Sorry if some of you are shocked at this picture. I love it. I think she's beautiful, and I'm a little peeved that this gorgeous, healthy woman is considered "plus size." It's frustrating to me that, because she isn't emaciated, Lizzi has become a sensation. I love that she's getting attention, but should it be this big of a deal? Are people really that shocked to see a normal-sized woman in a magazine?
Some of the smartest people I know had quite a discussion about it on facebook. It's another thing that has definitely made me think, and consider how I feel about my body. I have saved a .pdf this fairly lengthy discussion, so if you'd like to read it, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Thanks, Eric.
13 October 2009
Crash Course In Brain Surgery
Tonight was slow enough that I was able to scrub in on a craniotomy. It was very interesting, and a little disturbing. I won't go into detail, but it's a very sad case, and the patient may never recover completely. It's one of those situations where you do everything you can for the patient (at an enormous cost), when it's actually for the family. But how do you decide where to draw the line? Who gets the healthcare? When do you start rationing? Who should decide what insurance should pay for? It's a mess, and I certainly don't have the answer. All I know is that if the government is going to be paying for our healthcare, they are going to want to control it. They will want access to all of our medical records and payment histories and health histories, and eventually they will want to decide who gets what . . . how much doctors get paid, how much insurance companies get paid, what procedures they should and shouldn't cover, etc. I don't know. What do you think?
Another thing that has made me think is what has come of this:
Sorry if some of you are shocked at this picture. I love it. I think she's beautiful, and I'm a little peeved that this gorgeous, healthy woman is considered "plus size." It's frustrating to me that, because she isn't emaciated, Lizzi has become a sensation. I love that she's getting attention, but should it be this big of a deal? Are people really that shocked to see a normal-sized woman in a magazine?
Some of the smartest people I know had quite a discussion about it on facebook. It's another thing that has definitely made me think, and consider how I feel about my body. I have saved a .pdf this fairly lengthy discussion, so if you'd like to read it, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Thanks, Eric.
Sorry if some of you are shocked at this picture. I love it. I think she's beautiful, and I'm a little peeved that this gorgeous, healthy woman is considered "plus size." It's frustrating to me that, because she isn't emaciated, Lizzi has become a sensation. I love that she's getting attention, but should it be this big of a deal? Are people really that shocked to see a normal-sized woman in a magazine?
Some of the smartest people I know had quite a discussion about it on facebook. It's another thing that has definitely made me think, and consider how I feel about my body. I have saved a .pdf this fairly lengthy discussion, so if you'd like to read it, let me know and I'll send you a copy. Thanks, Eric.
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OOO, I'm glad you put "The Best Day" on your site -isn't it gorgeous? Anywho, I don't have the answer either on the medical question... It VERY scary to think they would have that kind of control, however.
On the model -good grief- to have that body isn't in my realm of comprehension. It's such a shame that people like her, Kloe Kardashian, and even Jessica Simpson take such heat for packing something even smaller than the average American woman size.
All I know is that accepting my body as it is is important to my well-being mentally, but I keep at "healthy" perspective on how much room I have to improve.
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The health care issue is difficult. I spent years and years either without coverage or during my pregnancies on medicaid. Neither were really great options, but the only insurance we could get for our family was $1000 a month for the premiums and 70/30 coverage with copays and no preventative medicine. Somedays all I wanted was an option where I could pay what I could afford, which was about $50 a month and get the health coverage that I needed. The entire system is broken in my opinion. I don't have time to go into what I think should happen, just to say that it needs to change.
I really like that picture too. I saw it somewhere else. I think she is beautiful. I think the world would be a much better place if we really looked at people, instead of trying to force everyone into an ideal.
I think that insurance companies have a good deal of control and information as it is, and though I'm for a national healthcare system, I think it will be very difficult to achieve. However, there needs to be change of some sort.
I subscribe to Glamour, and they spent a lot of time discussing that picture and another one (which is the bottom picture in the link below, which is actually my favorite of the two: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1210814/Lizzie-Millers-Glamour-magazine-shoot-How-models-picture-shook-world-flabby-tummy-all.html) She is pretty much fabulous.
I love looking at the "Dove Campaign for Real Beauty" ads. They have scrawny women, heavier women, all different skin shades, all different sizes and shapes, all with less than "flawless" skin (moles, wrinkles, freckles, bulges), and the best part? They all look gloriously HAPPY! They are beautiful, every last one of them, and much more beautiful than the posey, pouty, angst-ridden faces of traditional models, or celebrities, for that matter.
That campaign is fantastic. I saw one ad that showed a beautiful woman with red hair, and she was COVERED (face, neck, shoulders, arms) with HUGE freckles. It made my day!
I believe there needs to be a something done with the health care system. Too many people are truly suffering needlessly. the Utah model is really a very good one. the Tennessee and Mass. models show what can really go wrong. I pray we are all learning from the experiences of others and are not determined to repeat the failures.
As for the model, well we do need to see woman of all shapes and sizes for who they are in character and spirit. If our society was not as accepting of nude pictures the body underneath would not be on display and ripe for criticism as it is now. we do not need to be ashamed of our bodies to want to maintain some modesty and decorum.
I am with Martin Luther King when he looked forward to the day when his children would be judged for their character and not for the color (or amount) of their sin.
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