sod galaxies far far away this shit got real

I let my blog slide thinking the world didn't need just another shouting voice, however over this season of goodwill (cough) I have been appalled at the socially acceptable issue of body shaming and the such I have witnessed.

Now let's get this straight from the start, I have as many issues with my looks as the next woman, be she 18 or 80, unfortunately I think it is genetically programmed in woman in to always look to improve. However that's an internal battle we have, and also the same drive we have to achieve total social equality and what also got us the vote. That said what really made me snap was the seeming acceptability there is in the media to make personal comments on a woman's appearance in regard to ageing. You can probably see where I am going with this now, but who the hell thinks it's right to compare how a woman ages in relation to her Co stars on film. What's more what kind of social example does that send to the viewers of said film.

Just because oh thirty years ago the same said actress happened to wear a bikini in the same series of films, does not make it acceptable to make personal remarks now, all of which I personally think are totally incorrect anyway. All it really does is a, make the reporter involved look like a major graduate in sexism with a side of two dimensional thinking, b, send a bad message out there to any performer of  the female sex saying your career is founded on your looks only, and c, raising the business profile of every plastic surgeon everywhere.

In an ideal world everyone would have perfect teeth, be a perfect clothes size  etc, and then have nothing to achieve and get bored. But that's not even the worst thing about this, it's the fact that women STILL seemed to be valued by appearance only, not by their intellect or what they achieve. Why is this so, that clothes size is more important than IQ?  Have we totally forgotten the likes of Marie Curie,  Mother Theresa or and it pains me to so this Margaret Thatcher,  women who proved themselves equal if not better to men.

Let's get a few prior straight, a lot of women I know me included refer to make up as war paint for reason, in my house so much so I have a tool box not a vanity case. We use it to deceive people into believing in our camouflage (THINK SAS HERE). While we are on that matter also bearing mind high heels where historically created for men to tower over women, talk about role reversal. In my house if my heels come out for anything other than a ball, they know to run because it means I'm asserting my authority. By the same law of logic the idiot who wrote the article that caused me to go back to blogging ought to be very afraid, as his target is also an accomplished author and script doctor and her words are far sharper that a kitchen knife.

All that's become apparent to me is yes words are sharper than the sword, but be careful where you aim them. Sure they hurt their initial celebrity target, but it's the ripples of self loathing that's created into the masses that's more destructive. Celebrities young or old (and their offspring/partners) are becoming role models for many, whether we like it or not. So ripping into them because of their appearance has a dangerous social affect. By this reasoning reporters who promote body shaming, should be held into account for promotion in eating disorders and worse.

To all the people who have suffered being made a victim of such body shaming, raise your heads up above it, the day of reckoning is soon. Body's are only nature's tool to carry your brain and soul in, they are far more valuable than skin and bone shells. If you are need of proof, I suggest you watch the 1st half of return of the Jedi and see what a women in a bikini did to a space slug ...... Now judge a woman by her cover.