An Inconvenient Truth: Big is Beautiful

"Big is beautiful" seems to be the new anthem...most notably with an actress like Gabourey Sidibe being nominated for an Oscar. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not advocating things like the Ralph Lauren model who was photoshopped to look so skinny that her head and hips were roughly the same size. But it bothers me when something is being glorified, like being way too big for your own good, and it is being called okay and even 'beautiful." I'm a naturally thin girl, so I guess I have no experience of what it's like being fat, but I do know what others (and even myself) think and say about those people. It's not good, and I can't imagine it feels very good to not be "normal." I can try to understand this, so I understand where the mindset of "big is beautiful" comes from, but it irks me that something that is not good for you is being glorified. This is not at all about people who aren't rail thin, but aren't overweight either. That IS beautiful, but it's also not big. This is leading people who aren't super skinny to think that they're fat. But back to the original topic...glorifying being obese. This is NOT good for you, and even if you don't get health problems like diabetes directly from this, it can wear on your joints and cause different other problems later in life, or even put you at risk for serious things like a heart attack. This "big is beautiful" approach is leading people, like a woman in New Jersey, to WANT to be morbidly obese. This isn't right. It just really bothers me when something like this, something that is no doubt going to harm you in the long run, is being called okay and beautiful.