We live in a world where a large chest and a tiny waist are considered the norm. We're in an age where anyone can get online and mask themselves to say nasty things and create nasty websites to bring women down. This is a time when a size 14 is fat, and a woman of my size (26/28) is considered the "easy conquest" and some man's little ego booster. Real women come in so many shapes and sizes, and so many people fail to understand the purpose of the phrase "real women have curves." It isn't to put down women who aren't as curvy, or to say they're not real women--it's a movement of empowerment.
It was a typical night for me last night--messing around on Youtube watching the latest two installments of Corey Williams and "Dude Like Hella", dying to go to Vid-Con, and wishing I had time and friends to go to Chicago's Comic-Con. (Well, I DO have friends, just not enough time. >_<) I noticed that csandreas had a video about Curvy women. It was there for a while, and I have to admit that I feared clicking it. Was it going to be praise for the over-rated Kim Kardashian? Though I'm a big gal, I do have friends who would be considered as thick or curvy, and a lot of them are beautiful women.
While I mulled over watching the video, I thought of all the jerks in the world who've put women like them down for how they looked. I know everyone has their type, but I'm talking about some really uncalled for stuff. Point blank--they were calling them fat, cow, etc. Well, you can't really take out the time to "straighten out" every single moron online with an opinion. I hate to let things like that go, though. Negative body images are thrown at women all the time. You'd be shocked how many women in this world admire the ads in mags and such, not realizing (or caring) that they're 'shopped to death and it's darn near impossible to look like that without the aid of either insanely good genetics, or really, really great makeup and surgery. It's a digital level of perfection that cannot be achieved unless you've got PhotoShop or some other kind of altering program on your body physically.
It was a typical night for me last night--messing around on Youtube watching the latest two installments of Corey Williams and "Dude Like Hella", dying to go to Vid-Con, and wishing I had time and friends to go to Chicago's Comic-Con. (Well, I DO have friends, just not enough time. >_<) I noticed that csandreas had a video about Curvy women. It was there for a while, and I have to admit that I feared clicking it. Was it going to be praise for the over-rated Kim Kardashian? Though I'm a big gal, I do have friends who would be considered as thick or curvy, and a lot of them are beautiful women.
While I mulled over watching the video, I thought of all the jerks in the world who've put women like them down for how they looked. I know everyone has their type, but I'm talking about some really uncalled for stuff. Point blank--they were calling them fat, cow, etc. Well, you can't really take out the time to "straighten out" every single moron online with an opinion. I hate to let things like that go, though. Negative body images are thrown at women all the time. You'd be shocked how many women in this world admire the ads in mags and such, not realizing (or caring) that they're 'shopped to death and it's darn near impossible to look like that without the aid of either insanely good genetics, or really, really great makeup and surgery. It's a digital level of perfection that cannot be achieved unless you've got PhotoShop or some other kind of altering program on your body physically.
Csandreas message is so positive and SO beautiful. He's about my age and I found myself smiling at everything he had to say. His analysis of the cover of Cosmo made me go back and check out a few copies. Are they all the cleave-showin' pictures he's talking about? Well....yeah. A sobering account indeed. The majority of the covers I searched for all have some lady with major cleave or skin going on. I also noticed how many of them had a sex topic on the top left-hand side of the cover lady's face. C-san also asked a good question when he asked whom exactly is this magazine for. On a basic level, sure a woman would appreciate seeing another woman for a look idea, but it does seem to appeal more to men (or Lesbians, but I'm pretty sure the mag is trying to gear it toward men with no consideration for a woman at all...).
Don't get me wrong, Kim is beautiful. The celebration of her curves is great too. I'm just not fond of the overdone exposure of her. I just think there should be so much more exposure of the thicker women in the world. In any case, it was insanely refreshing to get a male's point of view on this. It also helped me to realize in this battle of weight loss, I don't want to lose it ALL. In my dream world, I'd like to be the same size as my mother. She was not a tiny lady, but she wasn't a big one either. I can look at her and guess she was about 135-140 pounds tops.
I have to agree with csandreas 100%. Thicker women are beautiful. This is why I'm crazy about Amber Rose and love looking at pictures of the plus-size models for my favorite clothing stores. Though I am bigger than them, I feel more comfortable looking at them for my ideas/ideals of beauty. In this day and age, it's SO important to have a positive body image and not necessarily listen to every person in this world who has something to say about your body. Everyone likes who they like, and some people are just flat out shallow and opinionated over it just to make you feel bad. Just like Chris (that's his name, by the way) says, there's somebody out there for everyone's body type. But first, you have to love yourself.