We hear a lot of outcry against body image stuff like models and dolls that are too thin, and what effect this has on young girls. But what about what it does to cats? I just saw the Disney animated movie Bolt, and one of the main characters, a cat named Mittens, looks dangerously thin! What message does this send to our nation's cats? Some people might say that since it's an animated film, the cat is just drawn like that, and no animals were starved or brainwashed to get such a look; and that's a fine retort for humans, but what about for cats? Cats don't know that stuff! They just know they feel fat after seeing Bolt. So cats all over the country will be binging and purging, and we're all just going to think it's hairballs! They don't know it's just a movie! So they will starve themselves to try to attain this dangerously unrealistic body image, and they'll get sick! But they won't want to eat for fear of gaining weight! And all because of this movie! (And I notice it's only the female character that's unrealistically skinny! And it's also only the cat! So it's sexist and, um, catist {?}.) And with those new Bratz Catz dolls coming out, won't this doubly effect them?
Here's a picture of Mittens from Bolt (Now tell me that cat isn't emaciated!):
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