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Left: Store mannequins in H&M, Sweden

Right: Store mannequins in Macys, USA

Wow..

Whaaat!? Do mannequins in Sweden really look that much different?? Wow. Beauty standards here in america seem even more unrealistic now :(

We even dehumanize the features in America.

it always pisses me off when i see store mannequins that are SO thin, that not only do they have to wear the smallest size, but the employees actually have to pin or tie the clothing in the back in order to make it fit right. those swedish mannequins are awesome.

Fuck yeah Swedish mannequins. They should always look like real person. We want to know what these clothes would look like on a real human, not a clothe-holder.

Okay, those Swedish mannequins are disconcertingly hot. ijs. At the risk of having a bit of a Pygmalion moment.

interesting, and kind of shocking.

Poor USA Mannequins, If they were to ever come to life magically- they would not be able to see a thing and they would so creepy and unrealistic, people would just run away from them.

I suddenly feel considerably less overweight.

#wait no but those swedish mannequins are TERRIFYING #like it’s bad enough when i go to american apparel #and think that i keep running into people #but those ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE #that being said the point about body image is really important and good

OH SHIT?! U MEAN WHEN THE STANDARDS ARE MORE REALISTIC, PEOPLE DON’T FEEL LIKE SHIT?! WELL WE JUST CAN’T HAVE THAT!!! NOT UNLESS WHITE CIS HETERO ABLED DUDES CAN MAKE A FUCK TON OF MONEY OFF OF SAID MISERY AND INSECURITY.

NAYA RIVERA + EMMY AWARD = OTP

[TW: street harassment] When my confident, curious, adventurous 12-year-old daughter asked if she could go get ice cream by herself (we live in a city) the first thing that I thought of was how to prepare her to hear:

“Where’s my smile, baby?”
“Wanna go for a ride?”

What if she is surprised? Looks down? Doesn’t give the guy speaking to her the positive response that he seems to think he’s entitled to? What hurtful, explicit things will he then say to put her in her place?

From now on, she’ll have to be on alert. How many times will she have to go out of her way, take longer routes, not go certain places, alter her clothes? Not forget to hold her keys poking through her fingers? Not take certain buses, and pay for a cab instead of taking a metro? Take her lighthearted moods and tuck them away behind earphones and fake phone conversations?

How will it make my daughter feel? Powerless? Angry? Sad? Scared? It’s stressful and depressing to have to acknowledge the underlying threat of violence, especially in a culture that is dedicated to equality for all, a concept predicated on equal and safe access to public space and free speech. Her loss of innocence will have as much to do with the betrayal of this myth of equality and equal access as with understanding her physical vulnerability.

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—	Soraya Chemaly: Street Harassment is Everywhere; What do We Tell Our Daughters? (via heavenearthandhoratio)