arachnequarius

jingle bells on a collar sounds interesting......

`oh god-- like last year, thought getting a subscription to glanour in apanish would be a helpful way to practice spanish-- I forgot that I can't stand to read glamour in english, let alone the spanish version which is actually alittle meaner, dumber and more foofy-- with the added layer of how come all these women look so anglo? I mean spanish speakers come in all ethnic backgrounds, but the models in ther are like 99% euro/ northern european looking.

anyway. I notices that when I started getting in shape self and shape were actually not the worst offerings out there, since they actually had some content about excercize, and not 100% diet, what to wear, etc.
I wish there was a magazine that had pictures of non professional model type women- I mean even if they just varied the body types a little. at least in self some of the models look physically capeable of doing the excercizes....

But why should it take us until our late 20's thirties to come to even a shallow peace with the actuality of our bodies. I'm 27 and I get more comfortable with the fact that I will never be a little person every year. I know my weight is just right for my height and my build, but it's damn hard to remember that looking at people my height or taller who weight like 125lbs to 135 lbs.

I think the best message is to be happy with whatever your body is. It can eb really, really hard, but the happier you are with your physical reality, the happier you'll be.

Working in a nursing home has helped my perspective a lot. My body is whole and (comparatively) healthy, and it gets me around pretty well.

It's so sad to me that teenagers and tweens spend the healthies 2 decades of their lives hating their bodies.

THis is part of why I think sports are really helpful for women. I didn't do sports until I was in college, but I wish I had when I was younger, they have been integral in coming to an apreciation of my body.

sorry,my spelling sucks too.

it's interesting to me that sites like this actually have some of the best representation of different womens body types out there.
but I guess you'd get in trouble for steering the neices to porn.... hehehehe.

omg - you guys are the best - everything you said YES - EXACTLY. we are so lucky to have functional bodies that we can make healthy and stronger. why should we make them skinny and weak? i mean, nothing wrong with the naturally thin, of course, and taking care of yrself is always a good idea, but within reason.

incedently, ap, yr height is the coolest thing (always wanted to be 6') and yr right - at 135 you would be grossly underweight. bleh. at 5'7" and 135# i need a few more pounds myself.

as for the anglicization (woo, new word) of all women, what IS up with that? there are so many beautiful skin tones, shapes, kinds of hair ...one of my brothers is asian and he used to BEG my mom to bathe him in bleach so he would come out blond and blue eyed. when she asked him why (because we are all darkish - italian blood), he said that blond/blue is the most american/powerful. also, since he was brown for so long, he had to make up for it by going to the other extreme. is that not the saddest thing youhave ever heard? he is just a gorgeous kid, too. after 28 years he is still coming to terms with race because of IMAGE as much as anything.

actually, i love this site because pple look normal. a real body is way sexier than a starved, airbrushed body. i mean, naturally occuring waifs can be way sexy too. however, if you look like a lollipop b/c yr head is 3x the size of yr body, there is a problem. and ya know, four is too young for porn, but when she hits those teenage years and rebels (my sis is way WAY middle america) she is MINE. and i WILL show her whatever images work the mental etch as sketch such that she can be who ever she is and love herself.

kos, you SO know what matters in raising yr wee one. i am HORRIFIED that she even knows what being fat is! how deranged is that mom? disturbingness. i growl in her general direction - grrrrrrrrrr.

now, the thing i DO love is when people so own themselves that they take on their own stylized identity. that rocks out loud.

ok, you guys are awesome. btw, i noticed you are all CTers. i used to live in meriden! my italian family is up there in meridan and middletown.

i am off to FINALLY turn in my last paper - YAAAAAAAAAY! still have tons of students to grade, but that is cake.

I just remembered to say it, ULTRA GOOD LUCK to you on your paper and your studies in general. Hard to type with fingers on one hand crossed for you.

gracias, all of you lovely new friends! my weary eyes are closing for tonight, but more tomorrow.
peace out.

I loved your post in my journal. I couldnt agree more. You are my type of people. I am poor as dirt and still manage to give to charity, as do most poor as dirt people out there, cause no matter how bad i have it, there is someone out there that has it worse. I really hope to get to know you better.
Take care and UPDATE your journal, i really want to read what you have to say.

KoS.

tx kos! an update will be posted today.

Hello.

Hello sent.
I hope to see yopu around