Alright, listen. People are all sorts of shapes and sizes, there are some naturally VERY thin people who are very healthy, there are some unnaturally very thin people who are NOT very healthy (and some naturally thin women who aren't healthy, like me..I am super out of shape), there are some naturally fat women who are very healthy, there are some unnaturally fat women who are NOT very healthy? Notice how there can be positive and negative aspects on both sides of spectrum??
Alright so lately everyone has been freaking out about this woman:
OK, so uh sorry about the bondage-y picture, it is the first one I found where she wasn't wearing something over her midsection.
Anyway, everyone is whinging because she has a 20 inch waist. Yes, she is extremely thin, yes she has a tendency to wear corsets in pictures to play up her very thin waist (also they are pretty common in photo-shoots these days), and yes that does look...frankly, alien. However, people are being really mean and saying that she is a bad influence and that she shouldn't be allowed to be a model because this is the kind of thing that gives people Anorexia and/or she is clearly anorexic herself. The woman says that she eats nearly constantly, but just a little at a time because she gets full very quickly, she also claims to have been to several doctors who cannot help her gain weight. Her rib cage doesn't jut out like it does in women who starve themselves. I believe her. I think it is ridiculous that everyone feels like they are allowed to be mean to her because she has a very unusual build, but women who have a similar build but aren't as skinny (as in a very tiny waist in comparison to the rest of them) are often complimented on their shape. Does this seem hypocritical to anyone else? Why is she
less acceptable than her:
Just because you don't think it is attractive, doesn't mean that you get to be mean to another person because of how they look. You don't get to call another person "disgusting" because of how they are shaped. Why do we think it is OK to tell skinny girls "eat a cheeseburger" or call them toothpick but anyone who calls a woman overweight is a monster? Why is it okay to big and beautiful but not skinny and beautiful? Why are women with "curves" allowed to talk about how sexy their curves are but skinny women are made to feel guilty if they talk about being skinny (unless you are a fitness nut, then it is kind of OK? but you don't get described as skinny but "fit" "healthy" or "lean"). Not all skinny girls starve themselves (and to be factual, many people who are suffering from eating disorders are overweight when they get treatment, you don't have to be skinny to be starving to death) and not all fat girls eat too much. Again, from a health standpoint neither extreme has a leg to stand on (with few exceptions, some people are otherwise healthy but weigh too much due to meds or medical and genetic conditions, some people are otherwise healthy but very skinny due to things like hyperthyroidism or genetic conditions) since being overweight is bad for you and so is being underweight. Why can't we just accept that women come in ALL shapes and sizes, some of them are pretty fucking weird, some are unattractive to most people, but none of them are "wrong" and worthy of ridicule (yea ALL shapes, start putting some skinny chicks in those "real women campaigns"). Some people would do better to lose weight, some people should try and gain it, but last I checked unless it is your body or that of someone you are genuinely concerned about, it is none of your damned business. Worry about you, eat healthy, be strong. Being skinny doesn't make you beautiful and neither does being fat. Don't we all have enough shit to deal with??
