Tuesday, August 30, 2011

sticks vs hour glasses

body image is something that i especially struggle with, i feel constantly in an endless competition with other women, and even my close friends, to be my ideal "thiness" or whatever the hell your word of choice is. i used to feel that being self consious about ones body was something you grow out of after you reach a certain age (24 maybe??) but now i realize that a good handful of women have an ageless battle with body image, even my mom complains that shes gained weight or doesnt want to wear a bathing suit even though she's only 42 and has a athlete mom bod.


i recently watched "lets make love" with marilyn monroe. marilyn is one of those universal sex icons, she is undoutably thought of as one the sexyest and beautiful bodasious women of all time!! compare a marilyn monroe curvy diva to our modern model who are 6 feet tall and weigh a total of 85 pounds. marylin was a size 12 compared to the now "healthy" abd "normal" sizes of 0 and 2. a size 6 or 8 is scrutinized amoung american women as being overweight or hefty. what is up with us?? why are we so warped into thinking this way?? why am i so obsessed with my weight?? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH SOCIETY??!!!


who really decides what is beautiful and whats not?? is it the fashion industry, or being self consious about the way the opposite sex views us?? in oriental culture, small feet are considered desirable, thus women would put blocks on their feet when they were young to thwart the growth and create their fairy feet & live with pain and foot problems for life. people think thats going to extremes, but alas in LA culture its the norm to go plastic surgery crazy an morph your entire face into something else and bowling ball status ta tas. what sounds more extreme now.


i wonder when we will wake up and recognize that everyone is born a different unique way and that their "flaws" make them beautiful instead of freakish creatures. curvy used to be in, and i hope it comes back, because id really like to be able to eat whatever i want without guilt. this is something i have to work on.



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  1. mylife & iAugust 30, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    Wow, Jaclyn! I am so proud of you. You have identified the critical points in the size game and you are right, there is no standard age to grow out of any insecurity feeling. The only cure is to start accepting yourself and love your body wholeheartedly. Start to see the beauty in your self and you will be beautiful.
    Once I heard the suicide rate among women who have done Boob-job is 3 times more than women who had no cosmetic surgery. Why? Simply because, although super cheesy, true beauty comes from within. Look at Adele and tell me she is not beautiful. For me and many more, she is one of the most attractive women I have seen in my life.
    I learned as soon as I believe I am beautiful, my beauty shines.

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