Fuck the Thigh Gap Part II - Lisa & Kate

Back in January I shared an article from a fabulous online kick-ass feminist blog: www.vagendamagazine.com, it is my "go to" for feeding my radical feminist soul.  Sophie Miskiw, in her article outlined the history of female body obsessions spurred by her own struggle with skinny pants and thigh gaps.   Here is the Lisa and Kate version.

Kate Upton

 Lisa "Vagi" 

Kate and I have much in common.  Beach loving blondes, decent cleavage and the same taste in sunglasses. My Ray Bans are prescription bifocals - I doubt hers are, but that is ok.  Kate has been titled the "World's Top Supermodel, " I have not - that is where our gap starts.  I don't know Kate, never met her, my only contact is when I flip the page of a glossy magazine and her image appears.

Does Kate wake up in the morning and stress about her "thigh gap," I am sure she does.  Do I wake up and worry about my "thigh gap," Fuck no! I am happy with the slight rubbing when I walk.  I am a forty-seven year old woman and my thighs are just the way they should be.

If you read Sophie's article, she highlights some of the ridiculous contraptions women wore to be the "ideal."
My question is who decided what that ideal should be? Who or what was the catalyst for the media explosion of the space between our legs?

Love your thighs ladies and everything else, and I hope Kate does too,
xo vagi