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thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Right of the Day: Plus-size Vogue cover girl Robyn Lawley, a size 16, is the new face — and body — of popular U.K. lingerie line Boux Avenue. She replaces Strictly Come Dancing star Ola Jordan, a size 10.

Lawley, who stands 6’2”, says she spent much of her younger years battling the scale.

I stumbled across pro-anorexia websites and scoured them for tips. I began starving myself and making myself sick after meals. My mum Janne was concerned but she had no idea how serious the problem was. Plus, I became an expert at lying.

Now 23, Lawley is active in promoting healthy bodyimages among women. She even writes a food blog called Robyn Lawley Eats.

I am delighted to be chosen as the face and body of Boux Avenue lingerie. The brand is striving to promote a healthy body image and their size range reflects this.

[dailymail]

NO THIS IS NOT ALL KINDS OF RIGHT. HOW THE FUCK IS THIS PROMOTING HEALTHY BODY IMAGES WHEN THIS WOMAN IS A) CONSIDERED PLUS-SIZE AND B) LOOKS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE ANY SIZE SIXTEEN I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY GODDAMN LIFE? I’m meant to be three sizes smaller than her and there is no way in fucking hell I look anything close to that. Girls aren’t going to see this model and think ‘awesome! I’m represented!’ They’re going to see her and think ‘she’s supposed to be my size - what the fuck is wrong with me?’ And it’s going to be even worse because we can’t even say ‘oh these women don’t really exist, these size zeros are unhealthy, they’re dangerous, they’re photoshopped, we shouldn’t aspire to this’, we’re going to see this and think ‘this is what we supposedly are, as a national average size, and yet we don’t look like this. This is meant to be healthy and normal and yet I don’t look like that. Why?’

We’re back at square fucking one, back to having impossible ideals packaged attainable goals. I fucking hate the world. 

(via anattractivecryingman)

loki-godofmischief:

So, this happened last night.
What’s really upsetting is that I was a big fan of his before he did this.
Hard to believe an adult man has no problem saying something as awful as this to an 18 year old girl. 

I’m not sure why people are surprised. Avenged Sevenfold and all they associate with are insensitive, conservative, racist, homophobic, sexist Republican assholes. Nice one, Papa. What is this society’s obsession with making the victimised feel like shit?

(via ohmygodfreys)

Folks, I give you, the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates:

  • Michelle Bachmann: "Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” (2004)
  • Ron Paul: "The rate of AIDS infection is on the increase again. From the gay point of view, the reasons seem quite sensible. First, these men don't really see a reason to live past their fifties. They are not married, they have no children, and their lives are centered on new sexual partners... because sex is the center of their lives, they want it to be as pleasurable as possible, which means unprotected sex. Third, they enjoy the attention & pity that comes with being sick." (1995 in a newsletter)
  • Rick Perry: "I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there's something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. " (2011 in a campaign ad)
  • Mitt Romney: "I should tell my story. I'm also unemployed." (2011 while speaking to unemployed people in Florida. Romney's net worth is over $200 million.)
  • Newt Gingrich: "She's not young enough or pretty enough to be the wife of the President. And besides, she has cancer." (1994, about his first wife)
  • Rick Santorum: "Is anyone saying same-​sex couples can’t love each other? I love my children. I love my friends, my brother. Heck, I even love my mother-​in-​law. Should we call these relationships marriage, too?" (2008)
  • Michelle Bachmann: "Carbon dioxide is portrayed as harmful. But there isn't even one study that can be produced that shows that carbon dioxide is a harmful gas." (2009 during a debate)
  • Mitt Romney: "PETA is not happy that my dog likes fresh air." (2006, when questioned about driving 12 hours with his dog in a cage strapped to the top of his car)

The eyes of Marines before, during & after Afghanistan. Photographed by Dutch photographer Claire Felicie. 

(via gabblm)