Among other endeavors in the pinup community, I am part of a panel that judges a monthly photo contest. There are five of us, and our group goes by the name Tits On A Unicorn. We run a page on Facebook that has two regular features, the Daily Unicorn and the Daily Bazoombas. The Daily Bazoombas feature is open to any woman who wants to submit a photo, and the photos are, well, boob-emphatic. The lady who handles the scheduling for the feature wanted a St. Patrick’s Day-themed photo, so I sent her this one to have on hand in case no others were submitted.
In the email, I told my dear uni-sister that if another photo were sent in that she would prefer to use, to please go ahead and use it, this was a just-in-case submission so we’d have the holiday covered. I am well aware and will be the first to admit that I am not a boob pinup. I can pad, push up, lean and bluff my way through boob shots when necessary, but they’re not my real strength. I am a leg & butt pinup, and am perfectly fine with that, in fact rather proud of it.
 |
| This is what I do best |
The photo was posted on the page, and received the following comment:
“Humm... are a bit small, but I like them”
A bit of a kerfuffle followed and was quickly smoothed over, when one of the ladies on the panel jumped to the defense of my girls and the original commenter stated that he hadn’t meant any offense, just that we usually post larger-breasted women in the feature. Which is true, we do. We post every photo that is submitted, and encourage women of all shapes and sizes who are of a mind to share their boobs for appreciation in our boob-friendly community.
But here’s the problem; it isn’t that smaller-breasted women don’t want to celebrate their boobs, it’s that most of them feel they don’t have a pair worth celebrating. The majority of the submissions we receive for this feature are from large-breasted women because “bigger is better” is accepted as the standard by which boob worth is measured, and those women have been made aware from the time they developed them that their large breasts are great. Comments like the one posted above, while not intended to be offensive, in truth intended as a compliment, are part of the problem. It’s not that he pointed out the obvious, that I have small boobs. It’s the inclusion of the word “but”, implying that liking small boobs is somehow exceptional.
It is not. At least, it shouldn’t be. Because small boobs are awesome, and here are just some of the reasons why:
1 – SMALL BOOBS ARE EASIER AND LESS EXPENSIVE TO CLOTHE
I hear large-breasted women complain constantly about the difficulties they have finding bras that fit and, when they do find them, they’re seldom the pretty lacy girly ones. I wear a 36B. I doubt there is a bra manufactured on this planet that isn’t available in my size. I have never had a problem finding bras, and I’ve never had to deal with the price bump that seems to be integral to purchasing anything larger than a D cup.
And sports bras? I am golden. I can buy those in the children’s department.
2 – SMALL BOOBS ARE FAR LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF GRAVITY
It is rumored that, over time, all boobs eventually find themselves doomed to show the effects of constant downward pull, and there is only so much that good muscle tone and underwires can fight.
Or is there? These are my boobs, from the age of 19 to the age of 43. I don’t know about you, but I don’t see any appreciable difference in the distance between them and my bellybutton over the course of almost 25 years.
 |
| Small Boobs: The Decades-Spanning Non-Sagging Saga |
Maybe when I’m 50, that will change. Or maybe it won’t.
3 – SMALL BOOBS ARE MORE COMFORTABLE IN HOT WEATHER
No matter how you arrange them, large boobs are going to have skin-on-skin contact somewhere, it’s just a matter of whether it’s between or beneath, and that means a higher likelihood of sweat and irritated skin. Unless you put them in a serious lift & separate sling, which just creates a larger ratio of skin-to-fabric contact and doesn’t help matters much when you’re already dealing with being overheated. We small-boobed women don’t have this problem nearly as much, and most of us have the option of going braless on particularly hot days.
4 – MEN ACTUALLY LOOK AT YOUR EYES AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU’RE SAYING
Okay, not all the time, but the likelihood is greater that they might.
It’s really easy to find reasons to not like your body, to think you’re too heavy or too skinny or your boobs are too small or your ass is too big or your legs are too short or or or or or. There will never be a day when you will have difficulty finding something to dislike about yourself if you want to try. The good news is, with the same amount of effort, you can find something to like, and a damn good reason to like it.
