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[theshiversbaby]

The woman on the cover of the latest issue of CondeNast traveler looks like a famine victim. She is, honestly, nothing more than a heap of bones with two mosquito bites for breasts held together by a rather unflattering white bathing suit. When I first picked up the magazine and I noticed her sitting on the prow of a boat, I immediately assumed

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[crueltywhite]

what brought on the series of body image posts?

[theshiversbaby]

Huge amounts of confusion and/or general distress. Conflicting messages. And your typical, run of the mill insecurities caused by too much stress and not enough reassurance about "The Future," which leads to feeling like you need to be reassured about everything, at least by your self. In my case anyways.

[crueltywhite]

hm ok fair enough. The Future sucks for stressing everyone out all the time. Just who does it think it is?!

I thought you were cute last time I saw you. unless there was some thyroid or acid-spill tragedy I suspect you're still cute, but you're a bitch for not taking a shower with me. and don't trot out the whole "i love my boyfriend" bullshit. I am so showerwithable at all times. it could have been umm platonic or something! anyway don't worry about how you look until after you graduate and find yourself in a new workplace with hot career women and you feel all awkward. :)

good luck with your stressors.

[theshiversbaby]

hahaha, i suppose i was being a little ambiguous...i don't think i need reassurance about looks because i think there's an underlying problem. i could be 50x uglier or 50x hotter and still feel (kind of) the same because my problem is the soul-shriveling disease that is perfectionism. i'm not really sure what reassurance there is for that. it's okay not to be perfect? heh. that is so trite!

i don't even want to start thinking about the hot career women! :(

sorry about the shower. maybe another time/life.

[scribble]

probably just a model of a model you know the sort made of toothpicks we'll tie some felt to her later but then fuck it who has the time? not me.

[iamjustjules]

those girls need to join the "eat a sandwich" club

tons of deep fried peanut butter and bananas sandwiches for them, with some heavily sugared kool-aid... that'll make em look mighty perfect to me