Vogue is finally doing something about the prevalence of underage and underweight models in the fashion industry. Nineteen of the magazine’s worldwide publishers have joined together to make a pact to ban models who have eating disorders and any model who is under the age of 16 from appearing in the magazine. The new standard ...
This year I don’t have a resolution. I have a non-resolution. My New Year’s Resolution is to not have a resolution to lose weight, diet, or drop a pant size. I see it every year — women vowing to lose belly fat, to stop eating chocolate, to detox diet. And companies notice it, too, and they ...
Photoshopping is dangerous. Not only does it show us a false view of reality, it has led to eating disorders in men, women and children. It causes people to compare their bodies to something that doesn’t exist. Fortunately, there may soon be a tool that shows us just how fake photoshopped pictures are. This tool would tell ...
We all know about America’s weight problem. But a new study shows that US men and women are now about 20 pounds heavier than they were two decades ago. They are also farther away from their “ideal weight.” Most sources covering this study look at it from a health angle. Yes, weight gain is unhealthy, ...
Ladies, throw down your copies of this month’s “real bodies” issue of Glamour magazine, and tighten your waistbands. Plus-size models are taking over the runways and they’re going to make us all fat! At least this is what a ridiculous study from The London School of Economics and Political Science would have us believe. The ...
The recent trend of using plus-size models to appeal to the everywoman in advertising may be coming to an end. Apparently consumers don’t like looking at “heavy models”, it lowers their self-esteem, and researchers think this means they will be less likely to buy the products. I’m sorry, but I thought looking at skinny models made women’s ...
Amanda Seyfried, probably best known for her role as Sophie in Mamma Mia, apparently only eats spinach for lunch. I’m hoping this is a journalistic exaggeration of the truth because if she only eats spinach and exercises a lot then surely she would be collapsing on a regular basis. When asked in an interview what ...
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.
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 ...
After being whittled to a toothpick, model Filippa Hamilton has been dropped by Ralph Lauren for being too fat. The brand came under fire last month for photoshopping her picture past human recognition, making her head actually larger than her pelvis. Standing at 5′ 10″ and weighing 120 lbs, she was too large for their ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
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Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
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Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
