Big Ups To The Simpsons

Are you a die-hard fan of The Simpsons like myself? If so, you have may checked out last night’s episode, which grappled an ongoing feminist issue.
Little Lisa gets made fun of by the twins for having a big ass, so she responds by becoming immersed in the current social beauty trend of being “thin” — in other words, looking starved. Lisa’s reaction — by constantly working out, reading “Thin By Third Grade” magazine, and eventually binging on a cake in the middle of the night — approaches the numerous problems that begin for girls as young as herself due to society’s obsession with weight.
It was interesting how although Nelson succeeded in getting revenge on the mean twins for their comments, Lisa admitted that her insecurities about her body still existed. While the show usually resolves every problem that arises in each episode by the end of the half-hour, this one was left open-ended. Despite how intelligent and feminist Lisa may be, she is still an impressionable little girl who is just as victim to this pressure.
At the end of the show, while discussing the standards she can’t seem to escape, she even admits that “We still have a long way to go.”
Word.