Re: Disney Princesses with Realistic Waists

So the current trend in the realm of positive body image seems to be attacking... cartoons? Really, people?

Let me start off by reminding everyone that I'm the first defender of realistic expectations for the female body. I hate how we are always comparing ourselves to photoshopped images of models and actors. I've got a flat chest, large thighs, and a big ass. I have a ten inch difference in the measurement of my waist and hips. I never look like the models when I try on clothes. That being said, attacking the way animated characters are drawn is a little pathetic.

Artists draw things that are interesting. Character design is all about playing with proportions and exaggerating things to make them aesthetically interesting and/or funny. Now you tell me which image is more playful and interesting to look at:

I really don't think this creates an expectation that women's hips and waist are supposed to have a 30" difference, but that's just me. I feel like this kind of crap hurts the cause a lot more than it helps it. Attacking character design seems overly defensive and downright petty. Is that what we are going for in this day and age, ladies?

Besides, take a look at Mister Tiny Waist, Buff Shoulders and Arms down here:

Where's the outrage? Is this what your hipster boyfriend looks like, lady bloggers? Probably not. Disney movies aren't real, and they aren't supposed to be real. The animation in the classics is downright beautiful. So let's enjoy some artwork and maybe get over ourselves.

Gone Girl- Terrible

Somebody has to say it- because I'm tired of hearing about it. Gone Girl is a pretentious, preposterous piece of shit. I haven't seen the movie, but I absolutely hated the book upon retrospect. I can't stand hearing the writer congratulating themselves on how this is going to be such a cool movie and how creepy their ending is. That was the subtext of the entire second half of the book. It was completely distracting and I'm not even sure the writer cared about the story so much as how awesome the movie was going to be. Go eat shit. I'm really tired of people praising it, but I'm also not surprised it's a movie starring Ben Affleck. In fact it's exactly what I expected. I found the book to be completely insulting to my intelligence while also so far up it's own asshole it couldn't even come down to earth long enough to see that was totally unbelievable even as a work of literary fiction. Sorry, but I'm not drinking the Koolaid. The fact that people in Hollywood read this and couldn't see how much it was pandering to them is disturbing, or perhaps they did, and in that case- shame on you. You are all part of the problem.