Mirror, Mirror: On TV, on the job: Whats so dangerous about natural curves?
Last week, Debralee Lorenzana filed a lawsuit against Citibank alleging that she was terminated from her job as a teller for wearing turtlenecks, wrap dresses, and pencil skirts. What? Come again? Executives at the banking giant called her tailored clothing “too distracting,” she said. Lorenzana, who is attractive in a very Eva Longoria way, certainly looks sexy in photos posted on the New York Daily News website, but her clothing fits just fine. I can’t help but sympathize because, as a curvy girl myself, I know how hard it is to find clothing that suits my body. And then if I do, certain people always feel the need to judge. Should she really be wearing that? I’m not sure if that’s appropriate. Why is it that when women fill out their brassieres, pencil skirts, turtlenecks – even skinny jeans – it gives people pause? It’s as if there’s one standard for the skinny girls and another – a more boxy and conservative one – for the rest of us. By now you may have seen the “controversial” co
