what we Idol...

what amazes me about people is our ability to be quick to judge without reason or basis;
just pure speculation & their own thoughts of superiority rightness to hold them up.
why?
i am sure by now that you have heard about Susan Boyle, the woman on Britain's got talent show (see clip here) that pretty much awed and amazed the crowd-inclusive of Simon Cowell. Instantly the audience dismissed her based purely on that first impression: on her nervousness & not perfect society package wholly summed up her being.
When this 42 year old woman walked out with her close set eyes, noticeable unruly hair & above average weight from a size 8 person...well the crowd and the judges did just that- judged her on that impression alone. Her thick accent, proclamation that she lives with her cat pebbles, took care of her mom up to her death & never been married or kissed completed the picture indeed. (someone insert picture here)
And while we're at it could someone please tell me what of that would equate to not being able to sing or have talent?? Well they asked what she will sing and she opened her mouth to sing a song from Les Miserables and from her first note the audience/ judges and world was hooked.
She undoubtedly had a voice...better than most out there in the music business today.
She had range and what she lacked in blatant showiness she made up in heart and talent.
People sat there mouth agape blatantly in shock that this not picture perfect package could produce anything remotely like this sound.

I am beyond incensed at the gall of people (who immediately inserted foot in mouth & gave her a standing ovation & all). what just cause you are not "__"<--- insert something there, you can't sing? you can't have talent? you can't ___? [i am at a loss of words it seems]

YET

i am thankful for her to have this opportunity to show the world where true beauty lies...not always on the outset that we as women are continuously trying to conform to and become apart of and be accepted by.

The idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and thus making just about everyone beautiful to someone is lost on a majority of this society we live in. Just think about the standards we are trying to conform to?

• ideal size ___?
• length of hair___?
• curly,thick or straight__?
• *skin color*___?
  
• boobs___?
• flat ass stomach___?
  
• booty like whoa...unreal.

think of how imposing these standards on little girls today (& women alike) and how we are cultivating their body image from young...hell remember the Summer Olympics where Chinese officials used one girls voice to sing a song & put this other more aesthetically pleasing chick out on display...imagine both of their resultant life experiences: one possibly feeling she will not be good enough to represent her own voice vs. one who will probably be treated some way cause of her looks.
Yeah, this is the society we live in.

WEIGHT...
wait...
y'all ain't ready for that...