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Jackie was trim and perfect, an inoffensive figure who bucked the curviness of the '50s and put American femininity on the treacherous path of smaller-is-better.
...the author resorted to insulting another woman's body type to maker her point. As much as I don't care for Palin and McCain, and have no opinion of Jackie O, it's not as if they had any control over their frames or muscular distribution.
You should derive pleasure from celebrating a range of beauty, not by implying those dissimilar to you are inferior. We're not in junior high school anymore.
