If you’ve ever seen the show Mad Men you know Joan (Christina Hendricks). Even I’m attracted to her. She’s feisty, complicated, a little bit icy, but a little bit delicate too, and she makes heads turn wherever she goes. Her character is complex and fascinating, yet the thing most people notice are her curves. With good reason too. She has a fabulously gorgeous and real body, but I think the real reason we notice it is because it’s so rare that we see this version of the female body in entertainment.
I just read an article on this in New York Magazine http://nymag.com/fashion/10/spring/63808/ and wanted to know your thoughts on it.
The media keeps telling us that “curves are back”, but I wonder what their definition of curves are. Christina Hendricks definitely has a fabulous figure, but most of the time when you read articles about this they go to the other extreme and profile a very overweight celebrity. Now, I’m not saying that being overweight isn’t ok, but why do they have to be so drastic? It’s almost like they’re trying to apologize for profiling so many skinny celebrities and models by going to the opposite extreme. There’s something to be said about being healthy and looking healthy, and not being too skinny or too overweight.
A few months ago Glamour magazine profiled a “plus size model”. Here she is: http://www.glamour.com
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If this is plus size than most women in America are in trouble. I find it almost offensive that they call this plus size. It just seems so insincere. So many women applauded Glamour for this photo, because it’s not the norm, but I think women are doing themselves a disservice by accepting that this is plus size. We’ve become accustomed to twig like arms that we think any body that isn’t see-through is plus sized.
You know what, now that I think about it, why does the media have to profile only one body type? Why can’t it be a plethora of figures? That way we won’t hold any specific one to a standard.
Christina Hendricks says that she’s bored by talk of her body and I think we have to follow her on this one. We can’t deny that looks matter, they do, but so does confidence. I don’t think we notice Christina Hendricks on Mad Men solely for her body, it’s her assertiveness and poise that really makes her and her body stand out.
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