What is beautiful?
That question is very difficult to answer. I find a lot of things and people beautiful. Women and men may define beauty differently, people of different ages too. One thing I cannot stand is what the media potrays as beautiful. Latley, I have noticed watching t.v or flipping through magazines everyone looks the same. There is no diversity in the way people look. The same body types, same hair, same make-up styles. Im not getting it!
I saw this Dove video about 2 years ago, it always stuck with me because this is what everyday people, and young kids are looking at, and trying to be...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
That women was beautiful to begin with. They made her look completely different. That final image is what young girls are seeing, and saying I want to look just like her, a computer made person. This is why there are so many young girl and boys and even people who are older have so many body image issues. They are striving to look a certain way that is impossible. What kills me the most is, this is acceptable. Magazines put out a new issue monthly, and no one is saying, HEY, you are screwing with everyone who reads this. Don't even get me started on plus-size people in the media, that is a whole other issue. Unless a bigger person is funny, and the butt of all jokes on a t.v show or movie, you will not see one.
Something needs to change! People are evolving, and the media should too. The average size of a women in america is a size 14. Plus size model's sizes start at a size 6. Does anyone else see something not adding up? I could go on forever about this topic because it just bothers me so much. It's not far that someone like me, has to be looked at as different just because of my size, or any other person for any other reason. I hate the media.
Sadly it isn't just the media. We as the general public do this to ourselves. We blame the media because it is easier, however WE are the ones gooing and awwing over the skinny models. We are the ones who put the PLUS on certain sizes. The media didn't. There everyday is a beautiful plus size woman, who gets mocked at by other plus size women! No one is ever happy with what they see unless it is exactly what you want. However, what you want is different from Joe, Bob, Sarah, Tina and so on... It is very sad that "plus size" women get treated differently, but you also have to wonder if they are allowing it? I sure as heck don't. Keep your chin up! Things always change!!
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