want to say as a plus size woman growing up in America, I know one thing for sure:
We live in a society that defines
plus size very negatively.
FACT: The Center for Disease Control considers 68% of American women overweight or obese.
However, the average woman is size 14-16, under 5’4” and pear shaped, which means the average woman looks like Oprah Winfrey. Yet fewer than 5% are of us are positively represented in media.
We are the norm and
the norm deserves to be
positively represented.
The media deceives American women into thinking super model/Hollywood bodies are norms, and if you are not that body type, you are abnormal, inadequate, and stupid. FACT: Super models are only ½ of 1% and the Hollywood bodies are less than 5% of the female population. We must wonder about a society that glorifies those who are so skinny that bones show through her skin and the price to be thin causes death by anorexia.
What message does this send to our daughters and young women who will never achieve this fleeting standard of beauty?
They deserve an empowering realistic example not the misguiding one that exist.
Time to make a change and
the plus size women are
the ones to do it.
FACT: Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. We live in a society with as vast a representation of women as colors in a kaleidoscope.
Some argue that being plus size is unhealthy. Don’t get me wrong, I believe that every woman has a responsibility for her own health. I am no exception; I am super-plus size woman. I admit it; I own it.
However, just because that is the case does not mean I am lazy, stupid, or do not care about myself. The only difference between my struggle and yours is the type of struggle.
Declare with me:
I refuse to be de-valued
because of society’s prejudices.
FACT: Plus size women are doctors, lawyers, nurses, mothers, hardworking, dedicated, and like myself entrepreneurs and employers of industry. We are educated, strong, determined, passionate and intelligent. It is time we raise our voices and demand that these qualities be recognized.
We will not be silent any longer!
So where do we go from here? We begin to re-define ourselves, re-brand ourselves, and set a new standard with the average and above-average women in mind.
I founded Voluptuous Diva Inc. to become a “Revolutionary” and launch an uprising determined to give a new voice back to the majority. And provide more new faces of beauty show-casing today’s modern woman.
In the coming months this newsletter and blogs will empower 80 million women (the 68% who are considered plus size). The inspiring articles will accentuate the multiplicity of who we are.
- Get ready for interviews with exceptional voluptuous women who impact powerful change in our society.
- Find useful tips designed to help you positively define your life and take life to the next level.
- Discover the most fabulous vintage-inspired plus-size customized fashions you have ever seen.
Come Join the Revolution and Re-define Yourself!
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