February 28, 2010
Forget talent or brains, it is looks that get people ahead in this world — at least in my newrsoom. I sit across from a pretty girl in the office who also happens to be a crack reporter and an ace writer. However, her assignments are solely based on what she wears to work that ...
February 2, 2010
Models may be stunning but to claim they show that “perfection…varies” is ridiculous. This is what Love Magazine is claiming to do with naked supermodels (such as Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss) on their next cover.
Tags: beauty,
body image,
bras,
Kate Moss,
Love Magazine,
measurements,
models,
naked,
Naomi Campbell,
nude,
size zero,
supermodels,
women's bodies
January 25, 2010
We have been following the trend of plus-size (i.e. normal like the rest of us) models for a while now. They have been in magazines and on the catwalk for a while but it seems like they have finally made it to be larger than life on the billboards of Manhattan. Is this just a ...
January 21, 2010
She looks it too. The formerly pretty reality star subjected herself to ten simultaneous surgeries to improve her looks, only to end up as Barbie’s poor relation. In a shocking interview she said it was hard for her to speak and move her face, and that she felt plastic.
January 20, 2010
The Daily Mail slammed this unshorn celebrity for a lack of personal grooming. “Strangely the 42-year-old had well pedicured, smooth feet complete with newly-applied nail varnish, but had neglected to tend to the hair on her legs.” Who had the gall hide her shame under a golden dress?
January 13, 2010
It hurts to be beautiful, my mother told me when I was five, pulling my hair into a ponytail. But since then more is required to maintain society’s status quo. While a man can look fine dashing out of the house in 20 minutes, a woman looks like she’s about to scrub the tub. When ...
December 2, 2009
What do a three year old wearing high heels and a death caused by a butt augmentation operation have in common? Both are instances where the sacrifices for beauty would have been unheard of a generation ago. Has society become so image obsessed that the person behind the skin is no longer relevant? For Suri ...
November 10, 2009
The feminist movement has allowed women to achieve any and all of their dreams, including being both a soldier and a beauty queen. Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge has become Miss England and after the Miss World 2009 Festival L/Cl Hodge will go on to serve in Afghanistan next year.
Tags: beauty,
beauty pagent,
beauty queen,
female soldiers,
feminine,
feminism,
feminist movement,
Katrina Hodge,
military,
UK,
women's rights
October 9, 2009
Model Filippa Hamilton was cut down to size in this Ralph Lauren photoshopping disaster. The naturally beautiful model looks alien with a whittled waist, seemingly too small to include internal organs. Her voluptuous curves have disappeared, leaving her neither sexy nor aspirationally thin. Has Ralph Lauren’s concept of beauty become so distorted they think this ...