ANT(P)M?
I just want to toss out there that I’m totally into this season of America’s Next Top (Petite) Model. Sure I promised myself I would stop watching the show four season ago, but my DVR just keeps picking up new episodes at the start of the season. Then I tell myself that I’ll just watch the first episode, but after that, sadly, it’s too late to break myself loose.
The good news about this season is that it features short girls, and though I personally wouldn’t be at shoulder level with any of the “short girls,” it’s still nice to see them featured. I would like to point out, however, that there seems to be a rule that the girls aren’t allowed to wear any sort of heel to judging. They show up in perky flats and Tyra towers them over in stacked platform shoes. Really? Also, the fact that Tyra continually calls them “the next top petite model” instead of just “the next top model” like every other season is super annoying. It’s singling them out for their size instead of embracing their talent, and it’s a totally mixed message. To me this just perpetuates the cycle of seeing short people as “the other” instead of the norm. Tsk, tsk, Tyra.
P.S. Oh god, I’m analyzing reality television – some of my media studies classes must have rubbed off on me. To think – I may have actually learned something in school!
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I, too, am obsessed with this show. Luckily, the day the new episodes come out always seem to be a night when I have class. I wish that they would do a plus-size season!
I am sure there are so many of us out there who think reality TV is insane, yet keep getting sucked in. I think it’s that it allows us to escape from our own lives and criticize people we’ll never ever meet (most likely)…and not cause any arguments by doing so. However, I am disappointed, being of such minute (sorry about the spelling?) stature myself, that I did NOT know there was a “special” show this year, dedicated to us! And I agree, tsk, tsk Tyra…She should know better and I think we should all write and let her know.