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Comment on “Thin” is Thick with Reality by screamer

screamer — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:37:52 +0000

It sounded like a good specialised ED health unit for them. The problem with the UK is that there is (I think) only one specialised Eating Disorder unit in the whole of the UK. So within various different countries Ireland/Scotland/England/Wales - there’s only one. Which is something I find very saddening and frustrating, that young/old men and women can’t get the help they need.

Comment on “Thin” is Thick with Reality by smartandfree78

smartandfree78 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:00:52 +0000

I know that when I was a teenager, I was completely obsessed about my weight, how I looked, what guys and girls thought about my body…then slowly, as I got older, I realized how very unhappy I was. Now, at 31, I’m really just starting to look at myself from the inside and what makes me, me. And yes, I still obsess about my body and weight, and I’m honestly not sure if that will go away, but it’s under control.

Comment on Why Do We Care Who Wore It Best? by A B O U T - F A C E — blog » Why Do We Care Who Wore It Best?

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Comment on Young, Fat, and Fabulous… or maybe not? by Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:03:30 +0000

Exactly — she is sort of portrayed as a sideshow. There’s definitely an incredulous tone there. This clip is a perfect sample of the way our society really is torn about the fit/fat issue.

Comment on Calvin Klein, this is NOT better. by HeatherB

HeatherB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:33:10 +0000

I’ll take your Not Better and raise you one: Does anyone else think this ad is actually WORSE than the original? I sure as heck do. Yeah, both ads are guided by the ever lucrative sex factor, but at least the sexuality expressed (and, naturally, exploited) in the first ad has some directionality; that is, the sexuality of the depicted female is pointed toward two, if not all, of the males in the picture. To some extent she’s active and engaged in the scene and has ostensibly chosen to receive the lusty advances of the pictured others. By contrast, the model in the replacement ad is supposed to receive the lustfulness of anyone and everyone by pure virtue of her barely dressed, glistening bikini bod. No one knows what she’s doing or thinking and no one cares - She’s sexy. And wet. And fifty feet tall. Who needs to know anything else, right?

Comment on Calvin Klein, this is NOT better. by dc_united_15

dc_united_15 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:22:02 +0000

hahaha I like the writing style. but you are right. i want someone to challenge me, won’t happen though.

Comment on Young, Fat, and Fabulous… or maybe not? by HeatherB

HeatherB — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:35:05 +0000

I’m so glad you blogged about this! I’ve been struggling to organize my thoughts on this segment since it aired, and you did a fabulous job of cutting right to the heart of its inconsistencies. To dub the piece “Young, Fat, and Fabulous” and then describe Marianne right off the bat as “tipping the scales at 319 pounds” is confusing, if not downright insulting. While I’m glad to see some national Fat Acceptance coverage, I’m disturbed that it’s tinged with such a sideshow quality: Come one, come all to behold the HAPPY FAT LADY! Yes, that’s right! She’s FAT and she REFUSES to DIET! Let’s not treat size acceptance as the exception, eh?

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Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:03:34 +0000

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A B O U T F A C E blog Girls Rock The Movie See it love it | patio umbrella — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:41:27 +0000

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