Body Outlaws

I really enjoyed the two readings in body outlaws this week. Bar Barbie, in Mondo Barbie was not my favorite. I absolutely loved that their was a male author in body outlaws. I also was intrigued how gay men perceive their body image. It seemed a little too familiar, just like how many girls and women feel. Homosexual men have to attract other men, and men are more stimulated visually. I think that is a shame that these men feel that they have to deal with the pressures of body image. I thought it was interesting that he said that when he dated a slimmer man, he always felt fat next to him. I can definitely relate to that. I also liked the essay about tattoos. I LOVE the quote saying," to mark the passages and triumphs on the other side, on the canvas that is my own flesh and blood." I think tattoos are a wonderful way to express your triumphs and failings in a form of tattoo form. I do not have any tattoos, but I think that if something impactful happened to me, I would want to get a tattoo to remember it by. My mom is extremely against tattoos, but I think it is that generation who still thinks of tattoos as trashy. I think that tattoos can be extremely meaningful and important to reclaiming ones lives.