Look Back At It.

Look Back At It

“Body image is the way you see yourself and imagine how you look. Having a positive body image means that, most of the time, you see yourself accurately, you feel comfortable in your body, and you feel good about the way you look (Positive and Negative Body Image | Improving Self Esteem.")

Positive body image has always been hard to come by in America because like we have learned in class, beauty ideals are close to perfect. An example of what a perfect wife should look like 30 or 40 years ago most would say represented a woman that was ghostly thin. In todays society we want to be independent and self-motivated with a body that is much like Beyoncé’s. Women are taking a stand for themselves; we are starting to accept our bodies for what they are. Are we doing the right thing accepting bodies that aren’t thin? Should the media and our society finally just accept women in all different shapes and sizes, and appreciate big butt and legs? Luckily not just regular personnel believe this to be true, but famous people as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIcn94yMNIM

In this video right at the end, Kim states just how happy she is with her pregnant looking body. She says she is even curvier now that she had an added 30 pounds on her. Is the new look for idealistic women a curvy one with a nice weight to her? I think so! We all know the Kardashians are known for their big butts, and I think they are damn proud about it. Young women and even older women base their idea of what they should look like off of media clips like this and whatever is shown in magazines and social media sites. Positively the look for a women is becoming rounder per say and men are pushing more towards liking a women with some shape to her and hopefully a big butt.

Becoming more physically fit has been a huge task that women in 2015 are taking on, and companies like Nike provide clothing and slogans to push them to have a fit and motivated attitude. If you ask me I would say that the world is becoming a better place with body ideals becoming more reasonable and the acceptance of a more athletic women figure is really shining through. Similarly, the media has begun to produce songs and ads about big butts like wildfire. All we hear now is how we need a big butt to be the best. Although this is kind of shitty way to motivate some to like their body, eventually after you have worked out and seen what your body particularly your butt can do you are amazed. You feel like a super woman. Self motivated as all hell, and powerful. Read this ad below from Nike, not only do all of you probably love what her body looks like, but you may feel like damn I like my body the way it is too (Leftfoot, Lucas).

Another great example of how our body image for women is changing even in the media is Meghan Trainer’s song “All About That Bass”. She claims over and over again in her song how even her mother had told her not to worry about her size, and eventually someone will love what you have to offer. And I completely agree with her, if women just accept what they have been given and learn to love their own bodies, self-image and what you portray to others becomes something incredibly positive.

“I see the magazine workin’ that Photoshop

We know that shit ain’t real, come on now, make it stop

If you got beauty, beauty, just raise ‘em up

‘Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top (Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass.")

Here are some more powerful lyrics from All About That Base, and as you can see Meghan is not fooled by what we sometimes see in magazines. She is saying what these women look like isn’t their real image, in fact just a photo shopped picture of a new fake woman perfected with an altering software program. My point being is that if all of these famous songwriters, and icons are ok with being curvy and bootylishious, it is only a matter of short time where this is what everyone is striving to be exactly that. To solidify how awesome it is to be all about the bass, watch her music video, its incredible!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

Works Cited

"All+about+that+bass - Google Search." All+about+that+bass - Google Search. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.

"Kim Kardashian West PREFERS Her Body After She Gave Birth." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.

Leftfoot, Lucas. ""My Butt Is Big"" NikeBlogcom. NikeBlog.com., 25 July 2010. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.

"Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass." YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.

"Positive and Negative Body Image | Improving Self Esteem." Positive and Negative Body Image | Improving Self Esteem. Planned Parenthood, 2014. Web. 16 Oct. 2015.