the time y'all won't be finding no boyfriend from these type of events. So, in summary, the drama surrounding the Tall Tour event and Charlotte was marshall around the fact that shorter people, especially shorter women, were in these events, and there were a lot of them in these events, and the taller women were annoyed because it's like, this is a space specifically for us, It's an event specifically for us. Why are y'all here? Now? Tyler made this event open to all. He said all sizes are welcome, and that's where a lot of people were kind of frustrated by that. Now with that, I want to say, as someone who has a podcast specifically for tall women but also knows that shorter people are gonna listen to this and comment on it and may even find some validity in it, I can understand why he did that trying not to be discriminatory to say, yeah, like, yes, we loved the fact that we're celebrating being tall, but we also want to celebrate all people on all heights. And I could partially understand why he did that. And also logistically, this man has like what like two million, at least two million followers across all platforms. How are you gonna like how like what do you say this like on your social media platforms? How are you going to pick out the tall people and make sure that it's only tall people at this event? Like? How are you going to kick out the shorter people? You know what I mean? Cause lines were like when I went to New York City, if I didn't go like early early. First of all, I got there early. I got there like forty five minutes early, and there was already a long line and listen, people were talking about how the line was wrapped around the block twice. Okay, there are a lot of people who follow this man, a lot of people who are coming out to this event, so it's kind of hard to logistically, you know, say, oh, like how tall are you know you can't come in? How tall are you know you can't come in? And then on top of that, these establishments they're trying to make as much money as possible, so they're gonna try they want to invite as many people in because they're more likely to buy food, buy drinks, et cetera. Now, maybe a couple of things that could have been done differently is a there was actually a Facebook group specifically on providing updates for the tall. To run and so forth. And then in order to enter that Facebook group, because I entered the Facebook group, you had to put your height in. Now there was like no way to really verify it, like they didn't ask for ID or anything, but either way, you still had to like put your height in and then they would accept you based on your height. And they literally had height requirements. For this specific Facebook group. So maybe they could have done it a thing where it's like, oh, you're only able to like get in if you are in this Facebook group where it's verified that you're tall. Maybe they could put a link in there specifically for this Facebook group. But I also understand that not everybody has Facebook, so maybe it could have been a thing like I don't know, like maybe the languaging around it could have been better, Like how he specifically said all sizes are welcome, maybe not including that. You don't necessarily just say oh, like sure people aren't allowed, sure people are in band, but when you say all sizes are welcome, that's kind of like an invitation for them to come in. So maybe like not having that length in there, just specifying tall tour This is a bit for tall people. Da da da dah. Maybe it would have made shorter people less likely. Not I mean, obviously it's not absolute, but maybe it would have been less likely that as many short people would have attended if that languaging wasn't in there. And listen and I can back it up. There were definitely short people at the Tall Tour event. There were some video circulating around TikTok around that. But also when I went myself to the one in New York City, I met somebody who was four to ten a whole foot shorter than me. Why she was there, I don't know. And that's the thing is, like why are people Why are shorter people coming to an event specifically meant for tall people? Like why would you go to an event that is not necessarily for short people, it's for tall people. Now, a lot of the tall women on TikTok that went to the Charlotte Tour are saying that a lot of the shorter women were there at least to find a tall man. They were saying the tall girlies were saying that the short girlies were there trying to find tall men. That was the primary reason. I'm pretty sure there were a lot of other reasons. One person said that she wanted to go and feel small. Okay, I'm pretty sure a lot of people wanted to meet Tyler, obviously because he's pretty big on social media. But the tall women were claiming that the shorter women were there to meet tall men, and they were arguing with the shorter women to basically leave the tall men alone and leave the tall men for us. And it's like, is the obsession over tall men worth it? Listen as a tall girlly myself, I get it, But between tall women yelling at short women saying to leave the tall men for us, but then shorter women coming back and saying, oh, I want my kids to be tall, to the point where they're attending tall specific events, is it really that deep? Not only is there not a lot of tall men out there anyways, but a lot of them also suck. And then on top of that, as a shorter woman yourself, anywhere you go, everybody is taller than you. You can find somebody taller than you out there in the world. Do you really need to come to tall specific events to find tall men? I don't know. I just think the idea of going to a tall specific event simply define you with tall man like it just like it bothers me, like yes, Like if you happen to meet somebody there, like, go for it. But the point is it's supposed to be a community building thing. You're supposed to meet other tall people. You're supposed to make friends with other tall people. You're supposed to Yes, like you can even meet Tyler there because he's pretty big on social media. The point is to be in a space with other tall people so you feel like you belong, but listen to each their own. That's just my personal opinion. But it's like I personally wouldn't show up to a short like if there was a short tour in New York City. Once I see the words short, I'm automatically not like I'm scrolling past. I would not want to be at an event filled with short people. I would for that was my life, that was my entire life. I don't want to be around a bunch of short So if you see Tall Tour, what enticed? Okay, I already know what enticed to do to be at the Tall Tour. I just said it, But I just find it weird, Like just like a lot of the people on TikTok said, can we just have this moment? It's one night, one night out. Of three hundred and sixty five sometimes three hundred and sixty six nights, one night, and y'all couldn't just let us have this moment? You know? I mean, like, I get