Is Plump Pretty?

True Blood is starting tonight and here's an article to carry on with the talk for the vampire people. Vampires Stake a Claim on Audiences' Hearts There's mention of Buffy ex Angel. The vampire in our pop culture has changed so much that they barely resemble the monster in Dracula. They reflect us a bit more closely in that there is no absolute in good and evil. I haven't seen True Blood yet but in a half hour I'll have my popcorn ready.

Now to something that really pisses me off. The same discussion has been had in regards to the witch Tara on Buffy the Vampire slayer. The lovely and curvy Christina Hendricks (Angel, Firefly, Mad Men)has been sniped about in regards to her weight. Now a new article askes that question Is Joan on 'Mad Men' too plump for Primetime? Here's a quote:

With or without Zoe, curves are definitely making a comeback. Christina Hendricks as Joan on "Mad Men" (left) could singlehandedly bring back hips. Real hips. The kind that will send a skinny man skittering across a dance floor. And I must admit that my jaw still drops when she sashays on screen with a rump as big as a holiday ham. My first reaction is always: She's huge! What a silly reaction to a woman who is probably a size 8 or 10.

Then I realize that most leading women on TV, such as Holly Hunter and Teri Hatcher, are pipe cleaners, and so I never expect to see prime-time zaftig. It's as odd to me as a virgin martini. Frankly, I am so accustomed to seeing protruding hipbones that I have to adjust my own visual definition of what is womanly. That's pretty screwed up, in fact.

Even models are tired of maintaining those sharp clavicles. In Vogue this month, Karen Elson admits that she took laxatives to stay whippet svelte and blames the fashion industry for imposing such thin measures. Kate Moss told the Guardian last week that she realized at one point, while standing in a bathtub, that she was too skinny. The Council of Fashion Designers of America has erected booths at Fashion Week in New York to spread the word on eating disorders and promote healthy living. Hmm. Why do I suspect that the Moet booth will be mobbed and the bulimia booths will be empty?

Personally, I think she is absolutely gorgeous. I don't care what size CH is. There is always going to be curvey ladies and slim ladies. Too bad that when someone insults a women the best they can come up with is "she's huge" "ugly" or "a bitch." Worse they pit woman against woman in an no winner battle of one upmanship in who can become the skinniest instead of who can achieve more than calorie restriction.