Okay, as much as it hurts my Hawkeye-loving soul to defend Iowa State like this, it's gotta be said. This article pisses me off because BACK OFF THE GYMS, MMKAY?! The University of Iowa built a brand new recreational complex a few years back to much criticism. Yes, sure the lazy river was a bit superfluous, and maybe the intentions of the facility were less than honorable, but there's an important thing that always gets forgotten:
Along with this new rec center, UIowa also extended gym membership to all enrolled students where previously the gyms were a paid service. Full disclosure: it's not free, it just gets billed with tuition. Now, there are many people (including my fiancé) who are upset about having to pay for something they'll never use, but that's public goods for you (on the same note, I don't appreciate my tuition paying for a new College of Pharmacy building when I'm definitely never going to receive direct benefit from it, but you don't hear me bitching). When I was living on campus, I wanted access to the campus gyms but the out-of-pocket expense was too much and so I promised myself that I would get really good about saving money and join the gym next month.
Hahahaha yeah right.
Now the facilities charges get billed with my tuition each semester, it's such a small amount in comparison to everything else that I hardly notice. And major upside: it gets covered by financial aid.
So yeah, rock climbing walls = ridiculous. I can see how outsiders can get angry about the millions of dollars spent on building such facilities, but as someone whose life changed thanks to the now-free university gym memberships, I approve.
'Plus-Size' Model Leah Kelley: We Need More Size 8 Models
"I have naturally thin friends, and they’re people too; they're beautiful on their own."
YES, YES, OMG YESSSS.
I'm sitting at an awkward size 12 right now, there aren't many people in any form of media representing me right now.
That being said... I LOVE ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO. And Behati Prinsloo. And Karlie Kloss.
I'm beautiful, they're beautiful. There's no conflict there.
It's somewhat disappointing that in the modeling world you go from the extreme size 0/2/4 to the other end at 14/16/18. What about 6-12?
Honestly, I don't expect this to change anytime soon (or ever). The point I want to drive home is that it doesn't threaten me to see skinny models, because they're real women as much as plus size models are as much as any other woman off the street is. We as women need to stop attacking each other on the merits of our "womanness" just because we look different.
She's not a real woman and she needs to eat a sandwich and comments about curves and tits and booty need to stop because WHO CARES.
