Wednesday, January 22, 2014


In Wesley Morris’ “My Bodies of the Year”, he indicated that the biggest stories in the media during 2013 was about people’s bodies.  I liked how he started off the article by making it personal to the author, giving him some credibility and why he is writing the article in the first place.  Usually these stories are finding out whose body looks so amazing, that it is almost unrealistic.  However, I believe Morris was showing how the media is starting to change that view.  Some of the examples, like Matthew McConaughey and 12 Years a Slave, show that the media and its audiences are supporting the more realistic bodies.  Even for Pain and Gain, he said that the director chose Mark and the Rock because of their ridiculous size to make fun of it.  I think that 10 years ago, the motto for famous people was “the skinnier, the better”.  I remember that many people then were struggling with eating disorders because models and actors would only be chosen if they were skinny.  Today, I believe that they are choosing people with more realistic body types.  Some modeling agencies will not choose anyone below a certain BMI, body mass index.  I enjoyed the interview with Katy Perry when she said that because she sees herself as a role model, she does not parade around naked.  You do not need to be naked to be sexy.   This also reminds me of my favorite actress, Jennifer Lawrence, because she refuses to starve herself to be skinny because she does not want her younger fans to think that they need to skip meals in order to look like their role model.  Even though our society is starting to mature and move ahead in the idea that people should look real instead of photo shopped, I wish society could also bring back the ideas that people do not need to be naked to look sexy, instead be classy and sexy.  The one person that comes to mind as a classy, sexy lady is Audrey Hepburn.  We need more Hepburn role models in a Hilton world. 

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