Ok, I hardly ever watch those nighttime entertainment shows - but tonight was different. I saw a commercial about a young girl modeling for a national magazine. And (insert valley girl voice here) ohmygod! she was a size 10 and they called her FULL FIGURED! ohforgodssake!!!
What the hell is wrong with this world anymore?? People blame the magazines and movies for girls wanting to become pencil thin..what the hell? This was a "news magazine" show! They called this beautiful young girl who has a SHAPE full figured! Since when did having curves become taboo?
Now I know you are probably thinking I am some short round 51 yr old woman..yadayada... Wrong. I used to be a very large woman. I was a very large young woman. In high school I weighed 230 lbs. I lost 100 lbs my senior year and kept it off. Yes, I gained a lot of weight when I was preggers for my boy...but I took that off too. I wear a size 4/6.
But that doesn't matter...I just get so pissed off at people who put such pressure on these young women to look like lollipops! Straight, no shape and these big heads on their shoulders. There is a commercial for some weight loss program that has a woman stating she used to be a size 10 and now is a size 2! She makes it sound like she weighed 50,000 lbs before! She was a freaking size 10! People treat a size 10 like they used to treat a size 20 or 24! (I wore a size 20, I know!)
ARGHHHHH!
The young woman in that magazine was gorgeous! She has a shape, she is absolutely beautiful! She is NOT a big girl! She is NOT full figured!
She HAS a figure!
Ok, I'll get off my soapbox now. I have a bowl of pretzels calling my name. :)
5 comments:
Good gosh, what was she--3 feet 10 inches tall? UnREAL. At my healthiest, in my youth, with a rockin' bod, I was a size 9-10. Now as a mature woman my healthiest size would be a 12. I want to slap someone. I just posted a rant about Glamour magazine the other day with some similar themes.
I would completely agree with you. Hopefully people will begin to see the light. Fantastic post.
I said the same thing and posted about in...what are they thinking?
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The world is crazy about body image. Before long its going to be considered obese if you're above a size 7. This is absolutely ridiculous. I was so glad to read your post, well written and very true!
Ohio! Your more than slightly insane :O)
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