Scott has a point. I should lose weight for health reasons, and at the very least to experience the fruits of bullshit society (my words, not his). By that, I refer to our society that treats some much better than others. Who, you may ask? Skinny, tall, white people with big dicks (big dicks-mostly applicable to males). If you fall into this category, you're set for life. Even if your face wouldn't be permitted anywhere near a catalogue or magazine, possessing the aforementioned qualities ensures you unfair but unparalleled treatment. Why? Because, whether it's a business or social setting, CEOs (and most other people with money, but not all) think they've earned the privilege of associating only with those whom they consider aesthetically pleasing. In other words, those whom they'd like to fuck. It's as simple as that.
I'm not saying one who fits the previously mentioned mold gets a free ride. I do say there's undeniable favoritism and ever-present difference in consideration. Comparatively, there's a "last kid picked to be on the team" pattern that the rest of us have to deal with in order to get ahead in the same game.
I'm very grateful for employers (and other groups of people) who provide a sanctuary for us and actually measure us by our aptitude for the job at hand, our social charisma, our determination...ANYTHING BUT OUR FUCKING BONE STRUCTURE OR WAIST SIZE.
Clearly, I've got anger issues to deal with. But that shouldn't be taken to mean that there isn't something inherently fucked up with the way beauty is praised above all else. We know it's fleeting. We know that ALL OF US will start to be categorized as "fugly" at one point or another in our short lives. So why expend so much energy trying to fit in, therefore contributing to the shit-machine? Because it's a money maker. Not for you or me, of course. But for the already-rich.
Don't believe me? Ask Anna Wintour and her skeletal army of models. Short of saving money on cloth materials, fabric pushers like her have no valid reason to use such waify models. And with the frequency the word "fat" is unjustifiably thrown around in that field, one might understand why I've included the entire institution of modern fashion into my broadening definition of the word "bullshit."
If anything is worth strife, it's happiness...and the demolition of the obstacles that stand between it and us. Take a moment to think before you say something nasty about someone who you've been brainwashed to consider too short or fat or hairy or ugly to wear something, or to be seen in public...or to enjoy their own lives. Think about the many ways YOU don't fit in. Would you be hurt by the words you're about to say?
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