After catching wild criticism for her now infamous partial quote of “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels“. What most news outlets failed to retain is the second half of the quote; “…you try and remember, but it never works.”
This is insane; nobody berates the rotund Beth Ditto for celebrating her size (they wouldn’t dare!), so let’s not pick on the skinny bitches. WWD was clearly baiting her to make a weight related comment, and she followed through with concise honesty.
Let’s face facts – no matter how much ‘real woman’ Dove commercials we get shoved down our throats, nothing will replace the thin woman from the world of modeling. Unlike the era prior to heroin chic, we now know the look of thin. Many may despise or love it, but skinny is here to stay and it won’t do a lick of good to blame a model for it.
When it comes down to it, you’re still in charge of your own body. No matter how many photos you are bombarded with, no matter what you’re told (or not told), you make the decision to be thin, fat or whichever. While eating disorders are legitimate, it’s ludacris to lash out at Kate Moss for wanting to remain at the top of her trade.
The media applauds those ‘real’ women without hesitation, we are no longer permitted to celebrate thin people. I find it utterly offensive that so called ‘thinspiration’ is condemned; it seems that the media would rather we were a society of obesity (hello WALL-E!).
Thin women are ‘real’ women too, and Kate Moss should be lauded for speaking her mind, and not sugaring or falsifying her response. The facts remain that if she became what everyone is so fond of dubbing a ‘real’ woman, she wouldn’t get booked anywhere but Glamour.
Kate has played the world like a puppet; to stay relevant one needs to garner headlines and media interest, and she certainly has done that.
As with everything, this thin hate too shall pass – let’s not get too caught up in sensationalism.
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their just jealous. kate moss is easy pickins but that has also kept her relevant.
11.30.09 @ 3:01 pm@Lingerie: it’s true, she is an easy target. I totally support her truthful statement, and am adamant she has nothing to apologize for!
11.30.09 @ 4:34 pmHmm..I have many slim/svelte friends who hate being referred to as skinny and take offense to it. It’s not nice to say ‘omg you look so skinny.’ They try to gain weight to no avail. I think the reason people don’t want to see it celebrated the way ‘big is beautiful’ is celebrated is because it’s more difficult to attain and it is flashed around in branding in a way obesity is not..thinness is sold and marketed for consumption whereas obesity has little place in the fashion world..
11.30.09 @ 7:29 pmTHIS SFM X100000
12.01.09 @ 11:02 pm@Krista: SFM? Not really up on what that means.. care to explain?
12.01.09 @ 11:06 pmohhh i meant…
this “so f*cking much” as in I agree…a lot with everything said. Sorry ha.
It’s almost as if I wrote this article – its exactly the thing I’ve trying to explain to people about the size debate. I’ve had issues with it being a one sided kind of acceptance and the whole “real women have curves” slogan never sat right with me. I mean, I don’t have hips or a chest, and I’m naturally on the smaller side, does that mean I’m not a woman?
It’s silly to assume the size debate is legitimate when it’s based purely on hypocrisy. It’s just a laughable issue. I’m not going to feel guilty, as a smaller person, for someone else’s insecurities. Their body, their issues.
Yeah..that’s what I meant to say from my first comment.
12.01.09 @ 11:30 pm@krista: yea!
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