Uh, this might be a totally unpopular opinion, but...
Crystal Renn's stunning, and I do want to see more size diversity in fashion and pop culture. But I'm always really dismayed to see such an either/or mentality like this - right now there are four comments above mine implying that skinny girls are jerks or sick for promoting an unrealistic image of beauty. There are a lot of unhealthy girls in fashion, but there are also a lot of healthy, thin, gorgeous women in fashion, too.
Obviously there's room for improvement. We need more Crystal Renns. But if every model looked like her, then you're still promoting a mentality where some skinny little girl is still looking at that gorgeous size-twelve woman and saying, "I don't look anything like that, which means I'm ugly."
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Date: 2009-12-17 05:13 am (UTC)Crystal Renn's stunning, and I do want to see more size diversity in fashion and pop culture. But I'm always really dismayed to see such an either/or mentality like this - right now there are four comments above mine implying that skinny girls are jerks or sick for promoting an unrealistic image of beauty. There are a lot of unhealthy girls in fashion, but there are also a lot of healthy, thin, gorgeous women in fashion, too.
Obviously there's room for improvement. We need more Crystal Renns. But if every model looked like her, then you're still promoting a mentality where some skinny little girl is still looking at that gorgeous size-twelve woman and saying, "I don't look anything like that, which means I'm ugly."