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You know, there's a reason why I detest morning shows like Good Morning America. Their celebrity gossip stuff is the absolute worst (not to say that the show's competitors are much better). Apparently, there was a story about Miley Cyrus and how she's somehow "too fat". Which only solidifies my disgust for what passes as morning broadcast entertainment these days, because when they showed video of Miley Cyrus, I'm thinking "Are these people blind or are they just assholes?" because the girl is hardly fat; she' thinner than me! I'm thinking both.
Now, normally I don't give a flying shit about the lives of celebrities, but when I see the media criticize a female celebrity because she doesn't look the way they think she ought to look, then I have a problem. Because when you clearly have a not-fat female celeb being called "fat" or declared a "pig" because she eats food the media disapproves of, what kind of message does that send to girls and women in general? That we're somehow not beautiful because we're not impossibly and unhealthily skinny?
And of course the most galling part of it all is that these media outlets act all surprised when the rates of eating disorders like anorexia are on the rise.
Fortunately, Ms. Cyrus is not falling for this body-policing BS and her boyfriend isn't either. Back in my generation when Kate Winslet was considered "brave" for not wavering to the Hollywood Body Police, it was the reason I came to admire her. This whole thing wouldn't necessarily make me an automatic fan of Miley Cyrus in the way that I became a fan of Kate Winslet, but at least I have a bit more respect for her now that she's told the Hollywood Body Police to fuck off her business like Kate Winslet did before her.
Because more women, celebrities or not, need to stand up against the institutional sexism pervading the media that suggests that women must endure pain to achieve the impossible beauty standard. No one should have to deal with half-starvation (I did that once, though not by choice seeing that I had little money for food at the time - not fun) to become thin. No one should have to undergo painful surgeries or questionable chemicals in the quest for a "Fountain of Youth" of sorts.
If we are to be a healthier society, then we need to cut the fat-shaming and the ageism, and come up with better solutions to better health and well-being, starting with banning the use of certain preservatives, corn syrups, and sweeteners that have been known to cause health issues and get them out of our food supply.
Now, normally I don't give a flying shit about the lives of celebrities, but when I see the media criticize a female celebrity because she doesn't look the way they think she ought to look, then I have a problem. Because when you clearly have a not-fat female celeb being called "fat" or declared a "pig" because she eats food the media disapproves of, what kind of message does that send to girls and women in general? That we're somehow not beautiful because we're not impossibly and unhealthily skinny?
And of course the most galling part of it all is that these media outlets act all surprised when the rates of eating disorders like anorexia are on the rise.
Fortunately, Ms. Cyrus is not falling for this body-policing BS and her boyfriend isn't either. Back in my generation when Kate Winslet was considered "brave" for not wavering to the Hollywood Body Police, it was the reason I came to admire her. This whole thing wouldn't necessarily make me an automatic fan of Miley Cyrus in the way that I became a fan of Kate Winslet, but at least I have a bit more respect for her now that she's told the Hollywood Body Police to fuck off her business like Kate Winslet did before her.
Because more women, celebrities or not, need to stand up against the institutional sexism pervading the media that suggests that women must endure pain to achieve the impossible beauty standard. No one should have to deal with half-starvation (I did that once, though not by choice seeing that I had little money for food at the time - not fun) to become thin. No one should have to undergo painful surgeries or questionable chemicals in the quest for a "Fountain of Youth" of sorts.
If we are to be a healthier society, then we need to cut the fat-shaming and the ageism, and come up with better solutions to better health and well-being, starting with banning the use of certain preservatives, corn syrups, and sweeteners that have been known to cause health issues and get them out of our food supply.