Why SHOULDN'T we have some fat fashion models, fat women in toothpaste commercials, etc.
Well I think we should go in to a little more complexity.
What I mean is that we shouldn't just accept obesity as 'normal'. I have no problem if there are fashion models who happen to be fat, as long as they're not trying to make it like being overweight is a good thing because it objectively isn't.
As I said in my original post though, it would be nice if we didn't view beauty as a very narrow slice of perfection, you know? But as for fashion models, I'm of no opinion, they're payed to be that narrow slice to sell stuff, I'd rather not have them at all. :P As for toothpaste commercials and all that, I'd be perfectly happy if there we people that were a bit overweight, maybe not the paragon of a beautiful face, etc too. As I said, I think we need to not be so concerned with physical appearance overall.
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Date: 21/12/10 00:51 (UTC)Well I think we should go in to a little more complexity.
What I mean is that we shouldn't just accept obesity as 'normal'. I have no problem if there are fashion models who happen to be fat, as long as they're not trying to make it like being overweight is a good thing because it objectively isn't.
As I said in my original post though, it would be nice if we didn't view beauty as a very narrow slice of perfection, you know? But as for fashion models, I'm of no opinion, they're payed to be that narrow slice to sell stuff, I'd rather not have them at all. :P As for toothpaste commercials and all that, I'd be perfectly happy if there we people that were a bit overweight, maybe not the paragon of a beautiful face, etc too. As I said, I think we need to not be so concerned with physical appearance overall.