My post tonight is in no way breaking news or a new hot topic, but it’s something I’ve grown tired of hearing about the last few years…

“Real women,” and “Real Beauty.” While I applaud the media for embracing women and girls of larger sizes, I don’t like that the alternative implies that other types of females (thin, muscular, androgynous, etc) are not in fact “real.”

This also isn’t a rant on how skinny or petite people have feelings too. In fact, it isn’t a rant at all. It is a celebration! I think sometimes we forget about the incredible variety of beauty that surrounds us in many diverse forms.

Obviously I’d like to wax on for days about inner beauty, but for tonight I’m just going to share some of the various beautiful women that I see in our popular culture to show how many different forms “real beauty” can take. And yes, these are all incredibly attractive women. I never said this wasn’t another post about beauty or fashion, but let’s celebrate our differences and uniqueness.

Here is a small Hollywood representation:

Queen Latifah source

Eva Mendes source 

Katherine Moennig source

Jenna Ushkowitz source 

 Helen Mirren source

FLOTUS Michelle Obama source

Mindy Kaling source

America Ferrera source

Sandra Oh source

Erika Christensen source

What do you think makes someone physically beautiful? What is your favorite physical feature about yourself or something that makes you unique? How do you feel about the expression, “real women”?

Meri