This is special.
Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine, and widely publicized as being somewhat of a witch, recently opened up to US Magazine. Anna Wintour admitted that she uses stick thin models in her spreads, but suggested she (and her magazine) are aware of body issues. She went on to say:
"I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses. There's such an epidemic of obesity in the United States, and for some reason, everybody focuses on anorexia."
Ok. There are obese people EVERYWHERE lady. Granted you'd probably strike a person down with lightening bolts should they enter your immediate radius packing an extra 5 lbs, but I am willing to bet that people in the real world of New York are also obese. And where exactly were you in Minnesota? The Iron Range? I ran around Lake Calhoun yesterday and did not see 1 obese person, and, certainly no one who appeared to look like a little house. But I understand that my immediate environment doesn't dictate an accurate example of the population as a whole.
I agree obesity is just as much, if not more, of a problem as anorexia. But let's look at the real issue behind both of these diseases: Personal issues with control (needing or lacking), self-esteem, environment and life experience, and dumb asses like Anna Wintour riding her high horse and giving her unwarranted versions as what she sees as truth. Spare us your opinion and go back to what you do best- receiving botox injections, eating 1/2 a grapefruit a day, and picking out your fur coat for the gala to save albino squirrels.
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And, the Iron Range is full of obese people? That regional comment is just as bad as Ms. Wintour's generalization of Minnesota.
You are correct- I realize I didn't sum up my point exactly- as I was trying to express this by saying I assume people not in my immediate geography (the Iron Range) are a different population as a whole to what I see (Lake Calhoun). I meant to sum up that thought by the "but I understand that my immediate environment doesn't dictate an accurate example of the population as a whole." As we are all subject to stereotypes, even me who blasts others for theirs. My attempt at irony was missed...
Your quoted excerpt only serves to underscore my original point. Perhaps the word you were looking for is ignorance not irony?
Then I suppose you also didn't understand my stereotyping of Anna Wintour's life either as directly doing what the subject of the blog shames? Interesting you didn't scold that as ignorance?
My ignorance is my sarcastic humor. Some like it, some don't.
I understood the point you were trying to make. Your humor is fine. Kudos on your blog.
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