Source: ciaomom.com via Elena on Pinterest
The image above is one Elena pinned on JBE’s “Imagine with images” Pinterest board. I had seen it and liked it — I like the wording and the font and the general message — but didn’t think much of it other than that. Then I was pinning some stuff myself and noticed something different.
Wonder Woman has some pretty hefty thighs in that image.
Does she always? I wondered. I looked up another one.
Not exactly supermodel skinny.
(Of course, if you look at Lynda Carter in her Wonder Woman days her thighs are pretty slender, but that doesn’t really help my point so let’s ignore that, shall we?)
The thing is, when I initially looked at that first image, I didn’t notice her thighs. And when I did, I didn’t simply think, “Wow, look at those thighs” but paused to look at the whole picture because it wasn’t what my brain expected to see.
What I did see when I looked more closely was this: In these images, Wonder Woman is portrayed as muscular and powerful. Not skinny, but strong.
So no, it’s not about her thighs. It’s about the whole image. And the whole image is just fine the way it is.
xo
Robin
Strong over skinny. I like that. And I wouldn’t mind a magic lasso either; it would be quite helpful in wrangling my little runner . . .
angela recently posted..Energy, Enthusiasm, and Exhaustion
Totally. And at this point I’d happily take strong.
Robin recently posted..Time Will Tell
It’s actually kind of a sad commentary of what our society has become. This image was created in a totally different time, yet most women still look like this. I know my thighs look like that, although I would NEVER wear that outfit.
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So true. I think that’s why I noticed it – because it wasn’t what I would have expected today. And it was kind of refreshing.
And I wouldn’t wear that outfit either. But maybe we should…
Robin recently posted..Time Will Tell
Agreed!
Cindy recently posted..Lost treasures
Freeing, isn’t it?
Robin recently posted..Time Will Tell
Wonder Woman is an amazon & a superheroine, not a lingerie model. So she’s supposed to be robust & healthy, not a 98 pound weakling.
Exactly. And yet I think we’re now conditioned to expect someone like her to have what we’d consider a “perfect” body. I thought it was noteworthy that she doesn’t look like a lingerie model.
Robin recently posted..Time Will Tell
Ah that was probably drawn up back in the days when film stars wore a 12 or 14, you know like ‘plus-size’ models these days.
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