[Cloud9]

I don't think that anyone was saying for people to "get over" their appearance perception issues. The thing that's annoying(and apparently a common strategy among people here) is the need to bring other people down to make yourself feel better. "ooh, well those bony skinny girls, just wait, their faces will get hard and soon metabolism will catch up so THERE!" Look, I can sympathize with the sick but that doesn't mean it's ok for them to try to infect me, if you get my analogy...

It's also annoying when supposed "fat" girls, i.e. the ones that really aren't at all, and in fact are often considered more attractive then their curve disabled friends sit around whining "oh my gaaawwwwd, my thighs are touching, I'm sooo fat, I just HAVE to lose some weight, blah blah," and meanwhile they are all sexaliscious and have a billion guys chasing them. C'mon now I've seen some of you people's pictures on the site, and I'm sorry to tell you but in many cases you're not fat, or whales, or whatever the hell you're thinking.

The fact that larger people are on this "lower" side of the spectrum right now is only due to chance. Britney Spears would have been regarded as ugly for being skinny around the turn of the century. In art we can see that in the past reubenesque beauties with supple flesh were worshiped by men. It's always SOMEone/thing that is singled out to be the "norm" at any given time. The "norm" single out the "others" as scape goats, while in relatiation the "others" single out the "norm" until the roles are switched and a new norm emerges.

And actually, you know what, the people we see in the media right now are NOT the norm anyways! AND I'll tell you that in my experience, guys go for the curvaceous full bodied woman over the petite girl the majority of the time in real life, which is the only life that should matter anyways.

Anyways, my point is that ok, obviosly the trend is not fair right now. But that doesn't make it ok to try and tip the scale to the other extreme and make naturally small girls feel bad or quilty for who they are. Rather than putting down slim people, concentrate on putting yourself up. I don't tolerate wallowing in remorse and contempt in friends, and I do my best to do the same for myself. Maybe eventually society will stop being so vindictave and learn to really appreciate everyone that is a part of it rather than always searching for a scape goat.

Do I make sense? Perhaps not..hahaha, but hopefully somebody understands what I'm saying