We all
know this misconception, and far too many of us have dealt with it head on.
Essentially, to be pretty is to be skinny. We know that it’s not actually, or
at least we say we do, yet a good portion of us will say “I wish I looked like
her” when we come across an image of an exceedingly slim girl. We want her
thigh gap and her collar bone structure and her back dimples and flat stomach. We
have an unhealthy attraction to being skinny even though in the back of our
minds we know that’s not the ideal body figure.
So now
I’ll give a big s/o to Jennifer Lawrence. If you don’t know who she is, she
played the lead role of Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games. However, I must admit I think her role in Silver
Linings Playbook surpasses her excellence in any preceding movie. However, for
her lead in the Hunger Games and apparently soon to be Catching Fire, she was
told she needed to lose weight in order to play the role of the starving hunger
games contestant. Her response? Well she said no. She said she would not be
willing to promote anorexia to any of her audience. Criticism sky rocketed and
yet she ceased to conform to the critics.
"First, people say how so many actresses in Hollywood look anorexic, and now they are criticizing me for looking normal.""Interviewers have asked Jennifier Lawerence how much she weighs and why didn’t lose weight when Katniss is meant to be slim/skinny. She said that she was careful about not losing weight for catching fire, because she didn’t want to promote anorexia to young girls watching the films. Even though she’s getting criticised she still believes in what is right. Jennifer Lawerence you are my hero." -via tumblr
The
funny thing is we judge models. We tear them up and talk about how society has
become too messed up for believing that everyone has to be skinny. Then all the
sudden we get someone like Jennifer Lawrence who actually has a healthy body
weight and suddenly she needs to lose weight. It’s all so ridiculous. Welcome
to the 20th century.
Jennifer Lawrence is a godess, that is all.
ReplyDeleteI love this, I think it's a great form of awareness. I like that she said no to losing weight for the movie role. She clearly has a mind of her own. It's so important to go against societies expectations. Starving yourself is painful and I agree that it's ridiculous that it has reached this unhealthy level.
ReplyDeleteJENNIFER LAWRENCE IS SO THIN, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! She's not bony, but still!! In hunger games her waist was the size of my hands in that black suitt!!! come onnnn!
ReplyDeleteI feel like we're lowering the bar by saying that she's a healthier celebrity. I still feel her body is unrealistic to alot of women!
Although, respect to her for refusing to lose weight, I still hate to compare my body with hers. So it pisses me off she's a 'revelation' for normal sized girls, because she's still tiny.
Jennifer Lawrence is thin, you're not wrong there, but she certainly does not have the typical Victoria Secret body. She is a healthier celebrity, it doesn't matter that she's still a very tiny girl, she's still not conforming to the statis quo that many others do. She's a revelation because she refused to lose weight, that's all.
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