What's Sexy Now?

I have never been a fan of Victoria Secret, or the image they promote of what "sexy" is. 

Too many women are striving for an "ideal" that is unattainable.  And despite the fact the magazine Glamour in recent years have committed to showing more "real" women in their magazine, I, as a subscriber have yet to see this come to fruition on their pages.

While I typically choose to turn a blind-eye to the Victoria Secret ads, I couldn't help but feel shocked to see the recent models and the bold words that state, "What's Sexy Now" superimposed on these images.

The message sent here is clear.  What's "sexy" now is blonde, anorexic, tan, White.

However, Lane Bryant's recent campaign, "Sexy is not a Size", which received a lot of media attention, portrays the bodies of "real" women, which in my opinion, is infinitely more sexy.

Feminism to me is to reject size-ism, and all that it encourages women everywhere to reach for:  an unhealthy striving toward an unattainable fantasy.  Feminism to me is that a woman deserves to love herself for who she is, and to ban the self-loathing, the guilt, and shame that the media and society has imposed upon women for simply being human.

Loving yourself, and every curve, or quote "imperfection" that defines you for who are you?  That's sexy.