Tonight is the Victoria's Secret fashion show, which means tons of fb statuses are going up about girls feelings of inadequacy and guys admiration of unrealistic body types. I am personally not watching the fashion show because it does not interest me and I would rather not support something that contributes to the cause of women's body issues. My roomate and I were talking about the obsession over events such as this and how sickening it is that tons of people MUST watch this and yet they are not aware of much more pressing issues. Our time is consumed by negative media images constantly and rather than thinking about how seeing skinny models can cause for women's bad feelings about their own bodies, the focus lies in obtaining this unrealistic ideal. Girls watch the fashion show and believe that they can actually be that skinny or reach this unhealthy body image that is only possible for a very small amount of women (sometimes not even until after surgery).
Hearing about the fashion show and reading people's posts brings me back to the Jean Kilbourne talk and makes me wish more people were aware of issues like this. In a perfect world, we would be watching activists and individuals supporting advocacy rather than doing things to cause further problems in the world. I wish people were motivated to watch the Half the Sky documentary that reveals real lives and world tragedy rather than a fashion show with highly priced merchandise and unobtainable body images.
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