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http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/news/a33914/robyn-lawley-pregnancy/ I haven't read anything else on the matter, but going off just ^ I really don't see anything wrong with how she said anything. It actually sounds like she really took the time to think about it, and clearly she ended up deciding the baby was worth having. As far as the excitement thing, I totally get that too. I don't think it's weird at all to have an excited, emotional reaction to something and then take a step back after you've had a chance to calm down and start thinking it completely through. So idk, I'm still cool with her. xD

Yeah, because she's the first woman ever to consider abortion because it might affect her job. I never really paid attention to Robyn before now, but those links/interviews actually made me like her too.

Not sure what weight she had to lose, since she's always been a stick. I've known of her since quite awhile before VS started using her and I didn't like her back then either. But it's probably the Candice resemblance that's always really ruined her for me.

:x Face is definitely too much like Candice, chest and ass are even flatter than Candice's. Romee = poor man's Candice.

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I love Hannah, I love the suit. I love the pose. I don't like the cover. o.o Her skin just looks weird to me. Too much airbrushing. She just looks plastic and fake. And the background doesn't do it for me. Of all the American related scenery they choose a fucking farm fence.

^ Gotcha. I misunderstood, sorry. (: @Pretty: that video rocks. I'm totally going to send that to a couple of my professors. XD

The women the article mentioned are likely bigger than XL. I personally was more focusing on the models they choose, since that was also mentioned.

Actually that's completely incorrect. In several cultures and historical time periods, being skinny meant you were lower class because it was equated with not being able to afford food. Voluptuous, curvy women were considered the best cared for and the most fertile. Even into the first half of the 1900's, being skinny was looked down on. Think Marilyn Monroe. She was considered ultimate sexy and she wasn't no twig.

You pretty much missed the point of what I was saying. I never said overweight should be an ideal. What I was saying was that it's bullshit to only show one body type as ideal. The modeling world only favors super skinny and tall women, and just because it's the norm in the modeling world doesn't mean it's right. There's such thing as a happy medium. Being bigger and curvier does not automatically equate to fucking morbidly obese. It's easily possible to be more than just stick thin and still be healthy. Even if you're saying 12 is the cutoff, VS is still ignoring pretty much every size bigger than a 4. And the overall point I was trying to make is that VS (and no, not just them) should use a wider range of body types. And finally, VS could still sell to plus size women without making it an ideal. That's all I really have to say on it. No matter what, there are going to be opposing sides to these debates, but this is where I stand.

Well shit, with that train of logic we might as well just start calling everyone African since that's where humanoid species first evolved. It is a stupid conversation, tho. xD But apparently at least mildly relevant since EmRata's origins were under debate.

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Little bit, sure. So I could say I can descend from there, but I'd never say I'm from there. Especially since I've never actually been there myself. xD And likewise it's fair to say Emily descends from Polish stock but I'd never say she was Polish, I'd say American. Or maybe British American. Whatev. #BZIsBetterThanFortuneCookies

America is a melting pot, so there are all kinds of wacky surnames here. Mine comes from Luxembourg. Doesn't mean I myself can claim to be from there. XD

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This. VS caters to ONE fantasy, and if you are not into skinny with small ass and boobs then you are shit out of luck. VS is primarily an American company and there are LOT of bigger girls in America. From a business standpoint, it just seems stupid to me to not try and tap into that market. But beside that, there are HUGE problems in this country with girls feeling like absolute shit about themselves and their body because of how the media and society is telling them they should look, because they're setting an impossible standard. Not every girl can be super tall and skinny and still be healthy. There are only a small percentage of women who can pull off that body type. And it's not like overweight people are the only ones feeling the pressure and being affected. My best friend has like zero fat on her and she's constantly telling me she has to lose weight. That's normal. Low self esteem and eating disorders are just part of the fucking American life. To me, with how big and influential VS is, they are the ones who should be setting the standards -- and they do. They are by far the most popular and well-known premium lingerie brand around. So why the fuck shouldn't they be held a little responsible for how they represent themselves and portray body ideals? I'm not saying VS should start hiring plus sized models for their runway and shit, because runway has always been its own little world, but hiring more girls like Robyn or Crystal to model in their catalogs would be fucking awesome. And just because plus sized/bigger/curvier/whatever women don't meet YOUR guys' fantasies does not mean they shouldn't be allowed to buy sexy lingerie and feel good about themselves, or at least not hate themselves. And trying to get better treatment from VS seems like a sensible move because they can draw a lot more attention to their cause than with some other barely-known brand.

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For US, regular sizes are small or extra small through extra large. Plus sizes are bigger than extra large and usually are called 0X, 1X, 2X, or 3X. Some stores just say XXL or XXXL, etc. We also mostly just have them in specialty stores, which are few and far between (at least where I live), with only a few stores here and there catering to all ranges. I don't think VS is snobby just for not catering to plus sizes, I think it's snobby to only promote super thin women (as far as their models and shit are concerned). No, they're not the only ones who do it, but that doesn't make it any less snobby just because they're not alone. But I'm not trying to start a full on rebellion against the fashion world; I just don't approve of how narrow-minded it can be about body type sometimes. Obviously people will disagree, but that's my personal opinion. In the clothing store I work in, the most popular/common sizes we sell are about 8, 10, or 12. That's pretty average. Most models are around 0, 2, or 4. [These are US sizes.] This is just one example, but still.

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Best of luck with that petition. I'd love if they sold plus sizes but I get the feeling that VS is totally cool with their snobby standards. All I can think of is the 2013(?) fashion show where in one of the casting vids one of the head chicks said they were looking for "voluptuous" girls, and all their models were sticks. Adding a wider range of sizes would mean diversity. And we all know how VS feels about diversity.

Off topic: Was just reading a new review on The Lingerie Addict I thought was interesting and had a lot of good points. Full review: http://www.thelingerieaddict.com/2015/02/victorias-secret-designer-collection-springsummer-2015.html

A lot of times it's a matter of following the smaller pics and seeing if you can make them bigger by figuring out how to change the URL. A lot of URLs are like... http://sitename.com/filelocationinfo/filename_#x#.jpg Where the #'s are width and height dimensions and if you remove _#x# you get the full size. That's pretty much what I did to get the bigger versions of those WB pics.

YES. So awesome, and yet at the same time slightly disappointing that the raptors are now trainable instead of the badass 'villains' they were in previous movies. Not so thrilled about the whole "we created a new dinosaur because that worked out so well in the third movie." Not super original, but whatev. You see these movies for the dinosaurs and action, not for the intelligence and deep thinking. xD

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