Our society in the UK always seems to have an opinion; often due to the effect the American’s have on our attitude. Whether it’s on the new fashion; if abortion is right or wrong; whether independence is the way forward or not, hairstyles, celebrities, most things you can think of, in particular, body image. It seems 15 years ago we were inundated with shots of size 0 models, yet now it seems we are forced to support the respected plus size model campaign. The images and attitudes that are chucked into the world, distort people’s perception of the way you should and want to look.
Over the last few years, there has been an increasing number of obese and overweight people in the UK, why is this? Perhaps it is to do with the influence of other countries, “fat bottomed girls [making] the rockin’ world go round”, the Plus Size Awards (with no equivalent for the proportion of Britons who aren't ‘plus size’ or ‘normal weight’) or maybe its just the …show more content…
Not that I’ve heard of. It may be that these catchy classics are an attempt to make larger ladies feel comfortable in their own bodies although a recent hit, sung by the one and only Meghan Trainor created some confusion about her intentions during the new ‘body positive’ song, ‘All about that bass.’ Meghan basically suggests ‘every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top,’ well, if you look like her that is. Even if there are songs about anything other than ‘plus size’ being positive, I haven’t heard them or at least they aren’t popular, yet Meghan’s songs have been big hits. People are often encouraged to think overweight is normal and now specific artists are even making it seem as if fat is more attractive and all around better, which is not necessarily the case, as the prospect of this effecting my health also doesn’t seem very appealing to
Over the last few years, there has been an increasing number of obese and overweight people in the UK, why is this? Perhaps it is to do with the influence of other countries, “fat bottomed girls [making] the rockin’ world go round”, the Plus Size Awards (with no equivalent for the proportion of Britons who aren't ‘plus size’ or ‘normal weight’) or maybe its just the …show more content…
Not that I’ve heard of. It may be that these catchy classics are an attempt to make larger ladies feel comfortable in their own bodies although a recent hit, sung by the one and only Meghan Trainor created some confusion about her intentions during the new ‘body positive’ song, ‘All about that bass.’ Meghan basically suggests ‘every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top,’ well, if you look like her that is. Even if there are songs about anything other than ‘plus size’ being positive, I haven’t heard them or at least they aren’t popular, yet Meghan’s songs have been big hits. People are often encouraged to think overweight is normal and now specific artists are even making it seem as if fat is more attractive and all around better, which is not necessarily the case, as the prospect of this effecting my health also doesn’t seem very appealing to