She tears Kate Upton apart, likening her to a cow. I have no real personal opinion on Kate Upton herself, I know little about her. Based on the images used in the blog post, yes, some of them aren't as flattering as you would typically see for a fashion model, but these are also RUNWAY shots and NOT studio taken shots. This makes a HUGE difference. Any amateur photographer or life drawing student can tell you that the photos where she seems to have a 'roll' or two have to with the poses and angles the photos were taken at. NOT her body. Any human being, regardless of gender and size can have rolls in a photo if they are not positioned properly. Ever wonder why fashion and cover models always look like their stretching out at weird angles and their heads/necks stick out like a turtle? That's because the photographer placed them in such a way to avoid a double chin or the natural roll effect that comes with bending the human body.
In this post, Fat Pride Burns My Hide, she ridicules the 'plus-size' models in each image and clearly not in an "I honestly believe I'm trying to help" way, but in an incredibly rude, heartless and hurtful way. I'm sorry, but if I had said those sorts of things about anyone when I was young, my mom would have made me apologize, gave me a good long lecture and grounded my ass.
For centuries larger women with curves were considered beautiful and more desired because it was known that they were strong. They were more likely to bear healthy children and survive childbirth. They would be able to help with house hold chores, which involved significantly more physical labour than they do now. Beauty wasn't about how thin you could be, it was about how healthy you were.
"The whole “fat pride” movement is irritating because plus-sizers want to tell us “big is beautiful” and it should be represented more in the modeling industry. I say it’s the opposite: if big really was beautiful, and most people wanted to be big, and wanted to see big people, don’t you think we’d see a lot more fat people modeling? I do. But we don’t – because it isn’t."
- SkinnyGossip.com
"Fat Pride Burns My Hide"
The problem isn't that big's not beautiful, the problem is that the modeling industry is setting unrealistic standards of beauty. Some women have broad shoulders or large hips, some are bigger boned, some are genetically inclined to carry weight on their stomachs or hips, and some aren't genetically capable of losing weight easily. Every body is different and the problem is that only one type, an extremely difficult type for many to achieve, is the only one being represented. Even among that one body type, many of the girls in the industry are constantly being pushed to get thinner and thinner, leading to not only unrealistic beauty standards but unhealthy ones as well.
The images of "ideal" women she posts as "thinspo" or "thinspiration" look sick at best. Beauty isn't being so thin you can barely hold yourself up, beauty is being strong. It's taking care of your body, being active and eating well. Whether you are naturally thin, or naturally big, it doesn't matter, because being beautiful means being healthy.
I'm not sure who re-blogged this, but you're an idiot. You can't be naturally big. But I'm not going to even TRY to knock some sense into you: fat pride girls never change their minds. About anything. Even if you shove cold, hard facts in their faces like it was a Big Mac. There is no use trying to argue with someone who, very much like a cow, will not budge.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.livescience.com/4050-genes-predict-body-shape-fatness.html
ReplyDeleteA simple run down of how one's genetics influence their body shape/size.
For the record, I never said one should be proud of being 'fat'. If you're unhealthy, then that needs to be discussed with your doctor. But because someone has a larger shape/size DOES NOT make them unhealthy. I have an uncle who is quite large, but according to his doctor, he is as healthy as a fit 16 year old.
Someone can be extremely thin, but be incredibly unhealthy. I have a brother who can eat all the chips, chocolate and pop that he wants and he'll never gain a pound, but for years he was depriving himself of the nutrients his body needs to be healthy.
Simply because one has a faster metabolism, or smaller bones does not make them healthy. Just like having a slower metabolism and larger bones does not make them unhealthy. It is the lifestyle they maintain that dictates health; and it is being healthy that dictates what their ideal shape and size is, NOT whether or not they have the frailty of a fashion model.