What Does Your Body Say?

Women get judged on their appearances every day. Television shows such as America’s Next Top Model emphasis the need to be Barbie perfect and eliminate anyone who falls a little short. A myriad of stereotypes exist for women, and most can be based on looks. For my women’s studies project I wanted to show some of the famous women who appear to be the epitome of these stereotypes. I also found it interesting that most of them have prominent quotes either affirming or denying these. My question for fellow women is two-fold, what does your body say to society and what do you want it to say? Thanks.

Anorexic~ Athlete~ Baby Machine~ Bachelorette~ Ball Breaker~ Beauty Queen~ Bimbo~ Bitch~ Cunt~ Daddy’s Girl~ Diva~ Dominatrix~ Drama Queen~ Dumb Blonde~ Feminist~ Femme Fatale~ Gold Digger~ Heroine~ Housewife~ Intellect~ Lesbian~ Man Hater ~ Mistress~ Obese~ Princess~ Prude~ Saint~ Slut~ Soccer Mom~ Spinster~ Spoiled Brat~ Tomboy~ Trophy Wife~ Virgin~ Witch




As a model, you’re so used to taking your clothes off that you just don’t care.
-Tyra Banks

Step Away from the Mean Girls… …and say bye-bye to feeling bad about your looks. Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others. This is a call to arms. A call to be gentle, to be forgiving, to be generous with yourself. The next time you look into the mirror, try to let go of the story line that says you're too fat or too sallow, too ashy or too old, your eyes are too small or your nose too big; just look into the mirror and see your face. When the criticism drops away, what you will see then is just you, without judgment, and that is the first step toward transforming your experience of the world." -Oprah Winfrey

I think that whatever size or shape body you have, it's important to embrace it and get down! The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not dis other women for being proud of theirs!
-Christina Aguilera

The thing I like about my body is that it's strong. I can move furniture around my apartment. I can ride my horse... I can play basketball. It's a well functioning machine. -Cindy Crawford

Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don’t start measuring her limbs. -Pablo Picasso

For me, it might sound cliche, but beauty for me really does start on the inside. It's like a state of mind, a state of love if you will. Then, whatever you can do on the outside is all like a bonus. -Queen Latifah

Beauty is grace and confidence. I’ve learned to accept what nature gave me.
–Lindsay Lohan

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty. -Britney Spears

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy. -Angelina Jolie