Do tu ever feel like the media portrays women a certain way and that if tu don't live up to their ideal of the perfect woman then tu should be ashamed?

yes and i hate how they make it seem to be. they set it all out there and it comes out to many people that all their saying is, 'no matter what, tu can't compete with this!' o 'this is ten times better, and if tu take this, you'll be certain to become slimmer than how tu are now!' I hate how they put up stupid stuff that makes tu feel hurt about yourself and make it seem like whatever their trying to make tu get is going to make tu feel better. (if that made any sense at all, it seems like i wrote the same words over and over again...) They never want us to be our selves, but to be something better, which never happens! It just makes everything worse!!

Yes, I feel this way all the time nearly... :(

It's like this:if someone doesn't like tu because tu ARE you,then kick them to the curb!And no,I don't feel ashamed that I'm to skinny,to this,or to that.The media is full of crap anyway! Do tu know what computer graphics/plastic surgery can do to a person?Half of it is all bull,trust me.

I try to block it out but to honest I do feel like I'm not pretty like people tell me because I am over weight. When I start to feel like I'm not as pretty as thinner girls I listen to the hairspray Soundtrack and it makes me feel better.