"Tall Girls - A Story of Giants"

[merrr]

Long Tall Sally (a store that actually fits me) promoted a link to this video on their Facebook page today:
tallgirls-thefilm.com/page/trailer/

Will you watch it and let me know your thoughts? I've already given Long Tall Sally an earful on their Facebook page as it truly makes me sick to my stomach. A 12 year old girl is undergoing a surgical procedure to help her stop growing because a girl who is projected to be 6'2" just can't be happy.

This "documentary" makes my blood boil. I am 6'4" and yes, being the tallest kid in school was hard but I am beautiful and stand proud at my height. How dare a company that caters to tall women promote a documentary where they are trying to prevent girls from growing to be "too tall"?!

[ReneeW]

The surgeon says, "Obviously, that's a size a girl can't be happy with." Grrrrr .... what in the world??!!?? Says who? Who made HIM the spokesperson for women in the world?

This trailer did tick me off a bit ... it seems to me that it's supporting the idea of making women harm themselves in order to fit in with some stupid "ideal." People need to embrace their uniqueness, what makes them special. We come in all sizes, shapes, colors, etc. and should see that as being special, not something that we need to hurt ourselves to change.

I'd be interested to see if the full documentary is more balanced in its view ... it's thought-provoking in that you see how tall women may feel discriminated against. But it's truly heart breaking to see these young girls put their bodies through such a trial so they won't be "too tall." And perhaps that's the goal of the film, to show how SAD it is that these teens are doing it.

[nevaehsmom327]

Wow. I agree with Renee. This kind of pisses me off. I mean...I'm midgit size...you don't see me taking growth horomones to "fit in". yeah, i'm sure it is awkward and kind of weird to be taller than everyone around you most of the time, but that doesn't mean you can't have some sort of quality of life going on. It is sad to see that there are people going to such extremes for this.

I've always wondered your "official" height merr, and I'm very glad to hear you're proud of it you wear it beautifully!!

[cakemakermom]

I feel bad that the mother of that girl can not help her to see the beautiful points of being tall. In society in general, the media makes all women feel bad about themselves just to push products... lose weight and you'll feel better, be a certain height and you'll feel better, have curly hair and you'll look better, have straight hair and you'll look better, wrong hair color? We have a product for that. You need a bra so the girls can look good... too small, we can "pump you up", too big? We can minimize them. High heeled shoes makes you beautiful... Wear a short skirt so you look good to men.

Plastic surgeons never see the beauty in a person, they see the beauty that is skin deep and never good enough.

I'm sure you get the idea... We will never fit into the "societal norm". The only thing we can do is make sure our children- boys and girls- know they are beautiful just the way they are. In the words of Mr. Rogers: "You always make it a special day and a special week for me, by just your being you. There’s only 1 person in this whole world like you; that’s you yourself, and I like you just the way you are."

I wish more people were like Mr. Rogers...

[merrr]

Thank you ladies! Long Tall Sally did respond back to my facebook post and said that they would never endorse something that promotes being tall as a bad thing, rather the film maker is exploring the realities of the world they live in.

My God. Surgery to prevent height?! This sounds like binding of the feet to make an Oriental woman more appealing. I can't believe this kind of thing is acceptable.

I replied to LTS's response and shared that if this were a true exploration of what it's like to be tall then the film maker missed the mark by only focusing on the negatives in their sneak peek.

[mwatkins11]

I too am a tall women (6 feet) and come from a tall family in general. I will be honest, being taller than everyone else does make you feel out of place, but it was never to the point where I wanted to do something about it. Middle school and high school years are the hardest and once you get past that rough time, it gets easier. Sure, shopping for pants can be VERY difficult (NY&Co is the only place I can buy tall pants that are actually long enough), but I have grown to love my height! Young girls just need someone to teach them this!