Real Women Are Curvy?

Betty and Shaniqua by the Sea by Summer Scott (me)

EUUUUGHHH!!

OK! So! It may have been published 3 years ago but I came across an article which brought up some subjects which I find the views and opinions around it very interesting to debate:

http://shine.yahoo.com/fashion/is-beyonca-s-vogue-cover-racist-431033.html?fb_action_ids=10150717184772449&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_ref=type%3Aread%2Cuser%3Aq9r8oNTSbd3y-3jlHdySmHzJ0Lg&fb_source=other_multiline&code=AQCERX5_sHS-suPqksMc-uAG2Nd9IIdviCtFrYRP6N0mT_qYD7YzVOBrsOPacpl5hIvU-oKb_TXA2v8YYzP09iXrG2g0U1rsUp0UMfMsIleY3MYIRSBXgEkLPq__M1JSerRUQeJ98FtD7kyRfN8wua1RNx8TsqEZwjZcm9mn242uG9fPqX4SO2sE-E6MwhEzRso#_=_

So basically it's saying 'Oh! They've gone and found the world's favourite curvy, black woman to put on their real women are curvy issue. How annoying! Omg! I hate Vogue! They're so racist and stereotypical!'

Well let me just say, in my opinion, the only person who seems to be coming over as racist and stereotypical is the mind set of the writer who wrote that article!  Jheeze! Vogue most probably wanted to put Beyonce on that cover cos 1. She's Beyonce! and 2. She's curvy! To think that they chose her cos she's black and 'of course! all black girls are curvy!' makes the person pointing the finger the one with the racist, stereotypical mindset! 


The part of the Vogue cover which I disagree on and that the article has missed to address in the first place is the statement 'Real Women Are Curvy' Umm.....no. Just no. I have nothing against curvy OR skinny girls. What I have against body image is the way the media throws this shit in to our eyes what makes us REAL WOMEN! 
A real woman looks a certain way because that's beautiful and a real woman is beautiful! So does that mean all other women who aren't this label of 'Real' are ugly? Well then that'd be missing out on a hell of a lot of lovely ladies because we are all different and cos there are so many different looks there can never be ONE image to focus on which defines a real woman. But if we were to ever look at what makes someone beautiful, in my opinion, it should be health. Showing anorexia/obesity/overweight/underweight as beautiful is like showing alcohol/smoking/over eating/drugs as healthy. 
To me healthy is beautiful cos it's evident to see that they feel good and feeling good and being happy is beauty. Even then, some people can be slimmer or bigger than each other but that's ok cos we're all different. In a way, that makes us all the same. 


Ramble over! Peace out! xxxxxxx

Song of the day = It All Feels the Same by Tennis
(shame about the picture in the video for this lovely song :l)

Betty and Shaniqua Get Swallowed up by the Sea Tide, by same person