I feel really bad in saying this

[likethebeer]

I am a woman. I should not judge other women. But this lady keeps showing up in my hotmail account, and the bottom of her tummy is driving me crazy



It's just a little tummy that I'm sure she's working on, all the time, but it kind of sticks out there. She's not like the Victoria's Secret girl or the cute girl I wrote about before...

Victoria's Secret Girl whose attitude I don't care for



Cute girl, who I still use as my 1-of-3 icons



There's just something. Maybe it's the hair. But I think it's the tummy. And I feel really bad, b/c I remember this one time, CJ talked about seeing Heather Graham in the second Austin Powers movie and saying she had cellulite and I looked at that girl,


and I was appalled at what a horrible image CJ must have of women to think that Heather Graham had cellulite. I would like to point out that this is not cellulite, this is actually a somewhat normal amount of fat on a woman. It's what gives her breasts and hips. I actually thought Heather Graham's body was cute (once I found myself looking for the cellulite). Maybe CJ was confused b/c women walk around in the popular media many times w/bodies like Twiggy. I'm still hoping for a moment when I can call him on it, and I'm really hoping he hasn't given that attitude to his son (of course, his son is 16 and probably would take anything he could get in any form at this moment)....

However, despite this, I can't let go of the image of this woman's belly.


Edit:I would like to point out some of the helpful things added to my assessment:

Both jinzi and low_delta thought that her tummy's pouching out b/c she's posed wrong. Or that she's malnourished. But posed wrong is what came up first.

coconuthead feels she's underdressed, and later went on to wonder if she wouldn't get a sunburn with the off-the-shoulder peasant shirt.

mslilly noted that her face looks like it has just been released from a device like Chinese foot bindings.

All of this has been quite helpful.

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Oh, and in other news, the BBC didn't stop by today. That's next week.

Comments

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

Mmm- that girl doesn't have a tummy. She's just posed wrong. In fact, her head's too big for her tiny body. Double in fact? That tummy might be sticking out from malnourishment, because the rest of her is toned! ;)

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Agreed.

[lousy-timing.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

I think we're voicing things our friend here was thinking, too, but because she keeps having to look at the image, the tummy was getting on her nerves.

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I can certainly sympathize with that. It's just not the fatness of the tummy that bugs me. It's the face. And that the head is too big. And the clothes. And the pose.

You know how the expression on the girl in the second pic bugs you? It's same for me, with that "oh-so-sexy" pose, where they arch their back, because they think it shows off their breasts or their butts, but it really only pushes out their bellies? I hate that. It looks like that's what this girl is doing.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

That's what I've thought, but I think that's why I've spent too much time thinking aobut her, trying to figure out if she's wearing the clothes wrong or if the tummy's there. I think about it almost every time she pops up alongside my e-mail.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

She just needs to put some proper clothes on, that's all. A person should wear clothes that actually cover their body. This wandering about half-naked stuff is nonsense.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

and off-the-shoulder shirts still reek of peasantry.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

AT least it's not one of those one shoulder covered, one shoulder naked dealies. Those just make me mad.

I think it's faux-peasantry. I think peasanting in that getup is asking for a really bad sunburn.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Peasants have really brown skin that's like leather. Although they might get skurvy.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

I like it when they get all drunk and polish each other. Crazy leathery peasants.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

ooh--if they can get polished, I bet the can get stamped. Like tattoos, but with some depth.

[coconuthead.livejournal.com]

Ohh--branding!

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. Now why didn't people get branded. You could be sure that all your serfs stayed on your land.

[mslilly.livejournal.com]

I'm more concerned about her face, which looks like it was held in a vise grip for the first 15 years a la chinese foot binding.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the face also bothers me. She looks like a meth addict, and I think that is coming from the look on her face. Poor girl, I'm making fun of her behind her back. I didn't start this! Stop showing up in my inbox, please!