Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women. Show all posts
Friday, June 14, 2013
Today I saw something on my Facebook feed that made me fair ill...
This was on the page of a group called Eat Well Live Well, with the caption: "The Thigh Gap - The 2 Tricks She Discovered To Get It".
Uh, WHAT THE FUCK?
Sorry, I'm just really angry. Love her outfit, watch included, but the fact that a site promoting healthy wellbeing chooses to print this stuff?! What is this even ABOUT?
I had to comment along with the 1200 others, the majority of whom were also fairly outraged. Even writing this, I'm still queasy.
If she's naturally like this, OK, she's just quite skinny and that's how she is. And that's fine.
But to tell women they should aspire to have this is wrong on so many levels. You only had to read the responses to realise if it didn't immediately click on seeing the photo.
The best response was from Brooke de Regt: "Omg look at the sexy thigh gap on that girl!" -Said no guy. Ever.
Having heard about the thigh gap thing previously, I had baulked at the idea. Seeing this today, in a week where the Prime Minister is being scrutinised on so many gender-related levels, just suggests nothing's changed and women will even criticise women to the point of extreme insanity.
Women need to stop being victimised by one another on, among many other things, such trivial body issues. There are so many other ways we can be healthy. I'm not overweight, but I'll still keep my thigh no-gap and be perfectly OK with that.
All you need in order to have total happiness, fulfillment, and love in your life you already have right now, whoever you are, wherever you are.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
While I'm primarily a sub-editor these days, overall I'm just beginning my career as a journalist right? I know sometimes I thought part of it would be glamorous before I started, and was inspired by seeing cool journalists portrayed on film and in books.
But even before finishing my studies I learned that it's not glamorous. I've found that writing is great and stories make me feel like I've accomplished something, but there's the romantic element intertwined with female journalists that doesn't transcend to real life. Why can't we see someone like a female Tin Tin?
This week, I've watched a couple of films with female journalists that show we work really hard to gain equality in the office and how we sometimes feel totally insecure about ourselves.
Case study #1: Never Been Kissed
Josie (Drew Barrymore) grew up a complete nerd and was treated terribly through high school, but when her job as a copy editor and her chief of staff's is on the line, she agrees to go undercover and return to the stomping ground that made her life's worst memories.
The pressure put on all journalists is extraordinary sometimes, and here she's forced to become a different person. Josie's not an actress, but with luck on her side it works. However, even with becoming popular she still faces the problem of finding the story that will save her job.
She's 25. That's going to be me in two years time. In the industry that seems like a pretty big task for someone a few years or so out of university, and in the film an absolutely crazy first assignment as a reporter... but could I be up to that challenge?
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Case study 2: Bridget Jones Diary: The Edge of Reason
Another case of insecurity comes from the lovable Bridget, who gets off to a (pardon the pun) flying start when forced to skydive for a story. She's doing her best to be taken seriously in the TV industry, an area primarily reserved for those on the slimmer side.
While the focus on both films are on her quest to find love, she still just wants to be respected for her work and is fed up with doing the filler stories. At the same time, she continuously holds her head high with integrity.
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Watching these characters, I think they're amazing. Not just because they're the backbone of great films, but they're females out there doing what they love - in one way or another. They're headstrong and willing to challenge themselves, but also unsure of their overall abilities and a little hopeless when it comes to love. A bit like me.
I do question myself on whether I will get to the point where I'm looked to to come up with something inspiring. Don't worry, I know films are intentionally unrealistic, but they make me think of what could be. Hopefully a career ahead in an area I'm good at and know I want to focus on long-term.
At the end of the day, at least I know I can skydive.
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Meditation gives you an opportunity to come to know your invisible self. It will shatter the illusion of your separateness.
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