My perfectly healthy sized sister is on a diet, announced on Facebook or course. I asked her why on earth she was dieting and she said she wants to go down to a size 6. I don't know what size she is now but her profile picture is of her in a bikini and there is nothing wrong at all with the way she looks but she won't listen.
One of her friends had recently posted about how a size 10 was not skinny and how a 12-14 was curvy. As a 10-12 I am probably a bit fat to them, although I am pretty happy with my weight (except the post baby belly but never mind).
It still astonishes me how they look at these really skinny models and think that they look nice. They look ill and I was picked on at school for being too thin, seems like you can't actually win when you are at school. Women like Beyonce, J-Lo and Christina Hendricks look fabulous. Nadine Coyle, Victoria Beckham and others look dreadful. Why can't young girls see this!
It is also a sad state of affairs when 14 year old girls are on diets. Their bodies are still growing for a start. It never occured to me to be that worried about my weight at that age.
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to think my 14 year old sister aspiring to go down to a size 6 shows what is wrong with society and the media?
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PotterWatch · 13/10/2011 20:22
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