Back from Cyprus and Egypt, what different worlds those two places are. I worked on my dissertation this morning, so already my roomate and I are back to the grindstone...which sucks for various reasons considering the weather is looking nicer up here.
Edin really is in the brightest part of the island if the South and Midlands are flooded as bad as New York was...
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Edin really is in the brightest part of the island if the South and Midlands are flooded as bad as New York was...
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Back in Scotland, where women are more plump than not. Many a show on it, that and the impressive intake of alcohol as well. Didn't know it was becoming an issue.
(Arguing for the thick women does not mean I care less about the narrow ones, I didn't mention them because that does not concern me, not going there, done).
The dissertation was approved for...
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(Arguing for the thick women does not mean I care less about the narrow ones, I didn't mention them because that does not concern me, not going there, done).
The dissertation was approved for...
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I read the FAQ here, I believe after some dolling up and some new photos, I'll be ready to take a stab at the application.
You know what I would like to see? Hips and thighs like they're meant to be. Real women have curves, dude! I may be a wee 5 foot 3, and I sure as hell will never in my life be...
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You know what I would like to see? Hips and thighs like they're meant to be. Real women have curves, dude! I may be a wee 5 foot 3, and I sure as hell will never in my life be...
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benna:
And those are the women who've never felt belittled for their weight, at least in the current cultural perspective of most Western societies.
kittyvalentine:
The only criteria you need to fit to be a 'real' woman is to be born with a vagina. Sorry!
Even us tiny skinny girls are womanly. And we DO get belittled about our weight "Do you eat?" "God, being skinny is really ugly" "Real women have CURVES" "Are you annorexic?". These are all questions I've had thrown at me (or other skinny girls I know) by absolute strangers. I can't tell you the looks I get when I eat in public from other women, which totally perplexes me. There is a very anti-thin sentiment that's the 'in' thing at the moment, which is equally as bad as being anti those with a bigger build.
Read through any trashy women's magazine (although it might give you a headache and severely insult your intelligence) and read the total speculation over such and such a celebrity being 'too skinny' or annorexic or bulemic - only to find next week they've put on a pound or two and now they're overweight and a binge eater. The best recent example I remember hearing about was Keira Knightley's accusation of being annorexic. She's clearly just a small built girl and to suggest that she had a disease as serious as annorexia is really really dangerous.
Truth is, women on both sides of the weight spectrum get shit about how much they weigh. The sooner everyone realises that some people are just smaller and some bigger than the 'norm', the better. There is no competition and in reality there is no ideal that every woman should fit when it comes to her own weight. It's not a 'one size fits all' kind of thing. Like I said, some of us are just built small and others are just built bigger. As long as you feel healthy in your body and your weight isn't causing you health problems then there is no problem.
But it would be nice to see some more diversity (not for the sake of it) when it comes to models. x
Even us tiny skinny girls are womanly. And we DO get belittled about our weight "Do you eat?" "God, being skinny is really ugly" "Real women have CURVES" "Are you annorexic?". These are all questions I've had thrown at me (or other skinny girls I know) by absolute strangers. I can't tell you the looks I get when I eat in public from other women, which totally perplexes me. There is a very anti-thin sentiment that's the 'in' thing at the moment, which is equally as bad as being anti those with a bigger build.
Read through any trashy women's magazine (although it might give you a headache and severely insult your intelligence) and read the total speculation over such and such a celebrity being 'too skinny' or annorexic or bulemic - only to find next week they've put on a pound or two and now they're overweight and a binge eater. The best recent example I remember hearing about was Keira Knightley's accusation of being annorexic. She's clearly just a small built girl and to suggest that she had a disease as serious as annorexia is really really dangerous.
Truth is, women on both sides of the weight spectrum get shit about how much they weigh. The sooner everyone realises that some people are just smaller and some bigger than the 'norm', the better. There is no competition and in reality there is no ideal that every woman should fit when it comes to her own weight. It's not a 'one size fits all' kind of thing. Like I said, some of us are just built small and others are just built bigger. As long as you feel healthy in your body and your weight isn't causing you health problems then there is no problem.
But it would be nice to see some more diversity (not for the sake of it) when it comes to models. x
All but 3 days and I'll be back in Edin for ten days of uni work and thesis meetings until it's party time in the Highlands. I missed my NY crew but I need my 200-year-old buildings and cobblestones back! This trip was a "two funerals and a wedding" sort of adventure; bittersweet.
Weddings are a good way to eat and drink well, and find...
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Weddings are a good way to eat and drink well, and find...
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I'm very observant of humans, reactions are everything. I could live on kiwis if my survival depended on it. No one makes cheese'n'tomato toasties as amazing as I do. I think too much about what other people might be thinking. Actually, that's called paranoia...better work on that one...
The real me is a genuine, friendly, random-question-asking and outgoing amature comedian. I love bunnies, penguins, cats...
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The real me is a genuine, friendly, random-question-asking and outgoing amature comedian. I love bunnies, penguins, cats...
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this flooding business is insane - i've never been happier to be north of the border