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b_b  ·  3974 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Huffington Post on Jennifer Lawrence and body image -- surprisingly insightful

    The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and "chubby" women is because she is representative of conventional beauty.

Um, I've seen both Hunger Games movies, and there is no doubt that she did some serious training for the role. How about she is allowed to be a body-positive role model, because she obviously works really hard to keep a good body, no matter how health conscious she is when it comes to food choices. One can feed oneself and still have good body and feel good, too, if serious exercise is thrown into the mix. Genetics aren't a choice. Sometimes, the food we eat isn't as much of a choice as we want it to be, given access and economics and so forth. But exercise is very much a choice. It costs nothing but time to go out and walk a mile, do some push-ups and sit-ups, etc.

I don't understand the point of this article. It seems to say that Jennifer Lawrence is a bitch, because she isn't skinny or fat, and is unapologetic about that. Other than that, I didn't take away anything from it. HuffPo never fails to miss the point, that's for sure.