Darling, no one tells you to stop because you never got there- being too thin.
This! Don't blame others for not noticing, especially if you do not appear unhealthy:
This is from 2004, which I'm assuming was her "prime".
Darling, no one tells you to stop because you never got there- being too thin.
Sometimes I wonder if these girls don't believe the industry is the cause for their problem and are really just doing it for publicity because they know the general public eats this shit up and they didn't get their 5 seconds of fame they wanted from their ~career in the fashion industry (once they figured out that they would have to, y'know, do their job).
Sometimes I wonder if these girls don't believe the industry is the cause for their problem and are really just doing it for publicity because they know the general public eats this shit up and they didn't get their 5 seconds of fame they wanted from their ~career in the fashion industry (once they figured out that they would have to, y'know, do their job).
But individual accountability doesn't generate clickbait!'I picked the wrong job, I didn't meet the requirements, I was lonely and unlucky, I got sick and it's a daily battle since then but now I do this and that, I am better because I was the one who realized it was ME who only could change this miserable state of being.'
I think it also has to do with the temporary nature of the work. Full-time employees get benefits, but I feel like there's not much oversight for an industry of part-timers.
Also, it's unskilled labor. I don't mean it's not difficult, I mean you don't need a degree to model. Any position with unskilled labor means tons of competition and low compensation.
For anyone who doesn't live in the UK, usually when British girls proclaim they are "a size 6-8" it's code for "I'm definitely not a size 6 and my body is nothing impressive but I want to sound skinny until I've eaten so much nando's that I physically can't shove my ass into W26 jeans anymore" (unless they're very tall)
"Here's a big FUCK YOU to Harvard for saying that with a GPA of 2.5 and a SAT score of 1100 (naturally) I'm not smart enough to attend an Ivy League school."
"Here's a big FUCK YOU to Harvard for saying that with a GPA of 2.5 and a SAT score of 1100 (naturally) I'm not smart enough to attend an Ivy League school."
No would sympathize and sensationalize a story like that so why does it always happen with modeling?
Here's a big FUCK YOU to Rozen & Katz for saying that even with my natural IQ of 100 I am "ill-equipped" or "unsuited" to work in the legal industry.
I will no longer allow you to dictate to me what's wrong with my intellect and what I need to change in order to be "qualified" (like working to get one JD degree), in the hope it might force you to find me work.
I refuse to feel ashamed and upset on a daily basis for not meeting your arbitrary, unobtainable standards of "passing the bar exam" or "professional legal experience," whilst the CEO of the company has not even gone to law school himself and sits behind his desk slagging me and my friends off for having done the same. The more you force us to "study" and "build a resume" to get a job, the more clients are going to expect us to actually provide them with legal council, and the more young lawyers will actually have to be stressed out by the job. It's no longer an image I choose to represent.
In case you hadn't realised, I am a woman. I am human. I cannot miraculously pass the bar, just to show my legal competency or to meet so called 'agency standards.' I have fought nature for a long time, because you deemed my critical reasoning "incompetent," or my work ethic "sub-par" but I have recently begun to love myself. I can't read about torts, but I have read all of the Divergent series
Ironically, I do love the idea of being a lawyer - the people I've met, the places I've visited - I mean, I love Paris and I would absolutely love to meet Elle Woods. I would want to do it, but only on my personal terms. My mental and physical health is of more importance than a number on a transcript that I have to work to maintain, however much you weirdly wish to emphasize this.
I just want to add something since I have read her article.
It happens to a million other people that you are stuck in the wrong working field and some get sick from it but seriously stop blaming others and an entire industry.
This is so accurateFor anyone who doesn't live in the UK, usually when British girls proclaim they are "a size 6-8" it's code for "I'm definitely not a size 6 and my body is nothing impressive but I want to sound skinny until I've eaten so much nando's that I physically can't shove my ass into W26 jeans anymore" (unless they're very tall)
While I don't agree with these childish, lazy complaints I suppose I can understand where they are coming from. The differences with modelling compared to working as a doctor, lawyer, etc is that the requirements to be a certain size is simply an industry wide subjective view on what a good model needs to achieve in order to be successful. It's a view that has changed over the decades (eg. in the 80s and 90s the ideal models were not required to be as skinny as they are today) and a view that could change in the future. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the fashion industry (and Western society) has decided that beauty = super skinny. I think what these girls are trying to say is that the definition of "beauty" needs to change and the modelling industry should no longer require models to be super skinny.
The differences with other industries is that in order to be successful you need to meet standards that are not only objective but also measurable. For example, to be a lawyer, you need to be smart enough to understand, interpret and explain complex legal principles. That is measurable because you can either do it or you can't, and you can use a person's IQ to determine whether they would be capable of doing such things. To be a professional athlete, you have to be strong/fast/agile etc. Again, this is measurable because you easily determine who is the fastest, the strongest etc. You can't change people's opinions on these things because they're not subjective requirements. You can't ask the legal profession to accept lawyers that can't understand legal principles, or to expect an Olympic swimming team to accept athletes that can't swim. You can however, change people's opinions on what they consider beautiful. The definition of "beauty" has evolved over time - compare the Renaissance era to the 1960s. Indeed, what is considered beautiful varies considerably from country to country.
Just my thoughts.
the fashion industry (and Western society) has decided that beauty = super skinny. I think what these girls are trying to say is that the definition of "beauty" needs to change and the modelling industry should no longer require models to be super skinny.