Killing Us Softly

My favorite part about last class was watching the video Killing Us Softly. I mean, I know it was kinda dated... and sorta cheesy... but everything that was said held truth. I have never been comfortable with the way entertainment and advertising media portray women. I wrote a private blog entry a while back that touched on the topic.

"I want to understand fully and be content with not ever looking like or sharing any similar thought processes with the bottle blonde, size zero, double-D chested women that have somehow gained the coveted title of "What America Thinks Is Beautiful". There is something wrong with our society, or me, or maybe both when a 115 pound, size 2 woman feels conscientious about her weight. 115 is too much, and 34Bs are not enough, my hair always looks like crap, my stomach doesn't look sculpted - and because I don't look like the photoshopped, air-brushed women in this picture when I leave my house in the morning - the quirks that make me ME are also the reason I never feel up to par. Wanna know what perfect looks like in real life? "Perfect" looks exactly like you and I, completely UNPERFECT."

So... yeah, I feel like a lot of people don't understand why I feel the way I do with regards to this subject. The kind of women I just described are "hot" to men, and looked up to by other girls, and the subject of a million ads. That's why I'm happy I watched this video... there is at least one other woman in the world, and hopefully more, that feel the same way I do.