Okay, I'm done.

It is absolutely no wonder at all that I can't buy clothing off the rack when a woman who is 5'10" and wears a size 10 is considered Plus Sized. Seriously. The new America's Top Model is "the first plus size winner in the history of America's Top Model" according to NY Post and a number of other news sites I was browsing for column fodder. We wonder what's happening to our daughters and why self esteem is so low in America. We wonder why more and more kids are using drugs and have horrible body image. Dove recently did a survey of girls between the ages of 10 and 14 in the U.S. and Great Britain. 77 percent of those girls felt unattractive. "Many said they consider themselves ugly, fat and upset when comparing themselves with attractive images shown in advertisements." (click for source) Little wonder then that eating disorders are on the rise and self image issues are so common when we live in a world where Carmen Miranda and Jane Russell would be labeled as plus sized. So, I'm done. I'm done with the beauty industry, with Hollywood and with people so fixated on the thought that emaciation is desirable. Sign me up for the next Mars mission. *grin*

~April Dawn