I don't need a thesaurus to tell me "curvy" is synonymous with "fat"

In a perfect world, were someone to give us the choice, I am sure there isn't a woman out there who wouldn't choose Alexandra Ambrossio's body (and face) over her own - speak up now if there is another Victoria Secret model's body you would rather.  But since genetics didn't bless us all Maxim ready, the remaining 99.999999% of the population, us mortals, find ourselves instead left to wish that we too didn't have pores, that we too had a stomach that closely resembled a washboard, and that we too were made up of 3/4 legs; maybe my letter to Santa got lost? 

Maybe you have don't have hips, maybe you do. Maybe you have double D's,  maybe you have A cups. Maybe you have thin pins, maybe you have thick ankles. Maybe you have a case of the mum-bum, or maybe you're Kim Kardashian. Don't make me go on and on; we all have different body types, but must we define them in any set category, must we label ourselves: curvy, hourglass, or boyish? Must every large chested lady out there need an empire waist?  Must every woman under 5"4' never be able to wear capri pants? Seriously, it's the 21st century, if we can have phones that have an application for just about everything except making us dinner, surely we can put these archaic rules to rest. 

Because, if I hear one more person throw around the word 'curvy' in relation to a size 6 model, or if I see one more cover page of a magazine promoting "50 ways to dress your 'curvy' body", I just might lose it. As in tear- the-magazine-off the-shelf-and-stomp-on-it lose it. Sure, society would like to pretend that we have come leaps and bounds. That we can, and I quote, "embrace a full figure", but let's face the cold hard truth, all we have really done is invent a new word for 'fat'. We haven't liberated women or made them feel empowered about their bodies; "curvy" still isn't seen to be something desirable, and it won't be so long as we continually parade size zero models down the runway, and bombard the general public with hocus-pocus fad diets involving either grapefruit or cayenne pepper and maple syrup. 

With high profile models like Kate Moss publicly claiming that "nothing tastes as good as skinny", it's shows not only is the fashion industry not setting the best example for young women, but that Ms. Moss hasn't tasted anything quite so good as my granny's apple pie.  But, wouldn't it be nice if rather than try to categorize ourselves into some societal 'norm' dictated by an industry that survives on celery and red bull, if we just accepted that our body is our body, and dressed it as we pleased (even if that means an empire waist or capri pants).....it's a rhetorical question. 

A Girl's Guide to Embracing your Body (whatever size it may be)

1. I've said it once, and I will say it again, size is just a number. Swallow your pride, and admit that you are muffin topping out of the size you would rather wear. 

2. Go buy a push up bra, or Spanx; buy whatever you need to make yourself feel the best you can, no one needs to know.

3. Do yourself a favour, and don't compare yourself to your best friend, your new boyfriends ex-girlfriend, or that girl on TV promoting yogurt.

4. All the grapefruit in the world isn't going to change your bone structure;  There are some things no amount of diet and exercise will change- focus on the things you like- I guarantee you someone out there is envious of you just the way you are. 

5. He's focusing on little else apart from the fact that you are naked...in his bed...and naked. You're the only one thinking about your dimply thighs, stop. 

PS. Half way through this post, curiousity got the best of me and I googled the definition of 'curvy', here's the results it yielded: adjective

Having a full, voluptuous figure: buxom, curvaceous, shapely, well-developed. Informal built. Slang stacked. See beautiful/ugly.

Not entirely sure why I might want to see beautiful/ugly for a further definition, but boy am I glad that I now have the green light to tell that woman in the changing room that those jeans really work for her built body, or that I'm jealous of her well-developed figure.