Disgusted

I swear...

If I hear ONE more commercial for a show that that states "We will show you how to look like the celebrities without spending a lot money" I'm going to go postal. I'm talking storming up and down the streets of Boston and hitting people with whatever is in my hands...yea I know that the "term" postal insinuates that the person has a gun, but I've lost enough people to homicides...I don't want to go there.

But anyways...I have to finish my rant.

Remember back in the days? You know when the celebrities were cool, but the secrets to their beauty were a well kept secret? Can we go back to those days? I personally don't care what JLo does to get her nice "glow" but it seems to me that more and more of our youth today are falling into that nonsense. I mean...you have reality television on MTV that shows young people going into plastic surgeons offices just so they can have Britney Spears' looks or Ricky Martin's chest! What are we doing to ourselves?! What happen to accepting our differences and lovin' what we got? Sure I don't look like any of the celebrities out here and I'm darn proud of that! I remember back in the day I used to be on this site called College Club. Whenever I met a new guy he would say, "which celebrity do you look like the most?" I would always respond, "I look like me...no one else." But I guess that's just me...you know a individual until the day I die. When I was in middle school I had the beret phase thing...and let's not forget the African print shoes, or my favorite pair or shoes in the whole wide world...my tennis shoes with smiley faces in different colors all over it. OH I loved those shoes!!! I just so wish that everyone could be chill with themselves!!!! If everyone decided to change their looks to their favorite celebrity then this country will become one filled with copies...instead of one filled and decorated with funky individuals!

Who do we have to thank for this? Well for once it's not the government...it's the media! They are the ones who flood our televisions and magazines with this crap! To this day, I refuse to have a magazine subscription. I've had a few when I was younger like Jet, Ebony, and Latina...but I started to notice that I didn't agree with the messages that they were giving: If you want to look like this celebrity buy this lipstick. If you want to be sickly thin follow this celebrity's diet plan. If you want to objectify yourself, but this celebrity's bathing suit. If you want to have the type of hair that makes him want to run his fingers' through but this shampoo and conditioner along with this hair color.

I decided to wear my hair natural when I was a sophomore in college (as opposed to having it chemically straightened). So one day I was rocking my fro and I heard someone say, "Oh that's how a lot of sistahs are wearing their hair with the afro and the head scarf today thanks to Jill Scott." I turned and said, "I decided to go natural 1 year ago. Looooong before Jill Scott hit the scene!" I was so upset! I mean how dare he think of me as a conformist!!!

I just think that EVERYONE is this world would be happier if they were happy with themselves and not coveting another person's physical traits.

Am I wrong?

OF COURSE NOT!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH?!