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I Know Your Secret, Victoria and I Don’t Like It

This is a story about a woman named Victoria. Victoria has a secret. Actually she has a lot of secrets and I’m not a fan of any of them. Victoria likes to get together with all of her friends and have sleepovers. And during their sleepovers, they wear naughty nighties and have pillow fights. Because that’s what girls do when they have sleepovers, right? Ask any man and he’ll tell you that’s what they think we do during sleepovers once we’re past the age of 16. (And if you ask your SO and he tells you otherwise, he’s lying.) Victoria also likes to sashay thru her million dollar house wearing satin, faux fur and kitten heels with super glossy lips. She drinks a lot of champagne but in her defense, she eats a lot of fruit like grapes and strawberries. If she’s feeling really frisky, she’ll dip it in chocolate … read more

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What Exactly IS the Average Size of a Woman?

This post has been in my head for a few months now. Thanks to Bren over at My Girly Parts for reminding me to get it out. What size do you consider to be “average” when it comes to women? 4? 6? 10? 12? 14? First, let’s look at the definition of “average” according to Wikipedia: av·er·age /ˈav(ə)rij/ Noun The result obtained by adding several quantities together and then dividing this total by the number of quantities; the mean. Adjective Constituting the result obtained by adding together several quantities and then dividing this total by the number of quantities. Verb Amount to or achieve as an average rate or amount over a period of time: “annual inflation averaged 2.4 percent”. Using this definition, it sounds like an average woman’s size is the one that is most predominant and at least in my group of friends and associates, those sizes are … read more

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I Don’t Care About Your Diet or Your Extra Five Pounds

It’s that time of the year when everyone is abuzz with New Year’s resolutions. They range from lose weight, exercise more, get healthy and a million others in between. I’m not against resolutions but what I do hate to see is an unrealistic attitude and approach on the losing weight one and the biggest offenders are women. Men look at themselves, pat their bellies and say “yep, gotta lose a few pounds” and do whatever they need to do to accomplish it. They don’t lament over the fact that they can’t see their feet. They don’t obsess at the reflection staring back at them in the mirror and they sure as hell don’t parade in front of their friends asking if “these jeans make their ass look big”. Women on the other hand, do all of this and more. We will pour our hearts and souls out for an entire … read more

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Hey Society – Get Your Opinions Off My Body

Did you see this article? I saw it late last night and LOVED it. Even posted it to my Facebook page. In the spread, size 12 model Katya Zharkova poses nude next to a “straight size” model to show the differences between them. I loved it… thought it was a beautiful spread, truer words were never spoken. Then one of my friends put a comment that stopped me because I didn’t pick up on it myself.  Cristi’s comment: “I saw this on someone else’s wall. So many things wrong with this – why is a size 12 considered plus size in the plus-size model industry when that is not even a plus-size in regular stores? And a size 6 is considered fat for regular models? BTW I think the size 12 model looks gorgeous.” No kidding. I wear a size 12. Have worn a size 12 since I can remember. The … read more

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