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Monday, April 20, 2009

Size Matters.

Kim Kardashian recently blogged about being shown in an article about Forever 21's new plus-sized clothing.

Writes Kim:
"I feel that this clipping from Us Magazine is a bit misleading, so I wanted to comment on it.

I am a huge fan of Forever 21 and I'm very happy they have expanded their line to include a plus-size range, but I am not in that size category and this article makes it sound like I am! I am a curvy girl and I love my curves, but curvy and plus-sized are two very different things. I work really hard to maintain my curves while staying slim and healthy, so to be classed as a "fuller-figured woman" of extra large proportions is a little offensive.

For the record, I am a size 2, not 2XL. "

I don't know what the point of this blog was, if not to be extremely contradictory and offend plus sized people. While Kim claims she is very happy with the expansion, she makes being "plus-sized" sound so derogatory. And that isnt entirely her fault. I mean, society views words like "plus-sized," "voluptuous," and "full-figured" as negative altogether. However I personally think that she should be proud for not being the super-skinny Hollywood norm and giving girls whose bodies are normal a representation in the media (not that kim's body is normal but its more-so than kate moss and keira knightley).

Not to mention that Forever 21's sizing is seriously off anyways, and a large in their store is the equivalent of a medium in many other places so perhaps this plus-sized expansion will actually mean that people with boobs and a butt can fit into the retailers robes.