Robin Marantz Henig and Jess Zimmerman (of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty Fame) wrote a piece about bodies, fat and the mother-daughter relationship.
It pushed about every button I have. I’ve been in an internal debate with myself ever since I read it last week: as the mother, as the daughter, as the writer, as the health conscious, as the overweight one, as the girl advocate, as the typically aesthetic one, and as the spiritual being in a physical body.
I’ll encourage you to have your own emotional reaction when you read The Fat Fight on Oprah.com.
I invite you to come back to The Girl Revolution and tell me what you think. I’d love to hear what other readers, mothers and daughters think about the fat issue.
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I understood the individual sentiments as I read them, but walked away from reading the article with the deeply uncomfortable and nagging question “Will I ever just be?” As in, will I ever just be OK or at least at peace?
I protect my daughter as best I can from unhealthy body imagry, and I try not to pass on my own insecurities. It’s so complicated!
I feel wholeheartedly this struggle, it is so real, and unfortunatley a big focus in my life. The sad thing is, that I can be where the author is at; accepting of others, but not of myself. Seeing full bodied women, especially when they celebrate their bodies with cool outfits makes me happy and hopeful, but when I gain a few pounds, and feel my outer shell swishing and squisshing I go nuts. My level of embarassement may go so far as not to allow me to leave the house. I am obviously in the throws of Body Image issues, but am thankful for these dialogues of the issue.
Talking with women about this makes me realize, sadly I am not the only one. Making women support efforts becomes more special and more powerful than the ‘fake reality’ of the media.
Lets create more action!
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