When I got my Glamour issue a few days ago I was pleasantly suprised 8 pages later to open to a lush tropical scene with a beautiful woman drenched in sea water approaching man in the distance. She is unmistakenly sexy. But oh wait! Is that a bit of a tummy I see? She isn't flat chested like most models. Oh yes this is an ad for Lane Bryant! I applaud Lane Bryant so much. She has proven that you don't have to be a stick figure to be beautiful. I'm actually a bit dissapointed that I am only a size 12 (her clothes start at 14). I am so happy for this new revolution. In Glamour's issue they had plus size models throughout the issue not just in one article.As far as we have come we still are far fromchanging. Last night I was buying an orange push pop(the ice cream kind)when a regular customer said "Cheating, huh?". Because of course the fact that I am a girl and not a size three insinuates the fact that I must be on some kind of diet. I despise the way people talk sometimes without even thinking.

This woman who I work with was telling me about her daughters, her oldest was a size three and the other one was "built like you, you know like a brick house". I also had another regular customer once who we were having a discussion about this girl who didn't realize she was pregnant until she gave birth in a bathroom. I said that I couldn't believe she couldn't tell, there are some OBVIOUS signs! His comment was maybe she couldn't tell because she is a "bigger girl like you and Toni."(Toni is a size 11) GRRRRR! Will people ever learn that we do not like to be referred to as "bigger girls".