Body Drama

So now after reading my last post you might be thinking I'm slightly hypocritical. I mean, here I blog about hating my belly and being unhappy with my boobs, but then I turn around and blast this magazine that caters to people overly concerned with their appearance. You're right, at least a little bit. Yes, I am concerned about my appearance and I DO want to be pretty. Who doesn't? But I hate the fact that the media feeds our insecurities and paranoia about appearance and aging. I don't think it's healthy to be that obsessive. I hate it that I have to remind myself that it's okay for me to have a belly - I had two kids! But everywhere I look there's some new magazine celebrating the fact that some celebrity had a baby six weeks ago and she looks thinner than ever! Woo-hoo for her! Oh, and check out her perky boobs! Ack! I recently checked out a book entitled "Body Drama," which deals with women's issues with their bodies and includes several pictures of naked body parts and entire forms. There was no airbrushing and the models were all sizes. What I realized was this - everyone looks weird naked. Somehow this makes me feel better.