madaboutmoose's Journal, 25 February 2009

Are you friggin' serious? 12? I thought 14/16 was the threshhold for "plus sizes." I would kill to fit in my size 12 pants. Ok, maybe not kill, but I would have a celebration if I could fit into them again. I might kill to fit into my size 10 jeans. :P 

wow that is weird that it's considered plus size.. but i would rather be a 12 then a 22.. i'll take that! 

I thought a size 14/16 was the beginning of plus size too! Layne Bryant, Catherine's, and other plus size specialty stores carry 14/16 and up. I know how you feel, though! My friend [who is looking into being a plus size model] is a size 8! and they are considering her a plus size!?!? I WANT to be a size 8, and I am 5'9 so that would be very fit/firm for me, by my standards... dont you ladies agree? we're not all ideally a size 4/6 lol 

LOL, I don't even dream about being a 4/6 because I come from large genes and well, to be a 4/6 would be a skeleton for me. 8 would be cool though, eventually. Oh, and your friend who is looking into being a plus size model at size 8, I want to think she is a good person, but isn't that just reinforcing the media bias if she does that? 

I think it is just our society and its idea of "ideal". After all, look at that whole broo ha ha about Jessica Simpson getting "fat." The girl is a freakin size 8 for goodness sakes and they act like she weighs 800 pounds with all the hoopla. It is insane what our society does and how it sees people.  

haha i liked dawn's comment. Jessica is a size 8, but on a 5'3 frame, and she doesnt even look fat! so imagine a size 8 on someone tall. oh! and munestar, my friend and I have talked about that. She was originally looking into doing clothing shots/ amateur modeling, but she was kinda 'forced' into 'plus size' modeling because she is a size 8! So now she is actually going into plus size modeling. [its sorta because she is a size 8 and i guess the industry figures thats where she belongs?] It was heart breaking for her to be labeled as "plus size", but we dont consider her fat/overweight/big at all. She is a normal sized, healthy girl.  

I think I might have been a size 4/6 when I was 4 or 6 years old ... LOL!!!! Oh my gosh ... I thought it was bad to consider size 12 plus size now I hear someone who wears a size 8 is being considered for plus size modeling! It seems like the media just fuels bad body image messages for women. UGH!! I like fit athletic women and how they look ... I also enjoy seeing curves and softness in women ... why can't we all just get along and enjoy varieties in beauty?