JJ Virgin argues that airbrushed models, even "curvy" ones, set impossible standards that push women toward revolt instead of health. She shares her own struggle with body shape and urges women to stop chasing unrealistic ideals and focus on becoming their best self.
For women, we have been given these ridiculous models who've been airbrushed for so long. And even the supposed models now who are curvy, like, I look at it and go, "How many ribs did you have removed to look like that?" Right? I mean, so we have this unrealistic way that a woman looks that we're trying to get to. So the backlash, 180 degrees different from that, is to revolt. And so instead of just going, "Well, what is my best body for me?" Like, it took me a long time. I always wanted to be a curvy person. I'm not curvy. I have no hips. Like, look at this. Zero. Like, I can actually put a pair of pants on my waist and pull them off. So instead of trying to become the person I never could possibly be, I just decided to become the best version of me.
