Wesley Morris's article is finally
what our society needed to read. We as a culture are enamored with the beliefs
that having perfect bodies will create perfect lives. Sadly that's just not
possible. And I do agree with Morris on the fact that 2013 has been a year full
of scandalous videos and pictures by the famous people we have come to known.
From Kim Kardashians booty-licious pic to Matthew McConaughey's gone grossly
skinny, this year has seen it all. And that’s not always a good thing. Teen and
young girls today are seriously having a mental meltdown. No one knows what
body type is right and what body type is wrong. And honestly I would rather
have that than to feel forced to be super skinny.
I did however enjoy his
counterargument within his piece involving Katy Perry. We all remember Katy
Perry's first hit single I kissed a girl and it wasn't exactly prude. However
lately she has been focusing more on good-ole-fashion beauty instead of getting
naked for the cameras. She is a prime example that people don't have to have
perfect bodies in order to have perfect lives. However this is more difficult for
our generation to understand than others. If these artists continue to show
their bodies in immodest fashions than younger and younger girls are going to
begin hating their bodies even more; and that can obviously lead to eating
disorders, distorted thoughts and more. And that’s the last thing Katy Perry
and other healthy actresses want. Girls these days have no idea what body type
they "should have anymore". Which is almost a good thing. Before they
had to be super skinny but now thanks to so many new actresses, looking normal
is kind of cool. And kind of cool is enough for a 12 year old.
Society needs people who are confident
and proud of the bodies they have been given. In Morris's example of Pain and
Gain, he describes the movie as a satirical view on today size focused society.
Which is completely true. People need to stop obsessing over their weight and
start obsessing over their present. We can change our weight whenever we want
but we can’t change our pasts. So if we live our lives obsessing over body types,
are we really living at all?
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