it's 12:09 a.m. i worked 12 hours today with about a 20 minute break. i ate pizza for lunch and dinner (it was free; it was topper's; and yes, i was very sober) and spent nearly an hour (445 cals worth) of time on the bike at the gym and NOW here i am.
So what better time to talk about &*^%&^$%^&* body image AND pop culture.......
So what better time to talk about &*^%&^$%^&* body image AND pop culture.......
oh, ferrrrrrrrrrk. It'll likely be my first and last post about these things so savor the mood i'm in and let's knock this out.
As a die-hard Britney Spears fan (judge me, please) I've got to say I can't stop thinking about Christina Aguilera's newly found ass. that thing is TREMENDOUS!
I've not seen a (real (this excludes nikki minaj, fuckers (and no i'm not going to dig up the pix for you this isn't some shit gossip, i've got some actual points to make))) ass like that (shout out to eminem!) on a pop artists in.... well a long time.
See, I started the teenage years in the 2000s.
That was my shit. We saw tons of pop princesses -- mostly Britney and Christina look-alikes. I guess Shakira had curves but she was allowed cuz she's got that latina shit going down. But even our top woman Beyonce got skinnier -- all the Disney-made "artists," too, once they got popular, BAM, they're stick skinny. Britney was basically trashed as being fat for not being as skinny as she was in her early 20s and after having not one, but two kids.
That was my shit. We saw tons of pop princesses -- mostly Britney and Christina look-alikes. I guess Shakira had curves but she was allowed cuz she's got that latina shit going down. But even our top woman Beyonce got skinnier -- all the Disney-made "artists," too, once they got popular, BAM, they're stick skinny. Britney was basically trashed as being fat for not being as skinny as she was in her early 20s and after having not one, but two kids.
A lot of woman girls see as their idols went from healthy, normal looking females to this ultra-thin model stature. And we begin to look at this like it's normal.
I'm not going to get preachy on this because all you have to do is stare Christina A's chest to know where this post is going. This is where it gets interesting because:
she does look better with some meat on her bones.
she does look better with some meat on her bones.
Compare the two videos of her icky try at a pop comeback in her "Not Myself Tonight" video. She slimmed down and compared to her image in her new video, "Your Body," looks gauntly.
In the new video, she's got boobs and ass. And is just as sultry. But looks freaking healthy. And jesus christ, she is thin -- just not stick thin -- woman are not supposed to have bodies totally void of fat, people, genetically, it just doesn't work that way.
A lot of tabloids and, consequently, girls are going to say "she got fat" or "gave up" on herself. Just shows how warped we've become with the images of our bodies. Plus, no one makes money if they can't sell us an image woman can actually be content with.
The whole point is, she's owning it. She looks hot. And trying to achieve thinness isn't beauty, it's what the beauty industry has sold us on. Snap out of it.
