Size 10 as "plus size"?

[kitkat307]

Looks like LJ is deleting inactive accounts, so guess I'd better write something since I haven't in quite some time. So, will talk about what I just read in the news about PLUS SIZE model Crystal Renn. WTF! Plus size at a size 10? Unless something has changed, I think the average size American woman is actually between a 12 & 14, so shouldn't she be an UNDER SIZE model? And maybe those size 0 & 2 models should be called ANOREXIC SIZE models.  Or maybe, just maybe, they should just be called MODELS, regardless of their freaking size. Guess that's too novel an idea for the fools that run the fashion industry, & are always trying to push down our throats how we women are never thin enough, & just never quite good enough period when it comes to looks & size. It's no wonder so many girls & women have such poor self images (including myself) & are forever judging themselves by some damn magazine cover. Magazines like "People" certainly don't help. Does a week go back where they are not highlighting some Hollywood female celebrity who has lost weight? It's one of the reasons I no longer buy the magazine. Several months ago I thought I'd retry "People" magazine, as it was offered for 3 months free at "Books-A-Million", & I found in that 3 months, that they still haven't changed & are still obsessed with women losing weight, so needless to say, I won't be continuing once there's a charge for it. What I do find rather amusing, although also rather sad, is that some of these celebrities are apparently still so into the crap that only a size 6 & under is acceptable, that they are lying about their new size! It's so obvious that so & so who refers to herself as now a size 4 or 6, is certainly no smaller than a 12. HOW SAD! They should be proud of their healthier new weight instead of telling such an OBVIOUS lie. I have forever wrestled with weight as an adult (thankfully not so much when I was a child). When I was working, we moved to a new location & they now had a company gym. I joined & actually lost 35 pounds (without dieting) & went from an 18WP (even the occasional 20 in pants) to a 14WP overall, & even was fitting into some size 12 skirts & tops! I felt better, & could walk faster & farther without losing my breath. But, according to the fashion industry, I was still FAT, & therefore quite frankly, ugly, which is always equated with being normal sized, let alone "plus" sized. Well, then in November 2008 I was laid off from my job of 9 years, & unfortunately have gained back at least half since then. And I'm back into my old feelings of being way too fat, & therefore ugly. It's a terrible feeling, & one that I know is just  validated by everything we see on TV, in magazines, etc, but I think it's a feeling most of us women have. And I don't think I know even one woman, friend, former co-worker, acquaintance, relative, etc, who does not feel physically inadequate in one way or another. I'd like to think that maybe it's all changing, but it's articles like this, & recently, the Ralph Lauren ad where they took a size 4 model, & photo shopped her too look so thin that she looked like she'd just walked out of a death camp, that makes me wonder if things really are changing for the better. Also, I have read statistics where young girls are obsessing more now than ever before, about their weight & looks, & even boys & men are starting to get into this crap. THAT'S the wrong direction! And the so called "reality" programming on these days certainly doesn't help. (examples-"You're Cut Off" on VH1 which has young girls already addicted to Botox, breast augmentation surgery, etc. & those "Housewife" shows with women who have had so much work done that they barely look human anymore). Hopefully, the more people who are disgusted by all of this, will actually let their thoughts be known. Not just in "comment" responses when these things pop up, but in not buying from designers who will only hire size "0" & "2" models, & in not buying magazines which play into it, & MOST IMPORTANTLY, for those who are fortunate enough to have children, but especially girls, to make sure that they are raised in knowing that who they are as human beings IS NOT defined by their size, but by their character.

Now, that all being said, there is still nothing wrong with getting to a healthy weight-but NOT because of Hollywood & the fashion industry, but because it makes us feel better physically, & therefore mentally. And that DOESN'T mean striving to be a size "0", (& since when did that become healthy for anyone over about 5 feet tall?) but simply  learning to live a more healthy life style & NOT being defined by our dress size.