Comments on: N is for Naked http://www.genpink.com/n-is-for-naked/ Straight from the mouth of a Gen Y Woman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:51:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: wishcake http://www.genpink.com/n-is-for-naked/#comment-2304 wishcake Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:53:02 +0000 http://www.genpink.com/n-is-for-naked/#comment-2304 This one really struck a chord with me. I think that the whole body-fixation really comes into play in the twenties. Not sure why that is, but I see it in all my friends, my sisters...there are only a few people I know who never seem to comment at all on how they wish they were thinner. I hate how much I think about it, but then I can't stop it even when I decide, "Today, I love my body". It's odd, because it's almost unheard of to be completely at peace with your body - thighs, curvy tummy, size 6-16 and more. I truly hope things change - in the media, in our own minds, in the world. My nine year old sister was commenting on how she has tummy rolls, when she the most petite, skinny thing you'd ever see. I hate to think that her older sisters were the ones that taught her to look at herself in that way...and the sad thing is, I think we are to blame. It's going to take a whole lot more than a few "normal size" models and those glorious Dove ads to change things, and I'm not sure where it is heading at this point...but we can only try our best to love ourselves first, and then hopefully the rest will come. This one really struck a chord with me. I think that the whole body-fixation really comes into play in the twenties. Not sure why that is, but I see it in all my friends, my sisters…there are only a few people I know who never seem to comment at all on how they wish they were thinner. I hate how much I think about it, but then I can’t stop it even when I decide, “Today, I love my body”. It’s odd, because it’s almost unheard of to be completely at peace with your body - thighs, curvy tummy, size 6-16 and more.

I truly hope things change - in the media, in our own minds, in the world.

My nine year old sister was commenting on how she has tummy rolls, when she the most petite, skinny thing you’d ever see. I hate to think that her older sisters were the ones that taught her to look at herself in that way…and the sad thing is, I think we are to blame.

It’s going to take a whole lot more than a few “normal size” models and those glorious Dove ads to change things, and I’m not sure where it is heading at this point…but we can only try our best to love ourselves first, and then hopefully the rest will come.

]]> By: Tanja http://www.genpink.com/n-is-for-naked/#comment-2134 Tanja Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:51:15 +0000 http://www.genpink.com/n-is-for-naked/#comment-2134 Right on! Right on!

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