this is a little bit of a segue, but I found the interviews with the women athletes that participated in the ESPN "bodies" issue to be really awesome. Granted, they are all super athletes, but the realness of it makes it very beautiful to me.
There are at least four different women profiled in the videos here, from pro soccer, pro track, pro MMA, pro surfing...
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07-12-2012, 03:38 PM #1
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07-12-2012, 07:05 PM #2
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Wow - how timely! It looks like young women today are proud of their bodies and sick of the way the media has to make everything look "perfect".
Check it out:Teen girls to Teen Vogue: Stop altering photos
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07-13-2012, 02:40 AM #4
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I think jyyanks' reaction most closely parallels mine. I'm not proud of it, but the conditioning has apparently worked on me.
But here's the other thing. Those panties are already starting to ride up her crack, and I'm going to assume that she hasn't been walking around for an hour without an adjustment before they took that shot. The photo is proof that those panties are neither flattering nor comfortable on a slender, fit, REAL woman. How is this advertising???? They should just ditch that style and make something different.Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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07-13-2012, 04:45 AM #5
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Those are the kind of panties I keep for when I don't plan on wearing them for very long.
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07-13-2012, 08:03 AM #6
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I admit, my reaction was much like many of you....first negative, then "well ok, what's so wrong with a real butt?! ". I think my butt actually looks very similar to that photo - muscular with some cellulite on top. It's no model butt but it's MY butt and it's normal. And my husband likes it so why shouldn't I?!
Thank you for reminding me to be more accepting of reality!
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07-13-2012, 08:04 AM #7
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BTW, The ESPN athletes have amazing bodies but I just don't have the time or motivation to work quite that hard so I'll accept my avg body!
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