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Hooray for a more normal image in the general media!

So I'm watching my trashy TV (VH1, 'nuff said), and unfortunately it isn't recorded so I can't fast-forward through the commercials. Or maybe that's fortunate, because if I could fast-forward I would have missed something that made me really happy: an advertisement for Nair Shower Power.

Why, you ask, would I want to see a Nair ad? I mean, I don't even use Nair, because my skin is super sensitive and breaks out (although, according to the ad, the new Nair is great for sensitive skin!). But I saw something that made me hit instant replay twice, and I was pleased to discover that my eyes had not been deceived.

The ad showed four women doing some kind of choreographed dance in the usual Nair style: short shorts, high heels, lots of leg. But this time something was different. One of the girls was normal, or, dare I say, a little thick!

Now, Nair ads have always featured borderline normal-looking women. Slender, but not stick-figures (which makes sense, because stick insects generally have stick legs, and I feel like Nair tends to emphasize curves). But this girl is probably a size 10 or so, which for TV is a big step in the right direction. I just wish I had a video to embed, but unfortunately you

It's one small dance step for woman, one giant pirouette for normal-sized womankind!
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