{"id":8234,"date":"2011-12-12T06:32:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T14:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145696.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=8234"},"modified":"2011-12-12T06:32:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T14:32:07","slug":"what-is-a-real-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feelgoodstyle.com\/articles\/what-is-a-real-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a “Real Woman?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We got an outpouring of comments last week when we posted Lizzie Miller’s photo<\/a> from the September 2009 issue of Glamour, touting her as a “real woman.”<\/h3>\n

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When I called her a “real woman,” I was referring to the fact that she wasn’t overly photoshopped, but several commenters made a really great point about something else implied by that headline: did that mean women who don’t look like Lizzie aren’t real? Of course not! Today, I wanted to celebrate real women.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We come in all shapes and sizes, and as I’ve mentioned here before, I think that true beauty comes from within<\/a>. Your size doesn’t define whether you’re a real woman any more than the color of your hair or skin. We’re all real women!<\/p>\n

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I think that media outlets do glorify impossibly thin models, so I was thrilled to hear from Amber Huffman, a gorgeous model who proves that you don’t have to be a size 0 to be beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Like many commenters pointed out, though, some women just have a high metabolism, and part of the backlash against the heroin chic models we’re used to seeing is that thin women are subject to a lot of envy. A woman who’s a size zero is as real as a size 12 or a size 20.<\/p>\n

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I think that what we really need to see is a shift away from talking about dress size and towards talking about health<\/a> and happiness<\/a>. What do you think?<\/p>\n

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Image Credits:<\/em><\/p>\n