Comments on: Collarbones Are The New Black

By: Corrinne

Corrinne — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:38:59 +0000

Every body is different. Personally, I love my collarbones. When I’ve lost weight in the past my collarbones were one of the first things to stick out. The body is a collection of angles and curves. I’ve described them as being freakishly prominent seeing as I was still technically obese and my clavicle looked liked it belonged to someone who could weigh 100 lbs or less. Its one of those things that has allowed me to hide my weight well. Nobody believes that I was actually morbidly obese prior to my surgery. It has got to be genetics because I know girls far smaller than me that don’t have that prominent collarbone body structure that I appear to have.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:35:07 +0000

To those of you saying you have to be anorexic or extremely thin to have prominent collar bones you’re wrong! I weigh 125lbs, I’m 5′4, I am curvy (but not fat), and my collar bones are extremely prominent. And they always have been. I used to weigh 140lbs and they were prominent then too. Sometimes it’s just body structure.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:28:48 +0000

I know this is really old so I feel awkward posting on it now, but I just wanted to say that I’ve only ever heard that big collar bones were unfeminine and ugly.

Delicate barely there ones are what I’ve heard are the best. (and i’m not biased because i’m completely average size and they stick out as if i were emaciated)

Just goes to show that everyone has a different taste, and there is no real substance in these superficial concerns about what’s the next best thing to have.

By: Adrianne

Adrianne — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:04:06 +0000

Some people, like me, have a naturally protruding collarbone…and yet the entire anti-skinny community seems to throw us into a box with the people who acquired that image to look better.
I’m so sick of skinny people being beaten-down to make way for this P.C body weight. So what you’re saying is that you also have an idea of what the perfect weight/image is, but you’re not positively dominating mainstream media so you’ll achieve that and then reign supreme? And then thin people will get a taste of what you go through? Bullshit. That’s hypocrisy. And it’s incorrect…because you all band together every day to tell us how disgusting and unnatural we are, anyway.

By: shay

shay — Mon, 28 May 2007 04:24:01 +0000

when i was a teen i crash dieted for 3 months and starved away 50lbs the first thing i noticed was my collar bones sticking out and i thought it looked weird id never seen them before, like all dumb diets like that i gained most the weight back and my collar bones went away…i miss them…but do think keira knightley looks sick.

By: K

Sat, 19 May 2007 00:09:15 +0000

Yup, I’ve always been able to see my collarbones. This does not make me thin. I can also see my lower ribs (sounds attractive, doesn’t it?) and that doesn’t make me thin either. It’s just that I store fat in my arms and legs and bottom first, rather than my torso.

I don’t think you really can control your basic body shape (without plastic surgery). I know very fit, slim girls who still have stomachs that stick out a little, because that is the shape they are. I’ve been smaller and I’ve been bigger, but I was still the same basic shape – my waist was still small compared to the rest of me. I can get thinner, but I will never have narrow hips whatever I do.

I do, however, agree that Keira would do well to get some decent protein down her, for her health. Yes, she probably is thin naturally, but she didn’t look quite like that in Bend it like Beckham…

By: rei

rei — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:49:46 +0000

I’m 240 pounds and I can see my clavicle…
most of the time any…if I’m not slouching.

*laughs*

What irritates me is when a bunch of people latch on to something and say that “THAT is the NEW sexy”….like no one can be attracted to something difficult.

Hell…I know a guy who has a thing for foreheads…
Is that what’s next?

By: Underpaid Princess

Underpaid Princess — Thu, 17 May 2007 03:45:56 +0000

I am extremely saddened by the fact that a protruding clavicle is seen as a great achievement…

“Hey! This is harder than it looks, you know! It’s very difficult to walk upright when I have such little muscle mass. You should be praising me for making the effort! Ooo….getting dizzy….”

By: Colleen

Colleen — Thu, 17 May 2007 02:36:03 +0000

This illustrates something that bothers me, and I’m sure a lot of feminists (and non-feminists, I guess) feel the same way -

Why are women chopped up into pieces and body parts? Boobs, butts, tummies, COLLAR BONES? It’s this whole sexist thing with taking away our autonomy – we can’t be whole people if we’re valued one body part at a time.

BONES? I’m supposed to feel bad because my BONES don’t protrude? This kind of stuff never happens to guys.

By: The Rotund

The Rotund — Thu, 17 May 2007 01:45:03 +0000

I was reading about this and it just boggles my mind – because, yeah, it’s BONES. Thin people and fat people and all people in between have collar bones that protrude. Gar.

It also doesn’t surprise me. There is SUCH a fear among so many women of looking larger than they are. And a lot of today’s fashions can make a person look bigger. It doesn’t shock me that people have come up with a way to signify that they “aren’t really that big.”