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Lately there has been an onslaught of videos, photos of models and conversation about women's bodies. Okay, I know we have always talked about that. Our whole economy is built around making women sexy and beautiful so men will love them or buy the fancy car they are posed atop. Our society has spent decades perfecting the look of the perfect women as it changes generation to generation.

But recently the models have been heavier...much heavier. Some have been downright obese. Suddenly plus-sized models have become the rage. Plus-sized women are seen proudly "jiggling" as they swim or run, modeling lingerie in European fashion shows, and in ads for all sorts of products from soap to cereal. 

As a woman who has always struggled with her weight, a part of me applauds this shift in perspective. We have been obsessed with emaciated-looking women for most of my life. Growing up Twiggy was all the rage, and I was bereft and not having a body like that. I had pictures of her, and models like her, everywhere around my little bedroom, calling to me, reminding me that not only did I not look like them, but that I would never ever look like them. 

Models like Kate Moss followed suit, and although many voices have risen up in protest around her and images like her, they were not heeded...until now.

So now here it is 2015 and suddenly there is a new fondness for curvier, plumper women. Shouldn't I be dancing with joy? I'm not. The reason is because I feel now we are swinging in the other direction in just as dangerous a way as we were when we worshiping thinness.