THIS is a badonkadonk

i realize what i'm about to write about encompasses a lot of issues; issues such as body image, pop culture, media, drugs and women.

i recently started watching season 1 of the tv show 'weeds'. i've got lots to say about the show. if you haven't seen it, you should check it out. anyways, in one of the episodes the star of the show, this skinny white woman (what...a skinny white woman on tv?) and her black, male co-star are having a discussion. she bends over in front of him and he says (quoting loosely) "you've got a nice badonkadonk". EXCUSE ME. no, i'm sorry. she does NOT have a badonkadonk. I HAVE a badonkadonk.

some of you may not know what a badonkadonk is. do a quick google. of the artles i've read, 95% are positive. it refers to :

1. A girl with a kickin booty. Something that you can smack it up, flip it, and rub it down. Bounce! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=B+Donka+Donk

2. Badonkadonk is a slang term for a woman's buttocks that are voluptuously large and firm, yet bouncy. Women who possess this feature have a small waist that flares dramatically into round, peach-shaped buttocks[1] with deep cleavage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badonkadonk

for too many years i've rejected certain parts of my body. it was teased in elementary school for having a big butt. high school wasn't a lot better. my early 20s were spent knowing that i should KNOW better than to fall for the 'magazine should be' body. then there was japan, where well, curve was not in.

so now i'm 29 and i love, yes, i said it, yes i meant it, i love my badonkadonk. i don't want to get into the nitty gritties of the term. what i do want to get into is some skinny chick taking this word. i don't think so. its ours. the us with curve. the us who don't fit into the box we've been pushed into for decades. the us who finally say YES TO BIG BUTTS. and you know...i cannot lie.