Monday, December 03, 2007

Real Beauty and the Beholders

I was pretty miffed at this article posted on Yahoo! (http://nz.entertainment.yahoo.com/071202/6/2w9f.html). The topic is photos posted online of Jennifer Love-Hewitt at the beach, in a bikini, on vacation. Okay, they aren't the most flattering shots, but they're real life.

I've had a thng for Hewitt's beautiful smile and spunky charm since Party of Five. She has had decent movies and kept a pretty clean portfolio. Now, she has a pretty good show on CBS called Ghost Whisperer. No longer a teen star, she's put on some curves; I'll give anyone that. But it's not held her back at all.

The big hoopla over Hewitt's mature figure says more about the people in cyberland and our culture than her. Men have an unhealthy ideal woman and compare others to that unrealistic model. Women tend to the same. Voyeuristic people live out fantasy in celebrities' lives then attack when their illusion is disappointed.

We decry Muslims for their practice of covering themselves wih the hajib for modesty, then in the west a woman cannot enjoy a day at the beach without worrying about appearance. Whether she's more or less attractive than another woman is not the deal. Maybe we all need a bikini on the beach day to expose our insecurities to the world.

1 comment:

danabrown said...

Amen!! I'm not signing up for bikini day at the beach, but I stand behind your take on this, 100%.

Well said, brother!
--from a lady with curves :)