the fat girl goes to college

i usually don't watch tyra, but today i was intrigued. today's show was her first "black women's summit", or discussion of issues that pertained especially to the black female community. one of the topics i found most intriguing was the one on beauty; especially the one about body image. now, of course tyra and a few plus-sized audience members praised loving yourself and your body regardless of what men think of you (excepting one unusually ignorant and tactless male panel member who felt that men would sleep with anyone, causing fat girls to think they were attractive when they actually weren't). however, i was quite stymied to see when a commercial for one of next week's shows was about how to lose those extra few pounds to look great in this season's swimsuits. maybe it's just me, but aren't those contradictory values? call me crazy...

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