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So someone on my f-list had a shitty experience this week, and it reminded me how many of us women - beautiful women, dammit - are genuinely insecure about our appearance and how fucking angry that makes me. (Sorry guys: I know many of you are insecure as well, but I'm focusing on us girls for the moment.)
I appreciate that as a society we have worked hard to not objectify women, and for the most part this is definitely for the good.
However. A little-recognized offshoot of this is that many of us - particularly if we're not in a relationship - don't often hear positive things about our bodies or appearance, and it can be all too easy to get caught up in our own all-too-frequently negative view of ourselves. I've seen it happen again and again, and fallen victim to it myself more than a few times.
Over the years I have taken it on as something of a personal quest to let friends who need to hear it know that they are beautiful and/or desirable (if I think it will be of benefit to hear it from me). While of course I can be respectful and polite, if I know the person well and have their permission, it's WAAY more fun to engage in some over-the-top lechery.
( Think about it. )
ANYway. When I found out that this f-lister was feeling down about themselves, clearly action needed to be taken.
*strikes noble, self-sacrificing pose*
In this fandom we are really good at noticing and pointing out all the positive attributes of our boys. So why not apply those time-tested and (at this point) well-honed skillz to our fellow fans? Who wouldn't love being fangirled now and again - particularly if it's sincere?
So, with no further ado and with her permission, I raided her photo gallery and now present the following unabashedly lecherous picspam of the individual in question (below a cut, in case you don't really want to witness me being lecherous) cuz she is HAWT and deserves to know that.
( Forget Jared and Jensen. WOWZA. )
I appreciate that as a society we have worked hard to not objectify women, and for the most part this is definitely for the good.
However. A little-recognized offshoot of this is that many of us - particularly if we're not in a relationship - don't often hear positive things about our bodies or appearance, and it can be all too easy to get caught up in our own all-too-frequently negative view of ourselves. I've seen it happen again and again, and fallen victim to it myself more than a few times.
Over the years I have taken it on as something of a personal quest to let friends who need to hear it know that they are beautiful and/or desirable (if I think it will be of benefit to hear it from me). While of course I can be respectful and polite, if I know the person well and have their permission, it's WAAY more fun to engage in some over-the-top lechery.
( Think about it. )
ANYway. When I found out that this f-lister was feeling down about themselves, clearly action needed to be taken.
*strikes noble, self-sacrificing pose*
In this fandom we are really good at noticing and pointing out all the positive attributes of our boys. So why not apply those time-tested and (at this point) well-honed skillz to our fellow fans? Who wouldn't love being fangirled now and again - particularly if it's sincere?
So, with no further ado and with her permission, I raided her photo gallery and now present the following unabashedly lecherous picspam of the individual in question (below a cut, in case you don't really want to witness me being lecherous) cuz she is HAWT and deserves to know that.
( Forget Jared and Jensen. WOWZA. )
