I know my real life has gotten a bit, um, mundane as of late. I do the same thing every day, so there isn’t much to write about. Instead, I’ll try incorporating more posts like the last entry. I got a crazy amount of hits from that too. Not that I blog for hits, but it’s nice to know people are reading what I write. Also nice to read everyone’s opinions.
So let’s take a brake from digg for a while and venture to another site. Yesterday there was an article on FitSugar about how unsafe tanning is. I was really surprised at some of the comments girls left:
Then how do you suggest to get tan without looking orange and streaky? HmmmmMMM NOT POSSIBLE!!
Not to bash pale people, but I think being tanned makes your body look better. It brings out all of the definition. I know tanning is bad, but yeah, I guess I just don’t care enough. And MizzVoss is right — very, very hard to do a sunless one that looks good and/or doesn’t make you stink later for a while.
Is it really worth it? To put your life at risk just to look a little better? I don’t tan, ever. If I’m out in the sun, I burn. I’ve been pale my whole life and I don’t really care. I’ve never even considered tanning. Is it really so bad to be pale you have to risk skin cancer? Not only skin cancer, but wrinkles! You may look good now, but give it 10-20 years and you’ll look freakin’ old.
I feel bad for the women who feel like they have to put their lives at risk to look good. Whether they go to tanning salons, get plastic surgery or starve themselves, it’s the same thing. Even worse, the poor girls with careers where looks matter, who are judged on their bodies every day. They could have the best self image ever, but it only matters what other people think.
Why can’t we just accept that everyone looks different and has different ideas of what beautiful is. The pale girl wants darker skin, but maybe the girl with darker skin wishes she was paler (see the comments in that article for proof on this one). The tall girl wants to be short, but the short girl wishes she was tall. The curvy girl wishes she was stick thin, but the thin girl wishes she had curves. The grass is always greener on the other side. No matter who you are, there’s someone out there who’s envious of something you have. Why do we always focus on the bad instead of the good?
It’s not about vanity, it’s about accepting our genetic imperfections and showing off what we like about ourselves. It’s OK to lose weight, to put on makeup and spend two hours each day styling your hair. As long as you do it for you and you’re not doing anything to harm yourself that you may regret later on. Some things just aren’t worth it.
Yeah, I don’t tan either. I just get tanned naturally, when I have to be in the sun. =P
But yeah, you’re right about girls/people wishing they were the opposite of what they are… Same with me, actually… Well, the weight thing, since I’m a bit underweight… =P
Everyone has always told me since I was little that they wanted my curly hair and would I straighten my hair hell no.. As thats not who I am!
We are all different for a reason, being a clone of someone else wouldn’t be fun either. I mean how many paris and lindsays do we want being idiots around town? I wish there were models who weren’t all one size super small , but every size, shape and height. So that everyone under the sun can go I wanna be like them as they are more like me..
I’m always out in the sun for my sports and work but I wouldn’t wanna waste my day trying to get a nice tan at the beach.. I have better things to do then that..
I guess I’ll have to raise my hand and admit that I am the guilty party who has been swimming during the holidays to get a some exercise.. and a little tan on the side. I guess I learnt my lesson because my skin is peeling instead of giving off the so-called “nice glow”. But the exercise reason is sincere, promise!
On the larger scale, I do believe that we were all built a certain way physically for a reason, and that reason is to appreciate all the different kinds of beauty. I do believe in exercise and getting fit but when beauty is at the risk of one’s own health, I’d rather step aside and take the safer route.
I’m pale as well. But, you have a great point. Nothing worse then putting your life at risk. I burn so easily in the sun as well. In fact, I still have my tan lines on my lower back from last summer. lol
My Mom is the perfect example of taking it too far. That’s all she does. Every March, she starts hitting the bed, then she’s outside laying in the sun for hours during the Summer. Not only is she a smoker (which also has an impact on why you get wrinkles), but she takes it too far. She’s dark all year around, and shes still never satisfied. Has spots all over her skin too. I look like a marshmellow when I stand next to her, and she looks like a burnt one. haa
I totally agree with you there. Tanning actually requires a certain gene to tan and I don’t have that gene required. So going into the sun actually means that I’ll burn and peel. I’m probably not as fair as you are but for an Asian I’m considered extremely fair. (It’s strange coz I was born and raised in an equatorial region)
It’s just that societies are starting to attribute tanning with “hotness” so all these girls are risking their health for the look. Like you, I happen to love my fair skin. It goes well with my black hair and dark brown eyes. :)