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Having struggled with my weight all my life, I'm wondering why we celebrate women of color who are not skinny, and who their white sisters in the media might be. Oprah, Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Jordin Sparks are all gorgeous the way they are. Let's give them credit for being curvy and "zaftig", not obese. Where are the role models for white women, and for teenage girls of all colors who struggle not just with extra pounds, but with builds that will never make them runway models? Where is the Shelley Winters of our generation? Why can't all women be considered beautiful whether they are voluptous or Twiggy?
