Okay . . . what television executive has his head up his anus this week? The ones who banned the Lane Bryant ad, that's who. Of course, Lane Bryant is loving all this free publicity, but I think there is a deeper underlying issue aside from whether or not one would shop at Lane Bryant or whether FOX and ABC are prudes.
In 1966, a model named Twiggy started the whole stick figure trend that has plagued the self-esteems of women for the last 40 years. Granted she was cute, blonde with big blue eyes. But prior to that, more realistic sex-symbols were hour-glass shaped like Sophia Loren, Jane Russell and then along came Raquel Welch and Jacqueline Bissett.
The media has been out of control for years determinig what is attractive and we've all fallen for it for way too long. I think certain fashion executives are finally realizing that they are missing a huge demographic (pardon the pun) of REAL women. It's time to stop the madness of programming our female youth to think that thin is beautiful. We have to start impowering women into realizing that individuality, intelligence and strength is beautiful and healthy.
Thank goodness the tables are turning. I don't want my female decendents to go through the anorexic/bulemic torture I did to feel accepted and loved. Kudos to Lane Bryant and Dove for looking at the rest of the female population for their role models instead of the stick figure.
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