This morning, Lane Bryant started a hashtag/modeling campaign entitled "#imnoangel" (read about it here).
I'm all for body diversity, but I dislike campaigns like these that seem to put down people who do have the Victoria Secret models' physique. If, for example, there was a hashtag campaign that did the opposite of this hashtag - say, #imnotplussized, there would be a huge uproar. Society would scream and shout and say that this was a completely ridiculous campaign that was hurting the body image of people who were plus sized and making them feel bad. So why is it okay for people to make it seem as though it's a bad thing to be skinny or to "be an angel"?
Just like some people can't lose weight for x,y, and z reasons, not everyone wishes to be this skinny (and have a boyish physique). Believe me.
I'm all for body diversity, but I dislike campaigns like these that seem to put down people who do have the Victoria Secret models' physique. If, for example, there was a hashtag campaign that did the opposite of this hashtag - say, #imnotplussized, there would be a huge uproar. Society would scream and shout and say that this was a completely ridiculous campaign that was hurting the body image of people who were plus sized and making them feel bad. So why is it okay for people to make it seem as though it's a bad thing to be skinny or to "be an angel"?
Just like some people can't lose weight for x,y, and z reasons, not everyone wishes to be this skinny (and have a boyish physique). Believe me.
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