Why mainstream magazines are bullshit:
NO JEANS FOR YOU.
Here’s a close-up of the bottom row:
Sorry!
Nothing says, “YOU ARE A GIANT FREAK AND YOU WILL NEVER FIT IN” like a grid full of super fashionable jeans that don’t come in your size. Sorry!
via Sociological Images via Jezebel.
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July 13, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Jess
This was the story of my life growing up. From 8th grade on, I was a 26/28, and in the mid to late 90s, it was sparse. Still is. But, it sucked reading things like that.
July 13, 2008 at 4:43 pm
SugarLeigh
And somehow, when I read the phrase, I imagined the pungent chemical stink of the glossy pages (from the multiple, clashing scents of the various perfume sample inserts) and a smug, too-perky, youthful voice biting those words at another young girl from behind too-red lips, as she inwardly breathes a relieved sigh that at least she’s better than SOMEONE at the exhausting game of trying to look sparkly for the boys. (Not better enough to snag Dick McPopularlust as a prom date, but ya can’t win ‘em all…)
Or maybe the average reader of Seventeen isn’t so much her as all those girls in size 14s trying to figure out what the heck it is that gets them those undeserved smug exchanges. In which case, the mag is really missing out on the change to sell a lot more jeans.
BROOMSTICK SKIRTS FOR THE WIN, AND MODERN FASHION FOR THE LOSE!
July 13, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Stephanie
Wow.
That’s all I can say.
July 13, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Catnik
Y’know what though? Good for the manufacturers of the second column pair – they go to a size beyond even what Seventeen included. It’s a start.
July 14, 2008 at 12:25 am
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July 14, 2008 at 12:54 am
Godless Heathen
Ironically, that’s how I feel about plus size merchants that proudly proclaim “Up to size 24!” Yay for you, I guess, but thanks for the chipper reminder that I’m too fat to shop at yet another place.
July 14, 2008 at 5:22 am
Fatadelic
Wow. How irresponsible of the editors. Not that I’m surprised.
July 14, 2008 at 8:19 am
Jess
“Ironically, that’s how I feel about plus size merchants that proudly proclaim “Up to size 24!” Yay for you, I guess, but thanks for the chipper reminder that I’m too fat to shop at yet another place.”
TELL me about it. 24 ain’t nothin’ to me. :\
July 14, 2008 at 10:19 am
Ryan
Psh. Surprise, surprise.
July 14, 2008 at 10:46 am
d
If you check the stores’ sites, some of those size charts could be wrong.
Size 0 @ a 27″ waist? I think not.
Also, at some stores, the smaller and larger sizes are available online: such as AE and Aero.
July 14, 2008 at 12:42 pm
OTM
That makes it even worse, then! I mean, if those brands do offer larger sizes why is Seventeen just ignoring that availability? Ugh.
July 23, 2008 at 8:21 am
ricki
Wow. Yeah, I remember transitioning from “junior” sizes to “misses” sizes.
I have similar issues today with clothes in magazines like “Real Simple.” They do these “hide your figure flaws” features, and the “figure flaws” are like “I’m just skinny and straight up and down!” or “I have big boobs!” And there’s never anything for people who are just big all over…they stop at like a size 12, as if women bigger than that size don’t exist.
I get so tired of never seeing anyone who looks like me wearing clothes in magazines.
July 26, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Melissa
Girl, I feel the same way. Getting more empowered is the key. And burning those magazines are helpful as well.
I just finished reading EBFA (Embracing Your Big Fat Ass) by, Laura Banks and Janette Barber. Now I’m like, “Move over Skinny Bitch here comes the firestorm.” Who knew such a white hot funny book, could be so serious that it could change the way I feel about myself?