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 ...
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 ...
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