Have any of you seen the latest interviews with jamie lee curtis? She's been on Dateline & Today talking about her new honest public image and her children's book. She actually posed in a magazine without the benefit of fancy clothes, makeup & touchups right next to another image of her all dressed up. She is still thin and beautiful but not completely perfect, as we are used to seeing her.

I think she deserves kudos for trying to be her true self, and in the process, encouraging others to try to do the same. It is probably very brave for a person in her shoes to let her hair go natural or pose with her love handles hangin' out. In some ways though it is really sad that when one or two female celebrities actually gets real in public, it's a major event we're all supposed to swoon over. (Oh my gosh! She has FLAB under all that glamour! And she acutally posed in her underwear?! Ooo! Ahhh!)

Being successful at losing weight has been a major checkmark in the "win" column for me, yet I know that after years and years of media consumption, it will take me a while to attain sustained periods of satisfaction with my own self image. Being size 14 is a success for me but imagine the failure it would be for others! I've heard that a large percentage American female adults are a size 14. Size 14! Maybe it's time to add, say, 10 dress sizes to those super models of perfection? They'd still be skinnier than the rest of use who actually eat food, right?

Anyway -- Just thought I'd throw out the topic for discussion.

Ginger