I’ve always had a big butt. Even when I was 95 pounds in sixth grade, I had a big butt. So naturally I was thrilled to hear about the new trend this summer. Oh, didn’t you hear? Big butts are in for the summer! Last week the NY Daily News made the big announcement. Those of us who possess nice “buns” (as I was once told I had) are all set for a trendy summer. And those of us who are pretty much flat back there, sorry; you are just out of luck. It’s Kim Kardashian’s world and we’re just livin’ in it!
Although I think it’s positive to celebrate women with curves, I have to ask, how can body parts go in and out of style? Does anyone else see something kind of wrong with that? I can see clothes, shoes and hair going out of style, but how can a butt go out of style? It’s attached to your body! It’s a part of you.
It’s taken me a long time to realize that no matter what size I am and how much I weigh, my butt is here to stay. And I really don’t appreciate someone telling me this part of my body is in style. Especially because they are going to tell me six months from now, that it’s now out of style. Well, what can I do about it? If it’s a piece of clothing, I can discard it. If it’s a pair of shoes, I can give them to Goodwill. If it’s a hair style, I can just let my hair grow out. But what am I supposed to do with a part of my body? I can’t diet and exercise it away (like I said before, even when I was a scrawny child I still had a booty).
Here is a little message I have for the media:
Dear Media,
It’s mad cool that you are trying to celebrate women with curves (something you should be doing on a regular basis). But to tell me that my big butt is in style for the summer is kind of annoying. My butt is not like a summer dress or a pair of gladiator sandals or a fedora hat that are all trendy for summer 2010 but may not be in summer 2011. If next summer comes around, I will simply get rid of these items, head on over to H&M and buy whatever is cute at the moment. But what am I supposed to do with my butt if it’s not trendy next summer? I can’t get rid of it (I’ve tried and it hasn’t worked because it’s a part of me). So when stating “what’s hot” and “what’s not” for the summer, please stick to inanimate objects.
Thanks!
Tiffabee
So before you go out and buy your Booty Pop (no, I did not make that up)! Think about embracing the body you have.
Wow. Thanks a lot media. How generous of you to accept that woman can be curvy..For the summer. *Gasp*
I’m so tired of the body image crap.
>:[
Dear Media, you suck. everyone’s body size is in style all the time
I love your positivity!
and I”m also sick of this body image triggering material. It’s everywhere, impossible to escape.
*haha!*
funny….the “IN” body part this season is….The Booty!! If you’re not lucky enough to have one, you can buy one!
This reminds me of an article I read recently regarding which breast shape is currently “popular” and how that “currently popular” breast shape has changed through successive decades. A rack from the 70′s that was considered “ideal” was much different from 90′s-decade “ideal” boobage.
(“O, great! My t!ts are still in style 20 years later!! and I’m 85 years old!”)
WIERD.
How about: People are all shaped like the individuals that we are! *haha!* And that will never go out of style! Learning to love your own booty, your own rack, large or small, whatever shape… … … now THAT is in style!! THAT will be ‘in’ season after season!!
btw I am a middle aged white chick but have a big round booty & often tell people jokingly (and proudly *ha!*) that I have the @ss of a black woman….it’s bouncy and firm and every time I sit down, it’s there for me.
(no, I am not stereotyping women of color here. just being lighthearted)
I told one guy, “I rump it like stiltskin” *HAHA!*
have a great weekend y’all and please don’t shove your luscious rumps to the back of the closet when summer’s over, mmmmkay..?
* ; )
…hey y’all it’s FALL now! What’s the “in” body part for autumn? Legs? Breasts? C’mon…I must know!!
(p.s. time for your seasonal post!! * ; p )
Time for a new post yet?
There’s this:
http://jezebel.com/5651217/french-vogue-puts-crystal-renn-and-uncle-terry-in-a-food+filled-room/gallery/
Our lovely Crystal Renn in a Terry Richardson photo shoot that’s just….uh….well you see what you think….
~ H5
It’s all silly, but to this day I’m glad I had the kind of body and hair (well, mostly hair) that was “in” when I was thirteen years old. It never mattered before then, and it hasn’t mattered since. But Thirteen is tough enough without having to swim upstream. In fact, scratch all that–let’s just put thirteen-year-olds into hibernation for a year. Protective custody.
so sexy………….
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