Does This Make Me Look Fat?
Way to get my attention. It was a typical summer night, I had just gotten back from work and we were watching Hannah Montana on the Disney Chanel. “I’m fat.” Excuse me? I turn around and see her looking at herself in the mirror. Moving from one side to the other, telling me she needs to eat less. Now where did you get an idea like that? She shows me a magazine. This was my six year old niece. She also happens to be nowhere near fat, and I am not just saying that because I'm her aunti. Nonetheless, I sigh. I fully understand and relate to her feelings, but I also want to be mindful about the best way to cut the vicious cycle of low self-esteem at an early stage of her life. The Council of Fashion Designers of America published new guidelines for fashion industries, but it doesn't feel like it's enough. First, I will discuss some of the reasons that led to this policy to appear and why not having it fully enforced or incorporated is creating more problems, second, I will te...