it. You want to tell with your friends that meet your friends after, meet your friends after. There's no need for all this, Okay, in my personal opinion, If you see a tall tour and it's a tall man hosting it and it's surrounding the fact that people are tall, please like, there is really no need for that. Many short people or short people in general so want to go. I don't know, I just find that very very weird. But listen, let me know your thoughts. If you went to the Tall Tour New York City, if you went to the Tall towards Charlotte, let me know what you thought about the events and let me know your opinions on it. Now, there's another trend that's going around. It's the imagine if we spoke to fat people the way we spoke to tall people, or some variation of that. That trend is going around right now. And before getting into that, I want to play a couple of clips. Excuse me, I'm sorry. I'm not trying to be annoying. I'm sure people ask you this all the time. Would you mind eating this for thank you? Thank you so much. It's uh, I just can't finish it, but thank god you came along. Are both of your parents gigantic fat? Or mom's side? Really? Wow? I saw a TikTok that said, imagine if we treated fat people the same way that we treat tall people, and that idea is hilarious to me. Imagine you're just like. Wow, how much do you weigh? You're huge? Three point fifty? Oh my god, you are so fat? Who's fat? Your mom or your dad? Are they both? Oh? You get it from your dad's side. Okay, Wow, your mom's actually kind of skinny. Interesting, Wow, you must eat so much food. So the whole point of this trend is to basically bring to light how intrusive is that the correct word? How ridiculous? How out of pocket? Some of the questions and comments that people say to tall people just basically to point out how out of pocket those things are. I honestly love the fact that we're bringing light to this because some of the comments that tall women get have to stop because why are some people telling tall women, I'm so glad you're tall because I love climbing trees on the first date? Mind you. Now, as for the trend itself, I feel like it's definitely very effective and show how uncomfortable and disrespectful some of these things are. It also exposes how normalized it is to comment on tall people's bodies, like people feel entitled to make jokes, they feel entitled to ask very invasive questions or make backhanded compliments that they wouldn't usually do to other body types. And in my personal opinion, and listen, I'm not trying to invalidate anybody's experiences. I'm not trying to demean anyone or anyone's experiences and so forth. In my personal opinion, I feel like the comments around weight are much harsher than the comments and questions around height, or like those questions and comments around weights are more likely to be seen as like harsher or ruder than comments surrounding height. And that's because I personally feel like height in society is seen as more positive in many ways than weight, and that honestly goes for all whether you're a tall man, tall woman, tall non binary person, or whatever it may be. Having height, whatever you are and whatever you are, is honestly more positive than if you have a bit more weight to you, whatever gender you are. And that's how it's seen in society as a whole. So, and that's how it's seen in society as a whole so a lot of times. Obviously not all the time because people just love being shit of, disrespectful or weird. But there are some instances where people will ask the highth questions, where people will make the height comments and so forth out of awe, out of admiration. Even out of jealousy. And I know jealousy has a bit of a negative connotation, but it's coming from a place of oh, I wish I had that, I wish I was as tall as this person. And so that's because they see it in a positive light. They see it as something that they want to have, and people make comments out and ask questions out of those emotions, because again they see height as something that's positive, whereas if they're making the fat comments or asking the fat questions, it's more likely to be seen as something that's negative because people view that as unhealthy or maybe even unattractive. And listen, I know that's not everybody. Everybody views these things differently and so forth, but that's like I personally feel like the general consensus. I'm not saying whether or not being fat is a good or bad thing. Okay, do not come for me, and so once again, I'm not trying to invalidate or demean anybody's experiences and so forth, But I feel like that trend is kind of making the whole tall thing a bit deeper than it really needs to be. Like, yes, the comments and questions are annoying, They're terrible. They stick in the back of our minds like oh my gosh, like why are people asking me this? Like I'm hyper aware of my height now, so forth, and so on, Like listen, I get it. But it's also as we get older, I think I personally feel like the height questions of comments are more annoying than genuinely hurtful, whereas at any age the fat comments and the fat questions can be hurtful all the time, if that makes sense. I just wanted to bring the light to that trend that's going around, and honestly, I would love to hear your thoughts on this, whether you agree with me or disagree and so forth. But I don't know. I think that there are two completely different things, and I'm glad that, like I said, it's bringing light to how weird and out of pocket some of these questions of comments are. But I still do think that a lot of people ask or make these comments surrounding height because they view it in a positive light, whereas with the fat comments and questions, it's less likely to be seen as in a positive light. But that's just my two cents. Let me know what you thought, what you think about that, and honestly, let me know what you think about this whole episode. I'm probably just gonna end here. Thank you so much for tuning in. I really appreciate it, and I appreciate you. Of course. I always feel free to hit me up on my socials at a Tall Girls podcast, and let me know what you thought about this episode. What do you think about the whole Tall Tour drama with all the short people flooding the Tall Tour event in Charlotte or Tall Tour events, and just in general, what do you think about the trend of imagine we speak to fat people the way we speak to tall people. Listen, all people are beautiful. Everybody's beautiful in their unique way. I'm not saying anything is like bad or any body type is bad or whatever. Maybe I'm just talking about people's viewpoints of tall and people's viewpoints of fat. So just let me know what you think about what I said in the comments. You can send me a DM whatever it may be, whatever works for you, And yeah, I hope you have a great rest of your day, week, here, month, life, whatever it may be for you, and I will catch you in the next one. Good Night and goodbye.