Comments on: Thick girls don’t cry http://www.ericagonzalez.com/2009/09/thick-girls-dont-cry/ a blog by EricaG...find me on twitter.com/EG10029 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:32:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Melinda Gonzalez http://www.ericagonzalez.com/2009/09/thick-girls-dont-cry/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Melinda Gonzalez Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:32:10 +0000 http://www.ericagonzalez.com/?p=88#comment-10 great point, defiance vs dismissal. I was always shocked and impressed. And one of those who in the past thought they needed more feathers to cover up. Now I too smile and secretly wish I had the guts to rock one of those costumes. Maybe with enough liquor! The display of flesh is very significant to the tradition of carnivale, as it comes just before Lent. More and more young women and girls of color have deep body image complexes starting from day 1. They need to see it. Melinda great point, defiance vs dismissal. I was always shocked and impressed. And one of those who in the past thought they needed more feathers to cover up. Now I too smile and secretly wish I had the guts to rock one of those costumes. Maybe with enough liquor! The display of flesh is very significant to the tradition of carnivale, as it comes just before Lent.

More and more young women and girls of color have deep body image complexes starting from day 1.
They need to see it.

Melinda

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