Body Myths
Why are we obsessed with this unrealistic body ideal?
One of these tips forever ingrained in me was to always dress for your body jot down.
If your body went straight up and down, the sky was your fashion limit.
There were strict rules meted out to us hourglass and pear-shaped girls.
We had to cover our disgraces.
For me, it was an early learned, frequently enforced disappointment.
I did not have the right body not for fashion, not for anything.
The right body nowadays looks very different.
In 2014, Vogue.com published a piece on big bottoms being, well, en vogue.
asked Yomi Adegoke at theGuardian), but the trend has continued to grow.
Around the same time, board-certified plastic surgeonDr.
Thats ushered in a new perspective of what is attractive and whats not attractive.
Fast-forward to today and the hashtag #hourglassfigure has more than 205 million views on TikTok.
It features transformations, before and afters, and, not surprisingly, a lot of Kardashian content.
But the BBL comes with its own set of risks.
Some people simply dont have the frame to carry [an hourglass shape].
Whats especially disheartening is the way this pressure impacts the Black community.
Imitation is not always a form of flattery, Farrow says.
Even so, she made an appointment to go back.
In all this we need to remember that Black women are not a monolith.
We all dont have the beautiful big booty and voluptuous curves, says Jenkins, and thats OK. Jenkins uses Venus and Serena Williams as an example.
They trained exactly the same for their entire lives, and they still have their own unique body types.
But Jenkins doesnt want to discourage anyone from working out.
Say you do want a bigger bottom.
The key to a healthy workout approach, according to Jenkins, is a bit of self-acceptance.
But maybe theres another option.
And when that happens, Ill take endorphins and self-love over an ideal body any day.
This article was originally published onFeb.
