let's chat about cleavage

Seriously, boy readers ... you may not be so interested in this.

Okay, ladies. Let's talk about boobs.

{Ha. My mom is gonna FREAK when she reads that.}

Any of you who know me in real life know that I'm not ... well, what you would call ... unendowed.

In fact, I'm pretty stacked. I have been since I was 12. When other girls were still running around chasing boys on the playground, I was trying to figure out how to run around with these new body parts of mine without giving myself a black eye.

Over the years I've come to terms with being "stacked." It makes fitting clothes more difficult, exercising usually requires 2 bras (ha. seriously.) ... and finding bras I like that will actually hold the ladies in as well as be comfortable and pretty is a feat of Illiad proportions (especially with straps for 5'2" frame).

Now I've been following this controversy for about a week ... and I needed to finally talk about it.

I doubt many of you have heard of Ashley Graham. She's a gorgeous, tall, normal-sized woman "plus size" model. She's also the focus of a recent controversy.

See, recently both ABC and FOX banned a Lane Bryant commercial from their networks for exposing too much cleavage. But an equally racy spot from lingerie big-wig Victoria Secret, got preferential air time. I'm gonna let you see for yourself:

Lane Bryant commercial

Victoria Secret "The Nakeds" commercial

How can this still be happening? We've had so many articles, movements, celebrities -- why must we CONTINUE letting the media teach us, our sisters, moms, daughters, friends, etc. that to be sexy or beautiful or desired you have to be 1) a size 0, and 2) an object?!!

My favorite way I've seen the controversy summed up is this:

"Though semi-provocative (it's a girl in her underwear, for crying out loud!), the Lane Bryant ad showed nothing that anyone who's seen a weigh-in on "The Biggest Loser" hasn't glimpsed before; meanwhile the Victoria's Secret The Nakeds ad stars flat-tummied Angels in nude-toned bras writhing like they're auditioning for a Whitesnake video ... So for those keeping track at home, here's the score: Size zero, bad. Going unairbrushed, good. Plus size...uncomfortable?"

{found here -- go read the article it's AMAZING.}

Now I'm not saying a naturally (or healthy) size 0 girl is any less worthy of love than a size 22 girl. I'm saying -- PLEASE can we just teach girls, each other, ourselves that a stupid number DOES NOT define beauty.

How about:  

REAL PEOPLE, REAL BODIES, REAL LOVE.

Sound good?!

So what do you all think?

xoxo.