Like an Explicit Content Disney Film.: Personally, I hate skinny girls... (read below and view images :) xo)
Like ones that have no shape to them because they’re so stick thin. It’s ugly. Come on, where’s the beauty in it? You’re a woman, you’re ment to have stunning curves, to excentuate the beauty of the female. What’s so attractive of having the body of a 10 year old boy? I’m not talking about having…
Like I’ve said before, I don’t know when “body acceptance” became all about being “anti-thin.” Can I just point out that some women are naturally thin? And have small body frames? And are completely healthy at weights that might seem, to some, “sickly”?
Furthermore, all this movement seems to do is refer to Marilyn Monroe and other women who were/are conventionally beautiful. Maybe that provides some contrast to the current size 0 ideal, but aside from that, vintage pictures of women who were just as made up and objectified as today’s models don’t really challenge beauty standards (and for the record, just because they weren’t underweight doesn’t mean they weren’t scrutinized over their bodies, forced to lose weight, or on ridiculous eating/exercise regimens). I mean, why are they always white? And in lingerie that accentuates their perfect hourglass figures? Where are the plus-size women? And the women of color? And the women with muscular bodies? And the short women? And the women with small breasts?
If you want to see a woman who really challenges our beauty standards, take a look at Heather Cassils.
Most should be familiar with Heather Cassils — she was featured in Lady Gaga’s Telephone video, and recognized for her particularly ‘masculine’ body… which means she doesn’t have the curves you’re looking for, so I guess she’s not expressing her gender in an acceptable manner. I think she looks amazing.
Sabra Johnson is another woman I find beautiful…
Sabra’s tiny (which is apparently horrible and disgusting because size 0 is so bad!!!), but she’s also solid muscle. This also isn’t a completely exoticized image that exaggerates her breasts and butt, which is the only kind of image the media is interested in when it comes to black women. So I’d say that Sabra both defies beauty standards and proves that women who don’t have the curves of a pin-up model aren’t gross.
Megan Carter falls into the same category of ‘incredibly talented dancer.’
…but she’s bigger than the average dancer, and has been told she’ll have difficulty finding a job because of her body. And yet she’s beautiful, extremely flexible, and a graceful performer.
That’s certainly not an exhaustive list — there’s a lot more ground to cover in terms of the diversity of races, ages, gender identities, body sizes, etc. — but these are three examples of women who aren’t Twiggy or Marilyn, which I think that makes my point clearly enough. There are a lot of problems with our beauty standards beyond the coveted size 0, and I’m not sure why people act like there’s something revolutionary about idolizing models who weigh a bit more instead. Do I think not having stick-thin models shoved in my face every day would help my self-esteem and stop encouraging eating disorders in women? Yes, absolutely. But telling women they’re ugly because they’re “meant to have curves” isn’t exactly what I call appreciating women or their bodies.
