Dascha Polanco on the age of the big tush: I think everything comes in waves
Most of us were done empathizing with OITNB‘s Dascha Polanco when she (allegedly) dumped her cats for kittens. Taking her seriously on any subject is almost impossible after looking at those photos of the box where she stuffed her cats. So when Dascha started railing against sample sizes, most people were simply annoyed that she was talking at all. Now that people are well into the third season of her show, Dascha is doing the rounds again. She’s talking about the age of butt implants and how that relates to body image:
On the age of the big booty: “I think that everything comes in waves. I think there was a wave where everybody was getting silicone breast implants and it was all about the breast. If you were flat-chested it wasn’t cool. Then it came down to like being anorexic, so you had to not wear anything and not have an a** and not have t*tties and just have to starve yourself because you had to fit into something. And now we have a new wave where everything is you have to get some butt [injection] shots, and whether it kills me I’m going to have a big ass.”
How it affects her: “For me it was like wow, that whole time when I was hiding my butt and my uniform didn’t fit me right and I was being made fun of because my butt was huge and now people want to have my butt. The most important thing is how you embrace those differences and how you love yourself to the point where you’re comfortable in your own skin and enhance the qualities that make you. Because there’s so many people that have these beautiful bodies and then you meet them and it’s ugh. You know?”
On not letting body image run her life: “My whole life I’ve tried not stopping myself from pursuing acting because I felt like ‘I’m too fat, who is going to want me for that?’ Or not going for the cute guy in school because I’m not like a cheerleader girl, I’m more like the football girl and eating hamburgers. Then later finding out that I could’ve been with the football player because he had a crush on me and he was too shy and I was so insecure and I’m like dammit! I missed out on so many opportunities.”
[From HuffPo]
As much as I dislike agreeing with Dascha Polanco, she’s correct about how body types go “on trend.” Back in the 1990s, the waif look was the ideal. Nowadays, the reality and pop stars with inflatable booties are the focus. In a few years, things may go back to the waif. Trying to fit every “ideal” is impossible, so yeah, you may as well “love yourself” and be “comfortable in your own skin.” If only it was that easy for everyone, right?
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
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