wondering what y'all think of this huffington post article?

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  • grdnr03
    grdnr03 Posts: 547 Member
    I think they all look great!! they look alot healthier and happier than some on MFP!!
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,607 Member
    I think it is incredibly divisive.

    i don't understand what your comment means. I think each of us has the power to give an op-ed credibility or not. You can even express several opinions without 'taking a side.'
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,039 Member
    We people go on vacation to the beach, etc., this is what we see. IMO, females worry less about what they look like in a bathing suit, then they do as a bridesmaid/maid of honor at a wedding. There's more fear of being "fat" in a wedding by far.

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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    I think that people use the word real as a response to photo-shopped magazine cover models or flawless ideals that are pushed by the media.

    The article is good. Normal is good, but the definition of normal is subjective.
  • JeneticTraining
    JeneticTraining Posts: 663 Member
    I think it's subjective. Everyone has their preferences.
  • Richfamous
    Richfamous Posts: 1 Member
    very realistic and true
  • toddis
    toddis Posts: 941 Member
    I'm confused at to what constitutes an "article" nowadays. A one paragraph blurb asking for reader opinion with some photos surely shouldn't count.

    Clothing is designed to accentuate certain features while detracting from others. Sure any CAN put on a bikini, string bikini, spandex, biker shorts, unitard, etc. That doesn't mean they should or that is in their best interest.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    for me, since i started my mfp journey a year and a half ago, they all look beefy to me. that doesn't mean I think they should stay indoors, or change their clothes.. I think it's terrific they're comfortable in bikinis... I've been on the beach myself in gear I thought most suited to getting a great tan in-'inappropriate' as that may have been.. (not to mention nude beaches) but I really think they are thicker than they 'should' be... touting the way they look in bikinis as the norm and healthily acceptable is not the same as being comfortable in your body. Personally, I think they should diet, while maintaining that great, positive outlook and acceptance level they have.

    Maybe someday you will have that level of self acceptance too, and show your pictures to the world.
    [Maybe someday you will have that level of self acceptance too, and show your pictures to the world]

    To what purpose? and you really don't know anything about me. I have less than flattering pics posted in my profile to encourage the people on my friend's list...as I said, I've been to nude beaches (where discretion is the norm) so I've always been self accepting...relaxing and doing what I wanted to do on vacation trumped how strangers viewed me.. their opinions never mattered.... but I NEVER thought I was the ideal of a man's body and that people should strive to look like me..actually,I don't think people should be content if they looked (or even now look) like me.. but their journey is their journey... by the way, my profile pic weighs in at 195.. I'm now around 162ish.. with 10-15 more to go, hopefully..

    If you had public pictures, then you would not appear to cower behind a private profile while you criticize women whose healthy bodies don't live up to your standards.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I'm confused at to what constitutes an "article" nowadays. A one paragraph blurb asking for reader opinion with some photos surely shouldn't count.

    Clothing is designed to accentuate certain features while detracting from others. Sure any CAN put on a bikini, string bikini, spandex, biker shorts, unitard, etc. That doesn't mean they should or that is in their best interest.

    I understand that you may live in a country where women don't go to the beach or to swimming pools, however here, in America, Canada, and Europe, for example, women wear swim suits such as bikinis and one-piece suits, when they want to go in the water.
  • halobender
    halobender Posts: 780 Member
    Well jerber, that's what you get for sticking to your OP and responding with your thoughts—catty responses. It's MFP as per usual, huzzah!

    Oh, and I don't have my photos public because I would prefer not losing every ounce of my privacy; jerber may be thinking the same thing.
  • LordBear
    LordBear Posts: 239 Member
    so sick of media deciding what is hot or not and trashing on people. who the frick cares..
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I think if a woman wants to rock a bikini, she has every right to do it whether she's my size, half my size, or double my size. We need to stop shaming other women for being too skinny or too fat or too whatever. IMHO.

    totally this!
  • Jersey_Devil
    Jersey_Devil Posts: 4,142 Member
    i dont think anything about it.
  • dbkrantz
    dbkrantz Posts: 138
    I think it's a great PR stunt!
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member

    Oh, and I don't have my photos public because I would prefer not losing every ounce of my privacy; jerber may be thinking the same thing.

    I'm not too worried that people will find out that I exercise and watch what I eat, as long as I refrain from including my phone number and address in my profile.
  • neacail
    neacail Posts: 228 Member
    I think it is incredibly divisive.

    i don't understand what your comment means. I think each of us has the power to give an op-ed credibility or not. You can even express several opinions without 'taking a side.'

    And, I don't understand what your response to my comment means.

    As I stated before, I feel the article is incredibly divisive. I find anything which purports to show what "real women" look like offensive. "Real women" can not be quantified, categorized, or illustrated by a handful of photographs.
  • jc_miller
    jc_miller Posts: 38
    I think if someone feels comfortable with their body and what they're wearing, more power to them. I don't like the words normal/average, but rather the words happy/healthy. These women feeling comfortable and happy is more important to me than them looking a specific way to the general population. Personally, I dress for myself, not anyone else.

    I went to Coco Beach with my family last November. Being a size 24 at that time, I was comfortable in capris and a t-shirt. My step-sister, a size 0/2, wore a bikini, which she feels comfortable in. Seeing someone my size in a bikini or someone her size in capris/t-shirt wouldn't make a difference to me. I think we're looking at it wrong if we're trying to define normal based on a collection of photos. I don't care if those women are fat/thin/overweight/skinny/normal/average. I care that they're comfortable and happy. As always, healthy is a perk, but it's not my place to judge.
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
    I think if a woman wants to rock a bikini, she has every right to do it whether she's my size, half my size, or double my size. We need to stop shaming other women for being too skinny or too fat or too whatever. IMHO.


    I have to say "NO!" to that 400 pound woman I saw wearing one in Cozumel.

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