"Sexy" Timeline

http://notjustskindeep.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/has-thin-always-been-in/ This page focuses on how the perception of sexy has evolved over the years. It begins with fashions in the West where the 'thin' trend seemed to have begun in the first place. As I scrolled down the page I was so shocked to see the older pictures and how much more there is to those women! They seem a little fat to me, but that is only because my mind is warped by today's disgusting standards. I feel so guilty that that is what I first thought. But, in my defense, I was glad to see the bigger size, and the more I looked at these women, the more beautiful they looked. So it seems I no longer have a true view of beauty that I personally hold to a standard. It seems that the media has ripped my views apart and brainwashed me. Maybe seeing these curvy, sexy women will undo a little warping. When I looked at the picture of Marilyn, I saw a body type very similar to my own, and knowing that she was seen as a sex symbol in the 50s and 60s made me realize that beauty has been taken way out of context in modern day modeling and media. As i went down the page the women just get skinnier and skinnier, and to me they became less beautiful. Protruding clavicles, sharp jaw bones, and countable ribs are not attractive, especially when compared to the pictures at the top of the page. If we naturally look more like the curvy women, then why is thin what is now in? We are fighting our natural women-ness to lose our curves. The collage of America's Next Top Model made me feel so fat, and that is just now how it should be. So, let's start a revolution: Long Live Natural Bodies!