Okay, so the design of this site is not the best. But I did enjoy looking through the "Classical Curves" gallery; there was a lot of art there that I'd never seen. I especially enjoyed this painting by Degas. Beautiful.
I adored the classic curvies, but when I clicked over to 'contemporary curves', the love, she was gone. Anyone who tries to put foward audrey hepburn as an example of 'dangerously curvey' is, how you say, smoking the crack.
I have always been fascinated by changing body ideals. I remember wandering through the Louvre and noting how the Greek and Roman statuaries portrayed women as very bulky and strong. Then in the 18th-19th century, you get VERY curvy and squishy (hey that's me!). Interesting note, tho -- they're all relatively small breasted. What's going on with THAT, hmmm?
DO NOT CLICK on Curvy Galleries and download what they say you have to in order enter the site. I did and got trojan horse Dropper.Def.3.L and a couple of other unwanted things like trojan horse Revop.C and trojan horse downloader.Agent.AS.
So what's the Big Fat Deal? Well, at the risk of getting all mission-statementy, I think it's important to call attention to issues of weight in the media, pop culture, and society. If we can convince at least one teenage girl that Ashley Olsen isn't "the fat twin," we will have done our job.
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I adored the classic curvies, but when I clicked over to 'contemporary curves', the love, she was gone. Anyone who tries to put foward audrey hepburn as an example of 'dangerously curvey' is, how you say, smoking the crack.
I have always been fascinated by changing body ideals. I remember wandering through the Louvre and noting how the Greek and Roman statuaries portrayed women as very bulky and strong. Then in the 18th-19th century, you get VERY curvy and squishy (hey that's me!). Interesting note, tho -- they're all relatively small breasted. What's going on with THAT, hmmm?
DO NOT CLICK on Curvy Galleries and download what they say you have to in order enter the site. I did and got trojan horse Dropper.Def.3.L and a couple of other unwanted things like trojan horse Revop.C and trojan horse downloader.Agent.AS.
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