um, this? IS NOT FAT
Jan. 6th, 2010 01:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seldearOkay, I have a rant.
The Body Beautiful: a fashion photoshoot with "plus-size" models.
Some of the comments fill me with rage. People are going on about how these women are overweight, obese, unhealthy... It really says quite a lot about how the fashion industry has twisted our perceptions of female size. These women are not fat. They are not even obese (unless you go by the BMI, and darlings, according to the BMI I am obese). They are curvy, with hips and breasts and waists. Yes, they are a "plus" size (probably US 12-14), but that is not the same as "unhealthy".
Incidentally, a waif-thin model is just as capable of being unhealthy as one of these women. Just. As. Capable.
*grr*
The Body Beautiful: a fashion photoshoot with "plus-size" models.
Some of the comments fill me with rage. People are going on about how these women are overweight, obese, unhealthy... It really says quite a lot about how the fashion industry has twisted our perceptions of female size. These women are not fat. They are not even obese (unless you go by the BMI, and darlings, according to the BMI I am obese). They are curvy, with hips and breasts and waists. Yes, they are a "plus" size (probably US 12-14), but that is not the same as "unhealthy".
Incidentally, a waif-thin model is just as capable of being unhealthy as one of these women. Just. As. Capable.
*grr*
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