<p>Two or three years ago, we saw Hairspray (for the third time!) on Broadway and Shoshana played Tracy that day. She was terrific, but we noted that she clearly was wearing, um, padding, as her legs were quite slender compared with the rest of her.
For those who disagree about what “curvy” means, let’s remember that our view of what’s thin has been tremendously skewed by what we see daily in the TV/film/print ad medium. As I said, a size 8 or even 10 used to be considered slender, and now the norm for a model is a 4!
If you want to see the size that models really are, check out Project Runway one evening and watch as the competitors are helping their models get dressed. These women are super skinny … not fit (they don’t seem particularly muscular!).
When we see that so often, we begin to think it is how women are supposed to be.
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