I thought this tweet was a great one to talk about for this blog entry. While the hype surrounding body image issues has significantly decreased in recent years, it is still a topic of great discussion. We all know that celebrities play a huge role in this body image topic, considering some of our favorite actresses or singers might appear a certain way on a magazine cover and we strive to emulate that person. This issue especially seems to be a huge deal amongst girls but I'm sure the same is applicable to guys. What I find the most interesting though, is just how often our image of the "ideal" body seems to change so frequently.
I can remember not too long ago, it seemed like every magazine cover was something like this:
Magazine covers showed celebrities from Paris Hilton to Lindsay Lohan and even some models, like Kate Moss. It was nearly everywhere! We saw the skin and bones of some of our favorite celebrities and although many of these magazine covers were denouncing their severe weight loss, these celebrities were still gaining much attention, which could lead one to believe that they were actually being praised for being so skinny. During that time, it seemed like weight loss surgeries and procedures were all the rave in an effort to lose weight and have these "ideal" bodies. Then, our societal views seemed to shift, as the bodies of people like Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez and more recently, Kim Kardashian and Nicki Minaj have been gaining much attention. These women are known as being more curvy. They have larger butts, wider hips, thicker thighs. Their bodies are now the "ideal" standard. We've taken this whole body image thing to such an extreme that I've heard that women are able to get injections put into their butts to make them more voluptuous. Ultimately, this is absolutely ridiculous! Women will never be able to successfully achieve this "ideal" body because it is impossible to achieve it. We can work out until we're 98 pounds or pay thousands of dollars to have larger butts and boobs but in the end, we will still never view ourselves as good enough. I decided to use this person's tweet because I love their confidence in accepting themselves just as they are. More people, namely women, need to have a similar view of themselves, which can seriously help us get over this societal obsession with perfecting our bodies.
This girl's confidence in herself and acceptance of who she is is really inspiring and awesome. It's ridiculous to think that all women are capable of fulfilling the "ideal" no matter how it changes through time. Everyone's body is different and it should be a goal to be healthy for yourself. In other twitter news I actually saw today that Lady Gaga tweeted #donteat to her followers and is now under serious fire for the comment
ReplyDeleteIt's so true about the kim kardashian and nicki manaj thing. I was excited because their bodies are considered beautiful, and they aren't stick thin either! It's unfortunate that women feel the need to get injections in their bodies than just appericating what they have. It's true to say that the perfect body changes throughout time. How can it be possible to keep up with constant shift? Hopefully one day all women will be able to be considered beautful, not just the in shape.
ReplyDeleteI know it is hard for many people to be concerned about their body image but everyone should be happy with who they are. Whether skinny or fat or whatever people should embrace who they are. No matter what you look like there is going to be someone who thinks you are attractive. I hate just talking about body image because a personality is far more important to me. I would rather be with someone I can talk to as opposed to just some good looking person.
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