Work it.

I wrote this for something else, figured I'd put it here too. Why not.

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So I'm watching Fashiontelevision the other day, and decided to share a few of my thoughts. And a little imagery to back them up.

Pictures of supermodels don't really paint a clear picture of how thin they actually are, most times. The camera actually DOES add ten pounds. Have you ever seen a supermodel in person? I've seen several. (My aunt works in the fashion industry.)



Supermodels are venerated as the absolute ideal that women should strive for. You can say until you're blue in the face that women are supposed to have curves and all that, but enough bullcrap is enough bullcrap, my friend. It's pretty obvious that you just aren't good enough with that BMI over 18 and that butt and those boobs.



That's beautiful, isn't it? Man, when I have a little girl, I'm gonna start her dieting early so that when she gets older, she's ahead of the game. It doesn't matter if you aren't 5'11, you can still be beautiful if you're skinny, right? Maybe if she's my height and somewhere around 80 pounds she'll be as perfect as this. I can only hope.



Not an ounce of fat anywhere. No breasts, no hips, no nothing. The only problem is figuring out how to pass on those beautiful perfect genes when there isn't enough body fat on you to allow you to menstruate. Hm. Maybe that's why so few people look like this. Natural selection?



Oh God, why don't I look like this? Why did nature curse me with a medium frame and muscle tone?



Mmm, Eliana Ramos is so beautiful. Oops, wait. I mean... WAS so beautiful. She died- at 18- of a heart attack six months after her 22 year old sister (Luisel, also a model) died of the exact same thing. Well, obviously they were doing it wrong. Good anas never die! Stay strong, girls, rexi pride!!

Yeah.

The media does not -cause- eating disorders. But it IS damaging the minds of women AND men all over the world. It plants seeds of self-doubt in young, impressionable minds. I know plenty of women who are not clinically eating disordered, and yet they too fret over their waistlines, dread clothes shopping, and pinch themselves unconsciously, staring at themselves in the mirror. They live in a body that is, according to the world, imperfect.

Forgive me for sounding patronizing, but I tend to believe that Queen Latifah (200+ lbs)



is better looking than Nataliya Gotsiy (<95 lbs, keep in mind she's 5'11)



and will also probably outlive her by about 40 years.

Oh well. It's not like things will change anytime soon.



-Jill