Eat Less according to Urban Outfitters

I've worked in retail for the last year in a women's store that caters to girls that are 14-16 years old. Many of the girls that come into the store are very tiny, of course, most of them are pre-puberty. In this age, they're also very influential. I can only imagine the store I used to work in carrying this "Eat Less" t-shirt and the uproar it would have caused with the girls that work there. However, in recent weeks, Urban Outfitters has released a shirt with the cursive writing "Eat Less." Sure, maybe Urban Outfitters caters to older girls, however, at any age women are extremely influential. Being a bigger girl, however, confident in the person that I am, this shirt makes me extremely disappointed in the fashion industry. I'm not completely sure on how many people it takes to approve a design but this design clearly went to an incompetent group of people. To know that between 5 and 10 million people in the USA suffer from some sort of eating disorder saddens me. However, to know that people are PROFITING on this sort of disorder is sickening.

From my understanding, Urban Outfitters has pulled this item from it's website after cries of outrage. I'm not sure if it is still available in stores.

My only hope is that people of all ages, shapes and sizes realize that each person is beautiful in their own individual way. We do not need to conform to the image Hollywood projects. Be healthy and happy!

xoxoxo,
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Social Networking

In my opinion, social networking has far surpassed the "fad" status it was given when it first began. Of course, like anything in the world, it does have its advantages and disadvantages.

Obviously, it is much more convenient then anything we have ever experienced before. How many of us have completely planned a get together or event through Facebook? I know I have, many times.

Twitter, on the other hand, I still cannot grasp the purpose of. Are we supposed to obsessively update our daily happenings? Because I sure do. It's an addiction I cannot shake. I even update via text.

Myspace seems to have disappeared. I don't even know if it actually exists anymore. What was once the hip place seems to dissolve once Facebook entered the realm.

Tell me, what are your thoughts on these addictive sites?

Reality Television

I'm definitely guilty of falling into the reality television trap (Big Brother, anyone?). I love it and it's definitely a guilty pleasure of mine but can we really distinguish what is real and what is fake on these shows?

The series finale of the Hills summed this up perfectly. Cue tear jerker ending with a video montage of things that had happened seasons past. All of a sudden, we see Brody and Kristen leave the set leaving us with the question, was it all fake? Lo Bosworth assured us on her website, The Lo Down that is in fact real.

Recent magazine articles on this season's Bachlorette have left us wondering what the producers have fabricated and what wasn't. I mean c'mon, is Frank really that paranoid if he just left Ali for another woman? I don't think so.

I guess the beauty of something called "Reality Television" is that we need to realize that it is television. Television means Hollywood and we know nothing there is ever real.

New Blog!

Well, I figured it was time for a blog that I can write about things that are not as personal about my LiveJournal. This will give me a little bit more freedom to write about anything and everything whereas my LJ is a spot where I write about the personal things in my life. This one will remain open for anyone to read and comment. Leave your thoughts and opinions for me to read, questions for me to answer and subjects you want me to touch on!

Can't wait to get started.

xoxo,

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